Faith! -- Do you believe in God?

Philippines
December 16, 2006 5:52am CST
I just have to share this with you. A friend of mine emailed me this and I thought I would post this as I believe this is really a nice story to tell about faith. ======================================================================= 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, smelled 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 youhave 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? 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 smelled 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. ======================================================================= ....... That young man was ALBERT EINSTEIN....... =======================================================================
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4 responses
• Uganda
16 Dec 06
Anyone with a religion would claim they believe in God, but which God? The trinitarian God or the one and only true God whose name alone is Jehovah. Psalms 83:18
• Philippines
17 Dec 06
You are right there! As it is written. Likewise the God (Trinity) is also a written declaration. What I believe in is the Only God that rules heaven and Earth, and that is for anyone to interpret. God is universal. It is only in the believer's interpretation that God's definition varies, and that I also like as it shows that every man on earth has their freedom of choice on who to call God. Even Aetheists believe that stones, or mountains or the sun or sea as their God, but if you really try to understand their interpretation, they only mean the same thing - The Supreme Being! HE who lords over us! God!
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@gongleigo (966)
• China
16 Dec 06
i dont believe god
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• Philippines
16 Dec 06
why do you say that? God is the ever present guide to everything on the universe. Don't you think everything on earth has a purpose? And that nature is a creation of God? Everything in this world or universe is a creation of God!
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@dredshin (42)
• Philippines
23 Dec 06
i really love this post... have faith and everything will befine....
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• Romania
13 Jan 07
i can`t believe that are on this planet peoples that don`t believe in GOD .... such a pure thing , our master , our father , our source of live , our creator ... do u realize that with each man or woman who is atheism supporter , god spill a tear . i dont know how much longer can god suport evil peoples i hope that the war between heaven and hell to stop .... that is all i want ::: Love God :::
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