Earth’s Protective Shield

THE UNIVERSE TESTIFIES TO GOD’S EXISTENCE of ozone, which possesses the quality of absorbing harmful rays from the sun and preventing them from falling on the Earth’s surface. However, there is no rational or scientific evidence to prove that the oxygen molecule possesses the unique and beneficial ability to cause this change in the number of atoms on its own. The one who saves man from the assault of harmful rays from the skies is God Almighty. At the external level, the change mentioned above (in the number of atoms) has been made to happen so that man sees it, and the discovery of this thrills him so much that he stops in his tracks. Witnessing this external phenomenon, he should reach the inner reality: It should make him realize the presence of God. The two phenomena—the presence of ozone in the system of Nature, on the one hand, and the destruction of ozone gas by modern industry, on the other—hold valuable lessons for us. They contain great signs for those who think and ponder. The presence of a thick layer of ozone gas in the atmosphere shows that the Being that made the world system knew in advance what the needs of the human beings who would be settled on Earth would be. He had prior knowledge that the sun’s rays would contain harmful elements along with their beneficial aspects. He established the beneficial aspects and arranged for a system through which man could be protected from their harmful aspect when he was settled on Earth. Now, see the other side of the story, which emerged in the second half of the 20th century. Some decades ago, man invented a technology called air conditioning. This invention