Allan Sandage On God

‘𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲.
𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.
𝗘𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄? 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲-𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁.’

[Allan Sandage, “A Scientist Reflects on Religious Belief,” Truth Journal, Leadership U. c1995-2011].