>> >>God - From a philosophical point of view
>> >>
>> >>This is worth reading and all the way to the end.
>> >>
>> >>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 woul d
>>attempt to help others who are ill. But God
>> >>didn't. How
>> >>is this God good then? Hmm?
>> >>
>> >>(Student is silent.)
>> >>
>> >>Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fellow.
>> >>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 serve
>> >>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, 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:&n bsp;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 any
>> >>thing
>> >>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& nbsp;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 it is
>> >>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 u nderstood 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 argu ment 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 endeavor,
>> >>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&
>> >>nbsp;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.)
>> >>
>> >>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.
>> >>
>> >>Guess who that young man was ?
>> >>
>> >>ALBERT EINSTEIN.......
where u gt tt from?
