from a friend: this one's worth reading..very nice :)

READ TO THE VERY LAST WORD, PLEASE. THIS IS VERY GOOD!

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> God Vs Science - A true story by one of our most brilliant

> scientists.

> 'Let me explain the problem science has with

> religion.' The atheist professor of philosophy pauses

> before his class and then asks one of his new students to

> stand.

> 'You're a Christian, aren't you, son?'

> 'Yes sir,' the student says.

> 'So you believe in God?'

> 'Absolutely.'

> 'Is God good?'

> 'Sure! God's good.'

> 'Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?'

> 'Yes'

> 'Are you good or evil?'

> 'The Bible says I'm evil.'

> The professor grins knowingly. 'Aha! The Bible!' He

> considers for a moment.

> 'Here's one for you. Let's say there's a

> sick person over here and you can cure him. You can do it.

> Would you help him? Would you try?'

> 'Yes sir, I would.'

> 'So you're good...!'

> 'I wouldn't say that.'

> 'But why not say that? You'd help a sick and maimed

> person if you could. Most of us would if we could. But God

> doesn't.'

> The student does not answer, so the professor continues.

> 'He doesn't, does he? My brother was a Christian who

> died of cancer, even though he prayed to Jesus to heal him.

> How is this Jesus good? Hmmm? Can you answer that one?'

> The student remains silent.

> 'No, you can't, can you?' the professor says.

> He takes a sip of water from a glass on his desk to give the

> student time to relax.

> 'Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?'

> 'Er..yes,' the student says.

> 'Is Satan good?'

> The student doesn't hesitate on this one. 'No.'

> 'Then where does Satan come from?'

> The student falters. 'From God'

> 'That's right. God made Satan, didn't he? Tell

> me, son. ! Is there evil in this world?'

> 'Yes, sir.'

> 'Evil's everywhere, isn't it? And God did make

> everything, correct?'

> 'Yes'

> 'So who created evil?' The professor continued,

> 'If God created everything, then God created evil, since

> evil exists, and according to the principle that our works

> define who we are, then God is evil.'

> Again, the student has no answer. 'Is there sickness?

> Immorality?

> Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things, do they exist

> in this world?'

> The student squirms on his feet. 'Yes.'

> 'So who created them?'

> The student does not answer again, so the professor repeats

> his question.

> 'Who created them?' There is still no answer.

> Suddenly the lecturer breaks away to pace in front of the

> classroom. The class is mesmerized.

> 'Tell me,'he continues onto another student.

> 'Do you believe in Jesus Christ, son?'

> The student's voice betrays him and cracks. 'Yes,

> professor, I do.'

> The old man stops pacing. 'Science says you have five

> senses you use to identify and observe the world around you.

> Have you ever seen Jesus?'

> 'No sir. I've never seen Him.'

> 'Then tell us if you've ever heard your Jesus?'

> 'No, sir, I have not.'

> 'Have you ever felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or

> smelt your Jesus?

> Have you ever had any sensory perception of Jesus Christ,

> or God for that matter?'

> 'No, sir, I'm afraid I haven't.'

> 'Yet you still believe in him?'

> 'Yes'

> 'According to the rules of empirical, testable,

> demonstrable protocol, science says your God doesn't

> exist. What do you say to that, son?'

> 'Nothing,' the student replies. 'I only have my

> faith.'

> 'Yes, faith,' the professor repeats. 'And that

> is the problem science has with God. There is no evidence,

> only faith.'

> The student stands quietly for a moment, before asking a

> question of his own. 'Professor, is there such thing as

> heat?'

> 'Yes.

> 'And is there such a thing as cold?'

> 'Yes, son, there's cold too.'

> 'No sir, there isn't.'

> The professor turns to face the student, obviously

> interested. The room suddenly becomes very quiet. The

> student begins to explain. 'You can have lots of heat,

> even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, unlimited heat, white

> heat, a little heat or no heat, but we don't have

> anything called 'cold'. We can hit up to 458 degrees

> below zero, which is no heat, but we can't go any

> further after that. There is no such thing as cold;

> otherwise we would be able to go colder than the lowest -458

> degrees.'

> 'Every body or object is susceptible to study when it

> has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or

> matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-458 F) is

> the total absence of heat. You see, sir, cold is only a word

> we use to describe the absence of heat.

> We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure in thermal

> units because heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of

> heat, sir, just the absence of it.'

> Silence across the room. A pen drops somewhere in the

> classroom, sounding like a hammer.

> 'What about darkness, professor. Is there such a thing

> as darkness?'

> 'Yes,' the professor replies without hesitation.

> 'What is night if it isn't darkness?'

> 'You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is not

> something; it 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? That's the meaning we use

> to define the word.'

> 'In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would

> be able to make Darkness darker, wouldn't you?'

> The professor begins to smile at the student in front of

> him. This will be a good semester. 'So what point are

> you making, young man?'

> 'Yes, professor! . My point is, your philosophical

> premise is flawed to start with, and so your conclusion must

> also be flawed.'

> The professor's face cannot hide his surprise this

> time.

> 'Flawed? Can you explain how?'

> 'You are working on the premise of duality,' the

> student explains..

> 'You argue that there is life and then there's

> 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?'

> 'If you are referring to the natural evolutionary

> process, young man, yes, of course I do.'

> 'Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes,

> sir?'

> The professor begins to shake his head, still smiling, as

> he realizes where the argument is going. A very good

> semester, indeed.

> '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 now not a scientist, but a preacher?'

> The class is in uproar. The student remains silent until

> the commotion has subsided.

> 'To continue the point you were making earlier to the

> other student, let me give you an example of what I

> mean.'

> The student looks around the room. 'Is there anyone in

> the class who has ever seen the professor's brain?'

> The class breaks out into laughter.

> 'Is there anyone here who has ever heard the

> professor's brain, felt the professor's brain,

> touched or smelt the professor's brain? 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, with all due respect, sir.'

> 'So if science says you have no brain, how can we trust

> your lectures, Sir?'

> Now the room is silent. The professor just stares at the

> student, his face unreadable.

> Finally, after what seems an eternity, the old man answers.

> 'I guess you'll have to take them on faith.'

> 'Now, you accept that there is faith, and, in fact,

> faith exists with life,' the student continues.

> 'Now, sir, is there such a thing as evil?'

> Now uncertain, the professor responds, 'Of course,

> there is. We see it everyday It is in the daily example of

> man's inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime

> and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations

> are nothing else but evil.'

> To this the student replied, 'Evil does not exist sir,

> or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply

> the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a

> word that man has created to describe the absence of God.

> God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens

> when man does not have God's love present in his heart.

> It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat or

> the darkness that comes when there is no light.'

> The professor sat down.

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> If you read it all the way through and had a smile on your

> face when you finished, mail to your friends and family with

> the title 'God vs Science'

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> PS: the student was Albert Einstein