Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-20
JIM BISHOP
There is no God.

mighty nano maue D JtlOu-
sand billion stars. They made
themselves. No power keeps
them on their steady courses.
The earth magnetized itself
to keep the oceans from
falling off toward the sun.
Infants teach themselves to
cry when they are hungry
or hurt, a small flower In
vented itself so that we could
extract digitalis for sick
hearts.
The top few inches Of our
land just happens to have
topsoil, without which we
would have no vegetables to
eat. no grass for the ami
mails whose meat Is our food.
No one put oil Just deep
enough In the earth to keep
until we need 1t. The wind
which carries the delicate
seeding to q fertile place
was devised by us. The in
exhaustible envelope Of air
only so miles deep-and Of
exactly the right density to
support human life. is just
another law Of physics.
BUT WHO INVENTED
physicist Who made the bank
deposits Of coal and zinc and
iron and uranium inside the
earth? Nobody. It was all
just another priceless acct
dent. Who showed a voice
how to fly through the air
on q radio wave7 How does
a picture leave an antenna,
move through air in hum
dreds Of dots, and come into
millions of homes in pre-
cisely the right order to re-
produce the picture?
Why does the earth spin
at q given speed without
ever slowing up, so that we
have day and night2 Who
tits It so that we get sea-
sons7 Without the magnetic
North Pole man would be un-
able to navigate the trackless
oceans Of water and air, but
1t Just grew there. even
though no one knows what
1t is.
How about the sugar Their
n1ostat below the human
pancreas2 It maintains q
level Of sugar In the human
blood sufficient for energy,
but, without 1t, all Of us
would fall into a coma and
die. No one created 1t. The
sun stokes . fire Just warm
enough to sustain us on
earth, but not hot enough to
fry us. or cold enough to kill
us. Who keeps the fire con-
stant2 The special healing
rays emitted by the sun-who
knows?
What makes q light bulb
light? Electricity? What Is
it? Who showed 1t how to
travel at lightning speed,
making right angle turns and
twists on o piece Of wire
without flying off BY the
way, what is lieht2 Who In
vented eyes to see light?
There Is no light In 1000
fathoms of water and t he
fish living there have no eyes.
Who uninvented needless
eyes2
A young bird viii migrate
from Canada to Australia
who showed 1t what course,
what speed. and why 1t must
do this2 Swallows return on
a given day. What calendar
do they use2 Man has q
conscience. No other animal
has. Who engineered this?
And who put the medicines
in herbs and weeds2 Peni-
cillin was found on q mouldy
plate. Who told DR.. Flem-
ing not to throw that plate
away? No one. He was Just
curious.
Where did the seeds come
from for the first tree 80 that
we would have shelter? Did
someone devise fire TO keep
us warm? For countless CEN
turtles In countless places the
forests and the vegetation
perpetuated themselvs with
out mans help. Why did
they not die Of blight and
flame and neglect
Clouds bring rain and
shade. Who taught them how
TO vaporize. and pick up fresh
water and carry 1t to places
which need it2 Is snow Just
q winter decoration7 Or does
It sit on mountain tops watt
ing for the warm spring sun
TO melt II into rains needed
for the streams and farms
below2 A very lovely acct
dent. And why does It melt
at Just the right time for the
young crops TO drink
A salmon viii swim up
stream TO have its babies
and die and 1t win jump up
fish ladders 10 do It. How
does q salmon know that we
need more salmon2 Why does
pregnant eel at Hawaii swim
all the way 10 Bermuda 10
give birth to little eels2 Who
teaches q house dog to tear
up strips Of paper in q fluffy
pile for puppies about TO be
born7
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