science vs God
"let me explain the problem science has with Jesus Christ."
the atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and asked 1 of his new students to stand.
" you are a christian aren't you son?"
"yes sir" the student says
"so you believe in God?"
"Absolutely"
"is God good?"
"Is Go all-powerful? can God do anything?"
"Yes"
"Are you good or evil?"
"The bible says that 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 are good!"
"I wouldn't say that."
"but why not? You did 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? hmm? can you answer to that?
The student remains silent
"No you can't, can you?" the professor says.
"Let's start over again, young fellow. Is God good?"
"yes" the student says.
"Is satan good?"
"No."
"Then where does Satan comes from?"
the student falters. " From... God..."
that's right. God made Satan. didn't He? Tell me son. i there evil in this world?
"Yes Sir"
"Evil is everywhere. isn't it? and God did make everything, correct?"
"Yes"
"so who created evil?"
The student has no answer."
"Is there sickness/. immorality? Hated? ugliness. all these terrible things, do they exist in this world?"
"Yes"
"So who created them?"
The student did not answer, so the professor repeats his question, " Who created them?"
"Tell me." he continues. "Do you believe in /jesus /christ, son?"
"Yes. professor. i do."
"Science says that you have five senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Have you ever seen Jesus?"
"No Sir. I have not."
"Then tell me have you heard your God speaks?"
"No sir, i have not."
" have you felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelt your Jesus?"
"No sir, i have not."
"yet you still believe in him?"
"yes."
"According to the rules of empirical, testable, demostratable 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."
"Professor, is there such thing as heat?"
"Yes., there's heat."
"andis there such thing as cold?"
"Yes, son . there is cold."
"No sir, there isn't."
"You can alot of heat, even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat, but we don't have anything called 'cold'. we can hit -458 degree. 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."
"What about darkness sir? is there such a thing as darkness?"
"Yes. What is night without darkness?"
"You are 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?
"So what's the point you are making son?"
" My point is, your philosophical premise is flawed to start with and so your conclusion must also be flawed."
" flawed?"
"you are working on the premise of duality."
"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."
"Snice 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?"
"To continue the point you were making earlier to the other student, let me give you an example of what i mean?"
"Is ther eanyone in the class who has ever seen the professor's brain?"
"IS there anyone here who has ever heard the professor's brain, felt the professor's brain, touched or smelt the professor brain? No one appeares to have done so. So according to the established rules of emprical, stable, demostrable protocol. science says that you have no brain, with due respect sir. so if science says that you have no brain, how can we trust your lectures, sir?"
the old man answers
"I guess you wil have to take them on
faith."
With trials, we grow stronger in faith.
With Faith we move closer to God
With God, we can do all things.
