The universe is comprised of the infinite number of worlds we can see and those we cannot see, all animate and inanimate beings, all the heavenly bodies moving through space and all the fluids 23 that fill space.
37- Was the universe created or has it existed from all eternity like God?
“Obviously, the universe did not create itself, and if it has existed from all eternity like God, then it could not be God’s work.”
Reason tells us the universe could not possibly have created itself, and since it could not possibly be the work of chance either, it must be the work of God.
23 Fluids: “We call fluids those states in which matter is even more refined than it is in the gaseous state.” (Gabriel Delanne, O Espiritismo perante a Ciência, pt. 4, chap. 3, Federação Espírita Brasileira, 1993) – Tr.
38- How did God create the universe?
“To borrow a well-known expression: by the divine will.
Nothing can better portray that all-powerful will than those grand words from Genesis: ‘God said, ‘Let there be light, and there was light.”
39- Can we know about the way in which worlds are formed?
“All that we can say and the only thing you can comprehend is that worlds are formed by the condensation of the matter scattered throughout space.”
40- In accordance with current beliefs, are comets a commencement of the condensation of matter and worlds in course of formation?
“That is correct, but it is absurd to believe in their influence; I mean the influence commonly attributed to them, for all the celestial bodies play their part in influencing certain physical phenomena.”
41- Could a completely formed world disappear and its compositional matter be once again scattered in space?
“Yes. God renews worlds just as God renews living beings.”
42- Can we know how long it has taken for worlds to form – the earth, for instance?
“I cannot tell you anything about that, for only the Creator knows. Anyone who claimed to have such knowledge or to know the ages and ages it took to form them would be very foolish indeed.”
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