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
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.
NB: I believe you have enjoyed the conversation...and if
so...you'll probably want your friends/colleagues to enjoy the
same...won't you?...forward them to increase their
knowledge...
