Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Don't know whether it's really true or not, but it sure is smth interesting to share! Must be a darn smart guy if you ask me.
Blogging is so much better than forwarding email IMO.
> 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 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 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.
>
> Now the student said can I ask something to you Professor.
>
> 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 its 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(Imperfection).
> 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. .
>
> WANT TO KNOW WHO THAT STUDENT WAS?
>
> This is a true story, and the student was none other than
>
> Dr. APJ. Abdul Kalam
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