Sunday, November 09, 2008

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

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