Per­haps you say: “I would believe in God if he showed him­self to me.” Why are you sure that you would cer­tain­ly believe? If some­body does­n’t want to accept some­thing, even the clear­est sign will not con­vince him. As an illus­tra­tion, every­body could expe­ri­ence that one can deny truth. If some­body has lied at least once in his life—who can say he hasn’t?—he has reject­ed already once the truth that he recog­nised (in that spe­cif­ic sit­u­a­tion). So it is pos­si­ble that some­one sees what is right but does­n’t accept it. It is not enough only that the truth is revealed, but also a per­son­al accep­tance is need­ed.

If the almighty God showed him­self in all his pow­er and might, man would be forced to believe in him. Man would not be free any­more to decide on his own to lead his life accord­ing to the com­mand­ments of God.

On the oth­er hand, in this writ­ing we try to show that in real­i­ty God has already showed Him­self to all men, in dif­fer­ent forms and He is ready to show even more if readi­ness and recep­tiv­i­ty are present.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though noth­ing is a mir­a­cle. The oth­er is as though every­thing is a mir­a­cle. (Albert Ein­stein)

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