An interesting lil thing~~
> >THIS IS LONG......BUT GOOD!!
> >
> > > >An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem
> > > >science has with God, The Almighty.
> > > >
> > > >He asks one of his new Muslim students to stand.....
> > > >
> > > >Professor: You are a Muslim, 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.
I like this one. Even though I am personally athist myself. :)
> >
> > > >An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem
> > > >science has with God, The Almighty.
> > > >
> > > >He asks one of his new Muslim students to stand.....
> > > >
> > > >Professor: You are a Muslim, 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.
I like this one. Even though I am personally athist myself. :)