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AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION
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? Hmm?
 (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, smelt 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 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?
 (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 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 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 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... this is a true story,  and the student was none other than.........APJ Abdul Kalam, the present  president of India.  (Contributed: raoms of netsol co in  authenticity not verified)
2006-03-17 06:55:47 GMT
Comments (2 total)
Author:almostnatural
I nearly cried when I read this, what a beautiful beautiful way of describing faith and how commendable for you to reproduce it here for me... for us.

Thank you.
2006-04-27 01:20:25 GMT
Author:cherokeeskyee62
I love this story! It was great! Thanks for sharing it with others!! Beautiful story on faith!
2006-08-01 23:50:13 GMT
Thoughts are like fallen leaves, that have no root or cause. Some are bright and some are plain rot.
     
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