interesting....
A university professor challenged his students with this question.
"Did God create everything that exists?
A student bravely replied, "Yes, He did!"
"God created everything?" the professor asked.
"Yes, sir," the student replied.
The professor answered, "If God created everything, then God created evil,
since evil exists. And according to the principal that our works define who
we are, then God is evil." The student became quiet before such an answer.
The professor was quite pleased with himself, and boasted to the students
that he had proven once more that the faith in God is a myth.
Another student raised his hand and said, "Can I ask you a question,
professor?"
"Of course," replied the professor. The student stood up and
asked,"Professor, does cold exist?"
"What kind of question is this? Of course it exists. Have you never been
cold?"
The students snickered at the young man's question.
The young man replied, "In fact, sir, cold does not exist. According to the
laws of physics, what we consider cold is, in reality, the absence of heat.
Everybody or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits
energy. Absolute zero (-460 degrees F) is the total absence of heat. All
matter becomes inert and incapable of reaction at that temperature. Cold
does not exist. We have created this word to describe how we feel if we
have no heat.
The student continued. "Professor, does darkness exist?"
The professor responded,"Of course it does."
The student replied, "Once again you are wrong, sir. Darkness does not
exist either. Darkness is, in reality, the absence of light. We can study
light, but not darkness. In fact, we can use Newton's prism to break white
light into many colours and study the various wave lengths of each colour.
You cannot measure darkness. A simple ray of light can break into a world
of darkness and illuminate it. How can you know how dark a certain space
is? You measure the amount of light present. Isn't this correct? Darkness
is a term used by man to describe what happens when there is no light
present."
Finally, the young man asked the professor, "Sir, does evil exist?" Now
uncertain, the professor responded, "Of course, as I have already said. 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 not like faith, or love, that exist
just as does light and heat. 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.
The young student's name -- Albert Einstein.
"Did God create everything that exists?
A student bravely replied, "Yes, He did!"
"God created everything?" the professor asked.
"Yes, sir," the student replied.
The professor answered, "If God created everything, then God created evil,
since evil exists. And according to the principal that our works define who
we are, then God is evil." The student became quiet before such an answer.
The professor was quite pleased with himself, and boasted to the students
that he had proven once more that the faith in God is a myth.
Another student raised his hand and said, "Can I ask you a question,
professor?"
"Of course," replied the professor. The student stood up and
asked,"Professor, does cold exist?"
"What kind of question is this? Of course it exists. Have you never been
cold?"
The students snickered at the young man's question.
The young man replied, "In fact, sir, cold does not exist. According to the
laws of physics, what we consider cold is, in reality, the absence of heat.
Everybody or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits
energy. Absolute zero (-460 degrees F) is the total absence of heat. All
matter becomes inert and incapable of reaction at that temperature. Cold
does not exist. We have created this word to describe how we feel if we
have no heat.
The student continued. "Professor, does darkness exist?"
The professor responded,"Of course it does."
The student replied, "Once again you are wrong, sir. Darkness does not
exist either. Darkness is, in reality, the absence of light. We can study
light, but not darkness. In fact, we can use Newton's prism to break white
light into many colours and study the various wave lengths of each colour.
You cannot measure darkness. A simple ray of light can break into a world
of darkness and illuminate it. How can you know how dark a certain space
is? You measure the amount of light present. Isn't this correct? Darkness
is a term used by man to describe what happens when there is no light
present."
Finally, the young man asked the professor, "Sir, does evil exist?" Now
uncertain, the professor responded, "Of course, as I have already said. 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 not like faith, or love, that exist
just as does light and heat. 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.
The young student's name -- Albert Einstein.