>> >>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.......
