We have often heard it stated that a person's wisdom is measured, not by the questions that he answers, but by the questions that he asks. If I were to ask you what the ultimate question in life was, you might, because I am a clergyman or a theologian, reply that the most important question a person can ask is: "Does God really exist?" And you would have missed completely. We know, for instance, that if you ask that question of Americans, about ninety-five percent of them would affirm that there is a God somewhere. So what? That means nothing. Only armchair philosophers and confused theologians have the time or inclination to engage in such kind of idle chatter.

Quite frankly, modern man doesn't care whether God exists or not. That's not his chief concern. The basic question of man today, a…