RELIGION AND SOCIETY

Religion and Society ~ 406 ~ Darwin (1809-1882) considered a ‘creator’ necessary for the origin of life. There was a ‘superior mind’, observed Einstein (1879-1954) which manifested itself in the universe. Sir James Jeans (1877-1946) was led by his studies to the conclusion that the universe was a ‘great thought’ rather than a ‘great machine’. According to Sir Arthur Eddington (18821944), modern science was leading us to the reality that ‘the stuff of the world is mind-stuff.’ To Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) the body of information obtained through modern research proves that ‘nature is alive.’ So far as revelation is concerned, however, I admit that from the purely academic point of view, this is a very complex belief, not being one which is verifiable. But we do have, within the totality of our experience, a body of facts from which it can be inferred that revelation is reality. Modern methodology supports the idea that inferred facts can be as certain as observed facts. The importance of our argument is not, therefore, diminished, by stating that it is the result, not of observation, but of inference. In the nineteenth century, the principle of causation was considered to be the alternative for the Creator.