An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty.
He asks one of his new students to stand and.....
Professor: You are a devotee and a follower of your religion, aren't you?
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 fellow.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...
cOol story isnt it... true isnt it? its exactly the way how i feel it as well.. hope it touches u, the same way it touches me... =p
dancing all night long _ *
8:51 PM
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Sunday, October 03, 2004
Dear Diary,
They told me that I was the ugliest thing they'd ever seen, and i started to cry.
I went home and Jake called me. I thought the day would get better.
But he told me that long distance relationships dont work out.
He lived in California, and I moved to Michigan.
Then I told him I loved him and that I missed him.
He told me that the only reason he ever went out with me was because
I was a joke, and he was dared to.
Then he dumped me.
We were going out for two and a half years!
November 9,1999
Today got a little better.
I miss jake so much you dont even know diary!!!!
But he even changed his number so I wouldn't call him.
But the most hottest guy at school asked me to the dance!
And those prissy girls that said im ugly let me hang out with them at lunch today.
It was cool!!
November 10,1999
I'm crying right now... turns out that hot guy was a jerk at the
dance he poured his punch on me, and those girls ripped my dress and everyone started laughing.
Then my grandma told me today that mom and dad got in a little car accident today at work.
They're in critical condition, they might die.
I can't write anymore.
November 11, 1999
Todays a saturday... but me and grandma were at the hospital all night long.
Dad died this morning.
Mom is going to live, but she's crippled for her life.
I wanna die too. while we were at the hospital grandma found out
that she had cancer in her stomach.
She has to go on chemo-therapy.
I cant believe daddy died.
I'm crying more then I have my whole life.
I'm in shock.
I cant write...I'm too tired.
I need sleep.
November 12
Daddy is not dead!
He can't be!
Its all a dream.
My life is perfect.
Jake still loves me.
I can barely write.
I'm crying too much.
I wanna die.
Take me.
Bye...
*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*
One day later, Lisa was found dead in her basement.
She had hung herself with a yellow rope.
I am her mother.
My name is Maranda Gonzalez.
The reason I wrote this e-mail to all of you, is because no one else deserves
what my daughter had.
Please remember that everyone needs love.
Everyone needs a hug everyday.
No one should be made fun of, or insulted.
No one deserves to die like Lisa did.
All of you please dont be the popular prissy girls that put other people down to make themselves feel better!
Please dont be the awful posessed date for the dance that makes people cry.
Now please do me the honor of sending this to as many people as you can think of.
So that way everyone will know not to be a jerk.
dancing all night long _ *
1:01 AM
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wahahha.. canot believe it man... i tink i realli enjoyed myself a lot 2dae.. hehe
its youth service..english serive.. bread of life lauching its 1st.. 2dae.. was greatly pleased wif it lor.. thou a bit sad.. cos sum1 i expect to turn up..dint turn up..but overall... cool sia.. hehex...
cried soo much 2dae... was reallyy angry wif the 2pid devil lor..tt idiot created so much trouble.. in this church.. hais... den cried a lot 2dae.. cos while worshippin..while praying..realli felt God's touch...was v sad for the past few days.. but realli great to feel comforted by the Lord.. hope he will heal tis relationship.. n greatly greatly bless mi!
haha.. after dat took a lot of fotos wif iwan's hp.. v cool wor.. we all v happi.. gr8 2 noe tt owen n gred enjoy their day as well... thank God leh! for everitink... we will b in the victory at the end man.. satan...watch out!
happi till cant slp ler.. all the best to my life... Thank God for being wif me... Hallelujah!
hmm.. anyway.. been v fantasixe by this song.. What Dreams are Made oF! nice song.. here is the 1st part of the lyrics...
Have you ever seen such a beautiful night...
I could almost Kiss the stars they are shining so bright...
Evrytime i c u i go.. Oh Oh oH
i would neva wanna miss tis
Cos in my heart i noe wad tis is...
cool rit? hahaha... i tink adrian painstakingly gt tis lyrics 4 mi de leh.. mai xiao siao wor.. lols...
dancing all night long _ *
12:57 AM
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