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.