God Arises
Religion and Society
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“In dealing with the eternal varieties, the area
of experiment is reduced and that of
contemplation enhanced.”
Agreement has now been reached that absolute
reasoning can apply only to fields of research
which, according to Bertrand Russell (1872-1970),
concern ‘Knowledge of things’. ‘Knowledge of
truths’ is a separate field of study and, in this, direct
argument is impossible: certainties cannot be
arrived at. We can only attempt to arrive at
probable judgements. This is not limited only to
non-material facts, but to many things which fall
into the category of the material, like light, or the
interpretation of gravity.
I venture to assert at this point that the basis of
judgement provided by modern knowledge is
indubitably in favor of revealed law.
The notion of revealed law presupposes that there is
a God of this universe, and this is obviously not
unintelligible to man, for most of the great scientists
have believed in God in one form or the other.
Newton (1642-1727) saw a ‘divine hand’ in things
which caused the movement of the Solar System.
