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   	An atheist professor is instructing his class upon the problem   
   science has with the concept of "God".   
      
   	He asks one of his new students to stand, and then begins to   
   question him:   
      
      
   	Professor: You are a 'believer', 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.   
      
   	Now.  Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill.   
      
   	But God . . . didn't.   
      
   	How is this "God" of yours good then?  Hmmm?   
      
      
   	(Student is silent.)   
      
      
   	Prof: You can't answer, can you?   
      
   	Okay.  Let's start again.   
      
   	Is God good?   
      
      
   	Student:  Yes.   
      
      
   	Prof:  Is Satan good?   
      
      
   	Student:  No.   
      
      
   	Prof:  Where does Satan come from?   
      
      
   	Student:  From . . . God.   
      
      
   	Prof:  That's right.   
      
   	Now, tell me Son, is there evil in this world?   
      
      
   	Student:  Yes.   
      
      
   	Prof:  Evil is everywhere, isn't it?   
      
      
   	Student:  Well . . .   
      
      
   	Prof:  And God ~did~ make everything.  Correct?   
      
      
   	Student:  Yes.   
      
      
   	Prof:  So who created evil?   
      
      
   	(Student does not answer.)   
      
      
   	Prof:  Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness?   
      
      
   	Student:  Yes, Sir.   
      
      
   	Prof:  All these terrible things exist in the world, don't   
   they?   
      
      
   	Student: Yes.   
      
      
   	Prof:  So . . . who created them?   
      
      
   	(Student does not 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 . . . have ever ~heard~ your, "God"?   
      
      
   	Student:  No, Sir.   
      
      
   	Prof:  Have you ever felt your God; tasted your God; smelt   
   your God?   
      
      
   	Student:  No, Sir.   
      
      
   	Prof:  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.   
      
      
   	(At this point, some of the other students in the class begin   
   to whisper and giggle, and the Professor beams with pride.)   
      
      
   	Student:  Professor . . . ?   
      
      
   	Prof:  Yes?   
      
      
   	Student:  Is there such a thing as heat?   
      
      
   	Prof:  Yes.   
      
      
   	Student:  And is there such a thing as cold?   
      
      
   	Prof:  Of course.   
      
      
   	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:  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".  So 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; that there 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.   
      
   	Science 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, why yes.  Of course, I do.   
      
      
   	Student:  Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes,   
   Sir?   
      
      
   	(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, as he sees 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 endeavor, are you not then teaching your opinion, Sir?   
      
   	Are you then not a scientist, but a . . . preacher?   
      
      
   	(The class breaks out into laughter.  The Student turns to   
   them.)   
      
      
   	Student:  Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the   
   Professor's brain?   
      
      
   	(The class becomes silent.)   
      
      
   	Student:  Is there anyone here who has ever heard the   
   Professor's brain, felt it, touched it, or smelt it?   
      
      
   	(The Student waits, then turns again to the Professor.)   
      
      
   	Student:  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.   
      
      
   	(The class breaks into an uproar.)   
      
      
   	Student:  With all due respect, Sir, how do we then trust your   
   lectures, Sir?   
      
      
   	(The room becomes quiet. The professor stares at the student,   
   his face in an expression of unfathomable puzzlement.)   
      
      
   	Prof:  Well . . . I guess you'll just have to take them on   
   faith then, Son.   
      
      
   	Student:  That is it, Sir.   
      
   	The link between man & God . . . is FAITH.   
      
   	And God is what keeps things moving & alive.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)