An Interesting Conversation--Worth Reading....

Subject: An Interesting Conversation--Worth Reading....
>
>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 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 theater 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 theater.)
>
>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.
>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. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, President of India
>
>In life, it is always better to wear away than to rust away. So, let's
>always keep sharpening our skills.