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Sunday, April 09, 2006 8:12 AM

An intereswting conversation---- must read.

An Interesting Conversation -- Must ReadAn atheist professor of

philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God,

The Almighty. He asks one of his new students to stand and.....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 fellow. 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.Now the

student said can I ask something to you Professor.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 its

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 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 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. .WANT TO KNOW WHO THAT

STUDENT WAS? This is a true story, and the student was none other

thanDR. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, President of India

SNVAID

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