God Arises
Review
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prospects in life are darkened by gloom and
despair. The materialistic interpretation of life also
dispenses with any definite criterion for the
judgement of good and evil. It justifies the dropping
of bombs on human beings, the use of flame-
throwers and chemical warfare, to name but a few
of the scourges of modern times. This is not
considered outrageous, tyrannical or bestially
aggressive. After all, human beings have to die one
way or another. Religious thought, by contrast,
affords a glowing ray of hope, giving to both life
and death a joyous and meaningful radiance. In this
way it fulfills our psychological needs. When a
scientist propounds a theory, which is found to
conform to mathematical formula, he is convinced
that what he has discovered is a reality. Similarly,
when religious concepts find a harmonious echo in
the human psyche, this is a proof that this was the
reality which human nature was in search of. It
gives us such a sense of fulfillment that we are left
with no real grounds for denying its truth. To quote
the words of Earl Chester Rex, an American
mathematician:
