A Fable

A Fable

Once upon a time the spirit of God existed as motion. He moved within all living things and no living thing could move without him. Now it happened that there reigned a very great king who ruled all the nations of the world. Having heard of the existence of God and wishing to know if there were anyone greater than himself, the king summoned all his wise men before him and commanded them to discover for him whether or no God truly existed. The wise men withdrew into consultation to consider the king's command. They weighed the problem mightily and concluded that there was only one way to determine the existence of God and that was to examine the nature of matter. They then set up a laboratory and set to work to examine each and every kind of matter that was known in the world. In order to confine matter for examination, they had to arrest its motion, and of course the moment motion left matter so too did the spirit of God. Thus the wise men resolved the problem of the existence of God, and their findings they promptly reported to the king. The king for his part was highly pleased with the news, for had not the wisest men in the world proclaimed that there was none greater than he?