God versus Science

This is long but
really worth reading. You will see why!
No offense for Christian k ^^





A
science professor begins his school year with a lecture to the students, "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," the professor replies. "There's heat."


"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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God vs Science