God Arises
Religion and Society
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Darwin (1809-1882) considered a ‘creator’ necessary
for the origin of life. There was a ‘superior mind’,
observed Einstein (1879-1954) which manifested
itself in the universe. Sir James Jeans (1877-1946)
was led by his studies to the conclusion that the
universe was a ‘great thought’ rather than a ‘great
machine’. According to Sir Arthur Eddington (1882-
1944), modern science was leading us to the reality
that ‘the stuff of the world is mind-stuff.’ To Alfred
North Whitehead (1861-1947) the body of
information obtained through modern research
proves that ‘nature is alive.’ So far as revelation is
concerned, however, I admit that from the purely
academic point of view, this is a very complex
belief, not being one which is verifiable. But we do
have, within the totality of our experience, a body
of facts from which it can be inferred that revelation
is reality. Modern methodology supports the idea
that inferred facts can be as certain as observed
facts. The importance of our argument is not,
therefore, diminished, by stating that it is the result,
not of observation, but of inference.
In the nineteenth century, the principle of causation
was considered to be the alternative for the Creator.
