God Vs Science

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."

At the back of the room another 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.

NEVER be Ashamed to stand up for what you believe!

"But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven."
~Matthew 10:33