2004年8月2日 上午6點39分07秒INTERESTING CONVERSATION > An atheist...

INTERESTING CONVERSATION
> An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to
his
> class on the problem
> science has with God, The Almighty.
>
> He asks one of his new Christian students to
stand
> and.....
>
> 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 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 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 is it sir.. The link between
man
&
> god is FAITH.
> That is all that keeps things moving & alive.
>
> NB:
> I believe you have enjoyed the
conversation...and if
> so...you'll probably
> want your friends/colleagues to enjoy the
> same...won't you?...forward them
> to increase their knowledge...
> Have a good weekend!!!

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