Recieved this interesting mail forward... sharing it. Please read it !
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:
Yearkness?
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:
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 undor's brain,
felt it, touched or smelt it?
No one appears to have done so.
So, according to the established rules of empirical, testable,
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.
-------------------------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, testable,
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.
I believe you have enjoyed the conversation. ..
this is a true story, and the student was none other
than........ ..
.. APJ Abdul Kalam, the former president of India !!!
