The Great Implication

"The Great Implication" by Stanley R. Lee is a science fiction story from the early 1960s that explores the tough ideas of time travel, destiny, and what it means to exist, and also to ponder important questions about religion. The story follows Leopold Pendelton, a smart and strange person who tries to use time travel to prove God is real. His strange ideas cause arguments with his friends, Blackburn and Shaheen, as they think about what changing the past would mean for freedom of choice and a higher power. The story shows funny and thought-provoking situations, like a failed experiment with a dress and its colors, to show how hard it is to either prove or disprove that God exists, leaving the reader to think about how science, belief, and being human all connect.