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[isuru]

An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to his Class on the Problem Science has with GOD, the ALMIGHTY. He asked one of his New Christian Students to stand and . . .

Professor : You are a Christian, aren't you, son ?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor : So, you Believe in GOD ?
Student : Absolutely, sir
Professor : Is GOD Good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor : Is GOD ALL - POWERFUL ?
Student : Yes.
Professor : 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 was silent )

Professor : You can't answer, can you ? Let's start again, Young Fella. Is GOD Good?
Student : Yes.
Professor : Is Satan good ?
Student : No.
Professor : Where does Satan come from ?
Student : From . . . GOD . . .
Professor : That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this World?
Student : Yes.
Professor : Evil is everywhere, isn't it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
Student : Yes.
Professor : So who created evil ?

(Student did not answer)

Professor : Is there Sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the World, don't they?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor : So, who Created them ?

(Student had no answer)

Professor : 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.
Professor : Tell us if you have ever Heard your GOD?
Student : No , sir.
Professor : 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.
Professor : Yet you still Believe in HIM?
Student : Yes.
Professor : 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.
Professor : Yes,Faith. And that is the Problem Science has.

Student : Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?
Professor : Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as Cold?
Professor : Yes.
Student : No, sir. There isn't.

(The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events )

Student : Sir, you can have Lots of Heat, even More Heat, Superheat, Mega Heat, White Heat, 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 was Pin-Drop Silence in the Lecture Theatre )

Student : What about Darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as Darkness?
Professor : 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 is, were you would be able to make Darkness Darker, wouldn't you?
Professor : So what is the point you are making, Young Man ?
Student : Sir, my point is your Philosophical Premise is flawed.
Professor : 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?
Professor : 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 shook his head with a Smile, beginning to realize where the Argument was 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 was in Uproar )

Student : Is there anyone in the Class who has ever seen the Professor's Brain?

(The Class broke 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 was Silent. The Professor stared at the Student, his face unfathomable)

Professor : I guess you'll have to take them on Faith, son.
Student : That is it sir . . . Exactly ! The Link between Man & GOD is FAITH. That is all that Keeps Things Alive and Moving.

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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 . . . or FAITH.
That student was Albert Einstein

[TeenChristian]

I love this conversation! Absolutely awesome.
Just to add something...

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Evil is everywhere, isn't it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
Student : Yes.
Professor : So who created evil ?

We can not see Evil, touch, taste, or feel evil, or even hear evil. Evil, I believe, is the absence of God.
We use the words cold and darkness so we can wrap our minds around the absence of something. The absence of heat and light.
We use the word evil to wrap our minds around the absence of something. The absence of good, the absence of justice, and the absence of God.

Great post! +rep ^^

[Tiregan]

Great! I never read this. I must translate it on my naional language. In my country is a lot of hatred for Christians it will be very helpful in conversations with hateful liberals.

[TeenChristian]

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hatred for Christians

Unfortunately you will find that in every country, though some worse than others

[Tiregan]

TeenChristian said:

Unfortunately you will find that in every country, though some worse than others

Yes. And not only for Christians. Liberalism say a lot of about tolerance, but it is one of the most don't tolerant system in World's history. In XVIIc. in my country was more tolerance than today. My ancestors could live in friendship with Muslims what is imposible to imagine in Western Europe. Thay fought with Muslim Countries but thay knew diffeence between war about infuence and tolerance and humanity.
Nowday i see only hatred in TV or between people in my society.
I think, people did a big mistake. Thay tried to learn tolerance from French Revolution. This conflict killed hundreds thousand people who faith different. It is not well event in history to learn tolerance.
Similar agression in "World Society" we can observed before I World War and II World War. I hope people can change themselves and they don't make next huge conflict.

[TeenChristian]

Yeah... I wish everyone got along, but that probably won't happen any time soon :(

[Raynes]

There is hatred for everything. It's unbelievable the time humanity spends fighting over religion. People could spend their time watching House and eating popcorn. :(

[Tiregan]

Raynes said:

There is hatred for everything. It's unbelievable the time humanity spends fighting over religion. People could spend their time watching House and eating popcorn. :(

I think it is reason of this hatred. For most people more important than responsibilty, empathy, compasion or mutual helping are "easy life", relax and amusement.
We are people and we are obliged to mutual help. But people prefer to count the profits gained on other people and their eploitation. This is our capitalist-liberal World. In this World the most important is only "my own freedom", not "public freedom". Freedom is responsibility too. A few people understend this.
Sometimes i think that global destruction of people on the Earth is only way to destroy the evil in the World. Who know if any big astreoid fly to do this. I wouldn't be worry for it. I don't wanna see on this evil everyday, how people are as animal for themselves.

[Raynes]

Also: snopes.com: Einstein Humiliates Atheist

This conversation is more silly than anything.

[programble]

Evolution can be observed on a small scale.

[TeenChristian]

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Also: snopes.com: Einstein Humiliates Atheist

That conversation is where I got what I said. ^^ Silly maybe, true yes!

[programble]

Does cold exist?
Yes, the idea of cold exists. The sensation of cold exists. The object cold does not.