An atheist Professor was speaking to his class on the PROBLEM SCIENCE HAS WITH GOD THE ALMIGHTY. He asked one of his New Student to stand and...
Student : absolutely, sir.
Student : Yes.
Professor : 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 did not. how is this God good then? hmmm?
(student was silent)
Professor : you cant answer, can you? Let's start again, youn fella. is God good?
Student : yes
Professor : is Satan good?
Student : no.
Professor : where does satan come from?
Student : from...God...
Professor: that is right. tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student : yes
Professor : evil is everywhere, isnt it? and God did make everything. correct?
Student : yes.
Professor : so, who created evil?
(student did not answer)
Professor : is there sickness? immortality? hatred? ugliness? all these terrible things exist in the world, dont they?
Student: yes sir.
Professor : so, who created them?
(student did not answer)
Professor : science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the worlds around you. tell me son, have you ever seen God?
Student : no sir.
Professor : tell us if you ever heard your God?
Student : no, sir.
Professor : 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
Professor : and yet, you believe in Him?
Student : yes.
Professor : 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.
Professor : yes, faith. and that is the problem science has.
and the table is turn...
student : professor, is there such thing as heat?
Professor : yes.
student : and there such a thing as cold?
professor : yes.
student : no there isnt..
(the lecture theatre became very quiet with this turns of event)
Student : sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. but, we dont have anything called cold. wa can hit 458 degree below zero which is no heat, but we cant 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.
student : what about darkness, Professor? is there such a thing as darkness?
professor : yes. what is night if there isn't darkness?
student : wrong again, sir. darkness is the absence of something. you can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light...but it you have no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isn't it?if it is, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?
professor: so, what is the point you are making, young man?
student: sir, my point is you philosophical premise is flawed.
professor: 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. is uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. to view deaths as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. death is not opposite of life; just the absence of it. now tell me, professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
professor : 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 shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was 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?
student : is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the professor's brain?
(the class broke out into laughter)
student : has 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 you lectures, sir?
(the room was silent. the professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable)
professor : i guess you will have to take them on faith, son.
student : that is it sir, faith. the link between man and god is faith. that is all that keeps things alive and moving.
that student was Albert Einstein...
p.s: taken from a friend's blog..a nice story..
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