The world did not come into existence spontaneously. The celebrated astronomer, Athanasius Kirchner, had a friend who did not believe in the existence of God, and frequently asserted that the stars, planets, and all of the heavens were self-existent.

One day, when this friend visited the astronomer, he noticed in one corner of the room a globe which displayed the hand of a skillful workman.

"Who made that globe?" he inquired.

"No one made it" Kirchner answered, "it is self-made."

And when his friend seemed angry at this answer being given him, the famed astronomer added "If the immense orbs of heaven are self-existent, why not this insignificant little globe?"

The unbeliever looked thoughtful, and presently acknowledged that he now saw that his principles were false.