Argument between a Professor and Student over God

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A very nice article on the existence of God!

 

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A very witty argument .....

Do you believe in God?

 

An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem

science has with Jesus Christ. He asks one of his new students to stand

and.....

 

Prof: You are a Christian, aren't you, son?

Student: Yes, sir.

 

Prof: So you believe in God?

Student: Absolutely, sir.

 

Prof: Is God good?

Student: Sure.

 

Prof: Is God all-powerful?

Student: Yes.

 

Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to Jesus to heal

him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But Jesus

didn't. How is this Jesus good then? Hmm? (The student is silent.)

 

Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is God

good?

Student: Yes.

 

Prof: Is Satan good?

Student: No.

 

Prof: Where does Satan come from?

Student: From...God...

 

Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?

Student: Yes.

 

Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything.

Correct?

Student: Yes.

 

Prof: So who created evil?

(The student does not answer.)

 

Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these

terrible things exist in the world, don't they?

Student: Yes, sir.

 

Prof: So, who created them?

(The student has no answer.)

 

Prof: Tell me, son. Do you believe in Jesus Christ?

Student: Yes, professor, I do.

 

Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the

world around you. Have you ever seen Jesus?

Student: No, sir.

 

Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your Jesus?

Student: No, sir.

 

Prof: Have you ever felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus, smelt your

Jesus? Have you ever had any sensory perception of Jesus Christ or God

for that matter?

Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.

 

Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?

Student: Yes.

 

Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science

says your God doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?

Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.

 

Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.

 

Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat?

Prof: Yes.

 

Student: And is there such a thing as cold?

Prof: Yes.

Student: No sir. There isn't.

 

(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)

 

Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat,

megaheat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have

anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no

heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as

cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We

cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat,

sir, just the absence of it.

 

(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)

 

Student: What about darkness, professor? Is there such a thing as

darkness?

Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?

 

Student: You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something.

You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing

light.....But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's

called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it were you

would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?

 

Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?

Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?

 

Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there

is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are

viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can

measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity

and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either

one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact

that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the

opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, professor. Do you

teach tour students that they evolved from a monkey?

 

Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of

course, I do.

Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?

 

(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where

the argument is going.)

Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work

and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you

not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?

(The class is in uproar.)

 

Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the professor's

mind? (The class breaks out into laughter)

 

Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor's mind,

felt it, touched or smelt it?.....No one appears to have done so. So,

according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable

protocol, science says that you have no mind, sir. With all due respect,

sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir? (The room is silent. The

professor stares at the student, his face unfathomable.)

 

Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.