thiSubject: An atheist professor....
>
> > An 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: (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: (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: (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.
> > Prof: (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.
> > Prof: (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?
> > Prof: (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?
> > Prof: (The class is in uproar.)
> > Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the
Professor's
> > brain?
> > Prof: (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?
> > Prof: (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.
>
s is very intresting
2006-07-12
01:22:41
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