There Is No God?

Condensed from Miami Herald

Jim Bishop

Jim Bishop, popular author of 21 books, including "The Day Christ Died" and

"The Day Kennedy Was Shot," died in 1987. This column, written in the

1960s, was a favorite of his wife Kelly.

THERE IS NO GOD. All of the wonders around us are accidental. No almighty

hand made a thousand-billion stars. They made themselves. No power keeps

them on their steady course. The earth spins 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 invented itself so that we could

extract digitalis for sick hearts.

The earth gave itself day and night, tilted itself so that we get seasons.

Without the magnetic poles man would be unable to navigate the trackless

oceans of water and air, but they just grew there.

How about the sugar thermostat in the pancreas? It maintains a level of

sugar in the blood sufficient for energy. Without it, all of us would fall

into a coma and die.

Why does snow sit on mountain-tops waiting for the warm spring sun to melt

it at just the right time for young crops in farms below to drink? A very

lovely accident.

The human heart will beat for 70 or 80 years without faltering. How does

it get sufficient rest between beats? A kidney will filter poison from the

blood, and leave good things alone. How does it know one from the other?

Who gave the human tongue flexibility to form words, and a brain to

understand them, but denied it to all other animals?

Who showed a womb how to take the love of two persons and keep splitting a

tiny ovum until, in time, a baby would have the proper number of fingers,

eyes and ears and hair in the right places, and come into the world when it

is strong enough to sustain life?

There is no God?