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One of the greatest geniuses of humanity, Albert Einstein, defined God as:
a Thinking Power acting outside the Universe, without which nothing can be explained. The more we penetrate the secrets of nature, the greater our respect for God becomes.
Like him, several distinguished Nobel Prize personalities affirmed their belief in God. The philosopher Jean Paul Sartre who throughout his career, was a militant atheist, approaching his death, then blind, decrepit, but still in full possession of his faculties, affirmed his belief in God:
I do not feel that I am the product of chance, a speck of dust in the Universe, but someone who was expected, prepared, prefigured. In short, a being that only the Creator could place here, and this idea of a creative hand refers to God.
For its part, the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics, Arthur Compton, commenting on the first verse of the Bible in the Chicago Daily News of April 12, 1936, stated his point of view:
For me, faith begins with the perception of that a Supreme Intelligence brought the Universe into existence and created man.
It is not difficult to have this faith, as it is indisputable that where there is a plan, there is intelligence. An ordered and unfolded Universe testifies to the truth of the most majestic statement ever made: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."
Most of us live without realizing that the divine Providence exists and watches over us.
Sometimes, however, one fact is enough to wake us up. Scottish physician A. J. Cronin said that an explosion in a coal mine which buried fourteen miners and kept them buried for five days was that fact. When the rescue crew cleared the underground path, they heard a faint melody coming from the bottom of the rubble: Our God, Our Help in Ages Past.
That was what kept those men maintaining their courage. Weak but alive, they would hear the crowd waiting outside sang the same hymn that echoed joyfully through the narrow valley. That great volume of sound enveloped Cronin with an indescribable emotional force, bringing him to tears, for the demonstration of human faith in God. And that was one of the facts that made that doctor come to reconsider his perception about the existence of this Supreme Being, Creator and Lord of the Universe.
Final Thoughts
When the starry nights provide us with ecstasy before your contemplation; when we watch the travel of planets that rotate in space, in their specific orbits, without colliding; when we witness the miracle of life, which is renewed, at each dawn, without reciting itself in the same way, we are led to believe in this Thinking Power, which rules the orchestra of the expanding Universe.
Let us recognize that the heavens proclaim the glory of God, and the firmament announces the work of His hands.
