whats you opinion on faith?

Question

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

Answer 1

Faith is a bond of trust that exists which is based on the belief that the other or yourself will act and think with your welfare and wellbeing at heart. Like magnetism it is intangible but we feel and see it's effect. Faith is what binds us to eachother!

Answer 2

Yes. I had also seen such an excerpt with a revelation that the student was called Albert Einstein - although I am not 100% sure of the truthfullness of the claim.

Answer 3

Wasn't Faith a George Michael LP?

Answer 4

Interesting.

Answer 5

Congratulations,

You have given the perfect example of a straw man argument.

Answer 6

Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.

Answer 7

Faith is reality.
The things which are unseen are more real than the things which are seen .
We walk by faith not by sight.
Romans 10:17.
Faith perception.

Answer 8

i live my life subject to so many forces which i have no control of. learning to be practical and accepting the fact my life can be aken away from me at any moment , and learning to live with that reality is what i call faith
jesus teaches me this
Regards

Answer 9

I hope the student got a good grade for that one!

Answer 10

Quit posting false urban legends and portraying them as facts.