THE CONCEPT OF THE AFTERLIFE AS AN IMPERATIVE

Argument for the Life Hereafter ~ 212 ~ adapt itself to them. And when reality is not ready to mould itself to conform to his ideas, he rejects reality out of hand as being absurd. It is as nonsensical as regarding the law on the safeguarding of military secrets as being absurd because its application can lead to, say, the work of an ordinary soldier being highly commended, while eminent American scientists like Rosenberg and his wife are condemned to die by electrocution for passing on war secrets to the U.S.S.R (1953). Justice is a reality, and that is what the law is concerned with, no matter how harsh the results. Similarly, the divine scheme immanent in the universe is concerned with God’s justice, and makes itself manifest in many ways, which may seem unpalatable or incomprehensible, but this we must nevertheless, apprehend and accept as being the ultimate and incontrovertible reality. It is a little appreciated, but a highly significant fact that throughout the world as we know it, man is the only being who possesses the concept of ‘tomorrow’. He is unique in thinking about the future, and not only wishing to improve his future life but actually taking steps to do so. The cerebral