SECTION 4. NATURE AND HUMANKIND

1. NATURE IS THE FIRST BIBLE

People who prayed in the past have called Nature the first Bible. It is not the second. If we look at the Bible which is compiled from the history of Israel, we cannot understand it precisely. Do you know how much I have shaken my head, looking at its contents? It is just like a fortune teller's predictions. If you fix a ring to your nose it becomes a nose-ring, but if you fit it to your ear, it becomes an ear-ring. It is a means of escaping from reality. If we want to assess the substance of reality and distinguish the sequence of events, then more powerful than the Bible is the world of nature that has been made by God. It is the best. (20-271)