WHO MADE GOD
„….As a single atom, man is an enigma; as a whole , he is a mathematical problem. As
individual, he is a free agent; as a species, the offspring of necessity.
The unity of of the universe is a scientific fact. To assert
that it is the operation of single Mind is a conjecture based upon analogy, and
analogy may be a deceptive guide. It is the most reasonable guess that can be
made, but still it is no more than a guess; and it is one by which nothing,
after all, is really gained. It tells as that the earth rest upon the tortoise;
It does not tell as on what the tortoise rests. God issued the laws which
manufactured the universe, and which rule it in his growth. But who made God? Theologians
declare that he made himself; and materialists declare that Matter made
itself; and both barren phrases, idle words. The whole subject is beyond the
powers of human intellect in its preset state. All that we can ascertain is
this: that we are governed by phisical laws which is our duty as scholars of
Nature to investigate; and by moral law which it is our duty as citizens of
Nature to obey.
The dogma of single Deity
who created the heavens and the earth
my therefor be regarded as a
imperfect method of expressing an undoubted
thruth. Of all religions creed it
is the least objectionable, from a scientific
point of view. Yet it was not a Greek who first discovered or
invented the one god, but the wild Bedouin
of the desert. At first sight this appears a very extraordinary fact. How, in a
matter which depended entirely upon the intelect, could these barbarians have
preceded the Greek, so far their superiors in every other respect? The anomaly, however, can be easely
explained .....
.......In Greece there is a remarcable variety of climate and contour: hills, groves, and streams diversify the
scene; rugged snow-covered peaks, and warm coast lands with waving palms, lie
side by side . But in the land of Bedouins Nature may be seen in the nude. The
sky is uncovered ; the earth is stripped
and bare. It is as difficult for the inhabitants of such
country to believe that there are many gods as for the people of such a land as
Greece to believe there is only one“…, pages
186,
(Additionaly corrected) Winwood Reade
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