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>

> An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his

> class on the problem science has with God, The

> Almighty.

>

> He asks one of his new Christian students to stand

> and.....

>

> Professor: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 God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help

> others who are ill. But God didn't. How is this God

> good then? Hmm?

>

> (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?

>

> (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?

>

> (Student has no answer.)

>

> Prof:Science says you have 5 senses you use to

> identify and observe the world around you. Tell me,

> son...Have you ever seen God?

>

> Student:No, sir.

>

> Prof:Tell us if you have ever heard your God?

>

> Student :No , sir.

>

> Prof:Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God,

> smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory

> perception of 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, mega heat, 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 your 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 endeavour, 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 brain?

>

> (The class breaks out into laughter.)

>

> Student :Is there anyone here who has ever heard the

> Professor's brain, 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

> brain, 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.

>

>

> Student :That is it sir.. The link between man & god

> is FAITH. That is all that keeps things moving &

> alive.

>

> ===========================================

> Peace is your nature, yet you remain restless.

> Freedom is your nature, yet you remain in bondage.

>

> Happiness is your nature, yet you become miserable

> for some reason or another.

> Contentment is your nature, yet you continue to reel

> in desires.

> ===========================================

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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