Beautifully thought provoking: "Interesting Conversation"

INTERESTING CONVERSATION
>
> An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his
> class on the problem
> Science has with God, The Almighty. He asks one of
> his new Christian
> students to stand and.....
>
> PROF:?You are a Christian, 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
> its 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
> endeavor, 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.
>
>
> NB:?I believe you have enjoyed the
> conversation...and if so...you'll
> probably want your friends/colleagues to enjoy the
> same...won't you?
> ...forward them to increase their knowledge...Have a
> nice day...