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 : (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 : (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 : (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 endeavour, are you not teaching your opinion, sir?

Prof      : 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...