The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times Issue #26 January 2015 | Page 131

earliest days. While many and
varied disputes between the
many schools of thought have
since arisen, these disputes
have been principally upon the
details of the operations of the
Principle and still more often
upon the meaning of certain
words. The underlying
Principle of Cause and Effect
has been accepted as correct
by practically all the thinkers
of the world worthy of the
name. To think otherwise
would be to take the
phenomena of the universe
from the domain of Law and
Order and to relegate it to the
control of the imaginary
something which men have
called "Chance."
A little consideration will show
anyone that there is in reality
no such thing as pure chance.
Webster defines the word
"Chance" as follows, "A
supposed agent or mode of
activity other than a force, law
or purpose, the operation or
activity of such agent, the
supposed effect of such an
agent, a happening, fortuity,
casualty, etc." But a little
consideration will show you
that there can be no such
agent as "Chance", in the sense

of something outside of Lawsomething outside of Cause
and Effect. How could there be
a something acting in the
phenomenal universe,
independent of the laws, order
and continuity of the latter?
Such a something would be
entirely independent of the
orderly trend of the universe
and therefore superior to it.
We can imagine nothing
outside of THE ALL being
outside of the Law and that
only because THE ALL is the
LAW in itself.
There is no room in the
universe for a something
outside of and independent of
Law. The existence of such a
Something would render all
Natural Laws ineffective and
would plunge the universe into
chaotic disorder and
lawlessness.
A careful examination will
show that what we call
"Chance" is merely an
expression relating to obscure
causes, causes that we cannot
perceive, causes that we
cannot understand.
The word Chance is derived
from a word Meaning "to fall"
(as the falling of dice), the idea