Professor : You have religion, don't you son?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor : So, you believe in God?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is God good?
Student : Sure.
Professor : Is God all powerful?
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 didn't. How is this God
good then? Hmm?
Professor : You can't answer. Can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?
Student : Yes.
Professor : Is satan good?
Student : No.
Professor : Where does satan come from?
Student : From... God...
Professor : That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student : Yes.
Professor : Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make
everything. Correct?
Student : Yes.
Professor : So, who created evil?
Professor : Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness?
All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?
Student : Yes sir.
Professor : So, who created them?
Professor : Science says you have five senses you use to identify
and observe the world around you. Tell me son, have
you ever seen God?
Student : No sir.
Professor : Tell us if you have ever heard 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 : Yet you still 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.
Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Professor : Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as cold?
Professor : Yes.
Student : No, sir. There isn't.
The lecture theater became very quiet with this turn of events
Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, super
heat, 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 can't measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is
not the opposite of heat sir, just the absence of it.
There was pin drop silence in the lecture theater
Student : What about darkness, professor? Is there such a thing
as darkness?
Professor : 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 is, well 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 your 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. 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 can't 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?
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 can't 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 : 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 was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable.
Professor : I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.
Student : That it is, sir. Exactly! The link between man and God
is FAITH. That is all that keeps things alive and
moving.
PS.
I believe you have enjoyed the conversation. Forward this to others to increase their knowledge or... FAITH. By the way, that student was ALBERT EINSTEIN.
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