Entries for September, 2004
September 14, 2004
Of course God exists
Professor : You are a Christian, aren't you, son?
Student : Yes, sir.
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. : 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 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
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?
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 realise
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 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's it sir. The link between man & god is
FAITH. That is all that keeps things moving & alive.
Written by cap at 11:21 AM.
