Faith in God

GOD AND MAN Because the universe is so obvious, we are compelled to accept its existence. For the same reason, we are compelled to accept the existence of God, for accepting the universe is meaningless as long as one does not accept its Creator and Maker. This universe is so unique that it could not have come into being without a Maker, and its functioning is so unique that it cannot be possible without some Supreme Mind running it. Man is as compelled to accept God as he is to accept himself or the universe. If you place a pebble on the wheel of a bicycle and then start peddling the wheel quickly, the pebble will fly off and fall far away. This happens even though the speed of the bicycle wheel is barely 25 miles per hour. The Earth on which we are presently living is like a vast wheel. It continuously races around its axis at around 1000 miles an hour. This speed is faster than that of an ordinary passenger aeroplane. We live and move about on this fast-speeding Earth. We build houses and entire cities on it. But our state is unlike the pebbles placed on a fast-moving wheel. We don’t fall off from the Earth’s surface, nor are we hurled into space. How strange is this miracle! Scientific investigation reveals that the reason for us being stable on Earth is that from below, the force of gravity pulls us down, and from above, the heavy pressure of the atmosphere pushes us down, thus keeping us firmly rooted on the surface of the Earth. This two-way process keeps us stable on the Earth so we do not fly off like pebbles on a wheel into space. However, this answer only reveals that an even greater miracle lies behind the power of gravity and