: A wonderful argument

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>>Subject: An Argument that is so wonderfully>answered....that is truly "Genius".>>>>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? Hummmm???>>(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 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,>and smelled 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.>>(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 endeavour, 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 smelled 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.>>>That young man was ALBERT EINSTEIN.......>>>>__________________________________________________>

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