AFFIRMATION OF PROPHETHOOD

Affirmation of Prophethood ~ 256 ~ proof can there be that we need the help and guidance of God? Without this, we cannot arrive at the fundamental principles on which we should lead our lives, we cannot understand what is meant by religion, and we shall certainly never discover what is ultimately the truth. Modern man has admitted that life is still a great, unsolved mystery. He is, nevertheless, confident that one fine day he will unveil it. But the brains which are bent to the human sciences have yet to discover the reality; they are wandering adrift, in a world of their own fantasies. This is because the present environment developed by science and technology does not suit man as a living creature, and is, therefore, hardly conducive to the reception of divine inspiration. The sciences concerned with inert matter have made immense progress, but those concerned with living beings are still in a rudimentary state. The French Nobel Laureate Dr. Alexis Carrel states: The principles of the French Revolution, the visions of Marx and Lenin, apply only to abstract men. It must be clearly realised that