One day an atheist came to a sage and began to tell him that he did not believe in God. He simply could not believe in a certain “Creator” who created the Universe.
A couple of days later, the sage paid a return visit to the atheist and brought with him a magnificent painting. The atheist was amazed. He had never seen a more perfect canvas!
- What a wonderful painting. Tell me, who wrote this? Who is the author?
- Like who? Nobody. There was a blank canvas, and above it a shelf with paints. They accidentally overturned, spilled, and here is the result.
- Why joke like that? - the atheist laughed. - After all, this is impossible: excellent work, precise lines, strokes and combinations of shades. Behind all this splendor one can feel the depth of the plan. You can’t do this without an author!
Then the sage smiled and said:
“You are unable to believe that this small picture appeared by chance, without the prior intention of the creator.” And do you want me to believe that our beautiful world with forests and mountains, oceans and valleys, with the change of seasons, magical sunsets and quiet moonlit nights arose by the will of blind chance, without the Creator’s plan?
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru