Guest guest Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 > > > > Does God Exist? > > Read all the way to the bottom Did God > Create Everything? > Did God Create Everything? > > This is a really great answer to a question you may > be > asked or have asked. Did God create everything that > exists? Does evil exist? Did God create evil? > > A University professor at a well known institution > of > higher learning challenged his students with this > question. " Did God create everything that exists? " A > student bravely replied " Yes He did " . > " God created everything? " the professor asked. > " Yessir, He certainly did. " the student replied. > > The professor answered, " If God created everything, > then God created evil. And since evil exists, and > according to the principal that our works define who > we are, then we can assume God is evil. " > > The student became quiet and did not answer the > professor's hypothetical definition. The professor, > quite pleased with himself, boasted to the students > that he had proven once more that the Christian > faith > was a myth. > > Another student raised his hand and said, " May I ask > you a question, professor? " " Of course " , replied the > professor. The student stood up and asked, > " Professor, > does cold exist? " " What kind of a question is this? > Of > course it exists. Have you never been cold? " The > other > students snickered at the young man's question. > The young man replied, " In fact sir, cold does not > exist. According to the laws of physics, what we > consider cold is in reality the absence of heat. > Every > body, or object, is susceptible to study when it has > or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body, > or > matter, have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-460 > F) is the total absence of heat; and all matter > becomes inert and incapable of reaction at that > temperature. Cold does not exist. We have created > this > word to describe how we feel if we have no heat. > > > The student replied, " Once again you are wrong sir, > darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in > reality > the absence of light. Light we can study, but not > darkness. In fact we can use Newton's > prism to break white light into many colors and > study > the various wavelengths of each color. You cannot > measure darkness. A simple ray of light can break > into > a world of darkness and illuminate it. How can you > know how dark a certain space is? You measure the > amount of light present. Isn't this correct? > Darkness > is a term used by man to describe what happens when > there is no light present. " Finally the young man > asked the professor, " Sir does evil exist? " > > Now uncertain, the professor responded, " Of course, > as > I have already said, we see it everyday. It is in > the > daily examples of man's inhumanity to man. It is in > the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in > the > world. These manifestations are nothing else but > evil. > > To this the student replied, " Evil does not exist, > sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil > is simply the absence of God. It is just like > darkness > and cold, a word that man has created to describe > the > absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is the > result of what happens when man does not have God's > love present in his heart. It's like the cold that > comes when there is no heat, or the darkness that > comes when there is no light. " > > The professor sat down. > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________ Nouveau : téléphonez moins cher avec Messenger ! Découvez les tarifs exceptionnels pour appeler la France et l'international. Téléchargez sur http://fr.messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Divine Message of His Holiness Shri Datta Swami The atheist is always rigid and does not accept God even if a miracle is performed physically. He will attribute it to hypnotism and magic. When Lord Krishna showed the vision of His cosmic form in the court, Duryodhana became unconscious, but he attributed it to illusion and hypnotism. Therefore a rigid foolish atheist can never be transformed and he shall be condemned forever like a student debarred by the university. One must have open mind to recognize the truth and must have the courage to come out of his conservative rigid circle. The atheist blames the devotees regarding these foolish conservative limits, but he himself is trapped by such limits! For a wise person even the subtle experience in small incidents taking place in his life is sufficient to realize the proof for existence of God. God is giving proof about His existence even in very small incidents that take place in every walk of your life. If you sit and analyse your past life with careful shrewd analysis, you can see the existence of God at every step who is trying to help you always. Q) God is having all good qualities only which are coming under a category of Sattvam. There should not be Rajas and Tamas in His qualities.Is it right? The answer for this doubt is that you should not say that God is associated with good qualities. You should say that whatever quality is associated with God is good. Any quality directed towards God is good and any quality which is directed towards the creation is bad. Sattvam is knowledge. Rajas is work. Tamas is rigid determination. The knowledge of an atheist which opposes the existence of God is a bad quality even though it is sattvam. The work in the divine service (Rajas) and the rigid determination in the faith of God (Tamas) are good qualities. The very knowledge is the process of work of mind and thus knowledge itself is basically Rajas. When you believe your knowledge, such belief is Tamas. Thus you cannot separate the three qualities basically in their original state. The scriptures (Sastras) say this. The three qualities are always in the inseparable equilibrium state when the pure awareness (Mula Prakruti or Holy Spirit) was created by God. When the equilibrium is disturbed any one of these three qualities predominates and we call it by its name. The spiritual effort to attain and please God must contain these three qualities. The quality is neither in the God nor God is in the quality. Any quality must be associated with God only for its very existence. Any quality is created, maintained and is destroyed by God only. The creation is said to be Rajas. The maintenance is Sattvam. The destruction is Tamas. This entire Universe which is the asylum for all the qualities is created and is maintained by the God. In such case how can you say that God is associated with some qualities only and is not associated with some other qualities? Nothing can exist without His association. He is beyond this universe and therefore He is beyond all the qualities. He uses all the three qualities for His divine play. posted by: His servant at the lotus feet of shri datta swami www.universal-spirituality.org OConnor Patricia <gdtige wrote: Does God Exist? > > Read all the way to the bottom Did God> Create Everything?> Did God Create Everything What are the most popular cars? Find out at Autos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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