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The Link between Man and God

Journal Entry: Mon Apr 28, 2008, 12:54 AM




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 . . ....
Professor : You are a Christian, aren't you, son ?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor : So you Believe in GOD ?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD Good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor : Is GOD ALL - POWERFUL ?
Student : Yes.
Professor : 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 )

Professor : You can't answer, can you ?
Let's start again, Young Fella.
Is GOD Good ?
Student : Yes.
Professor : Is Satan good ?
Student : No.
Professor : Where does Satan come from ?
Student : From .. . . GOD . .. .
Professor : That's right.
Tell me son, is there evil in this World ?
Student : Yes.
Professor : Evil is everywhere, isn't it ?
And GOD did make Everything. Correct ?
Student : Yes.
Professor : So who created evil ?
( Student does not answer )
Professor : Is there Sickness ? Immorality ? Hatred ? Ugliness ?
All these terrible things exist in the World, don't they ?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor : So, who Created them ?

( Student has no answer )

Professor : 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.
Professor : Tell us if you have ever Heard your GOD ?
Student : No , sir.
Professor : 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.
Professor : Yet you still Believe in HIM ?
Student : Yes.
Professor : 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.
Professor : Yes. Faith. And that is the Problem Science has.
Student : Professor, is there such a thing as Heat ?
Professor : Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as Cold ?
Professor : 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 ?
Professor : 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, there is no Darkness.
If there is, you would be able to make Darkness Darker, wouldn't you ?
Professor : So what is the point you are making, Young Man ?
Student : Sir, my point is your Philosophical Premise is Flawed.
Professor : 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 ?
Professor : 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 )
Professor : 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.

It turned out later that the student is Albert Einstein...


“Only in obedience can we discover the great joy of the will of God.”


got this from :iconhumawinghangin: he stole it from :iconorphanshadow: who also stole it from :iconbernce: :D

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:iconjanigany:
~Janigany Nov 9, 2009  Hobbyist General Artist
I know this is late in the coming, but just wanted to say thanks for posting it and I'm fully supporting your cause :)

It's true I'm no scientist, so I'm not going to being to argue evolution, intelligent design, etc.

BUT, I think it's important to note a few things before you make any judgements (this is in response to all the commenters) and this is a PHILOSOPHICAL argument:

Science only answers SOME questions, eg, what is repeatable and observable. That allows us to predict the future, eg, the plane will fly if x, y and z happens. It also allows us to predict the past, eg, carbon dating. HOWEVER, that is no argument that PROVES miracles can't happen or that God doesn't exist because that is BASED ON AN ASSUMPTION.
For example:
a) I assume God doesn't exist, therefore miracles can't happen. If a miracle DOES happen, then we explain it this way- 'oh well, there MUST be a scientific explanation'
b) I assume God does exist, therefore miracles CAN happen. Seeing that miracles exist outside the realm of the ordinary (scientific rules), it's not MEANT to be repeatable, etc.
In conclusion: whether you're an athiest or Christian, we BOTH rely on faith (of an assumption)

In reply to religious intolerance, yes, the church has acted dishonourably and oppressively through history, I will not argue that.
BUT, you need to remember that EVERYBODY is intolerant of something, eg, I'm intolerant of people who rape and murder, or corrupt politicians, or other people who are intolerant LOL. You can't say you are part of the 'I'm tolerant of everybody camp' because it's not possible. However, intolerance is a good thing sometimes because you should be intolerable of SOME things. The real question is, HOW do you TREAT people you are intolerant of/don't like.
In the past, the church has executed people for that, eg, crusades and witch hunts
Then again, Stalin and Pol Pot (athiests) also did that, eg, genocide
In conclusion: Before you start assuming things, please THINK- I respect your opinion, so long as you've thought it out :).

For athiests, I'd encourage you to read MORE than Richard Dawkins because (this is hilarious) most serious athiests disown him. Yes, ATHIESTS said that!!

For everybody, (athiest, agnostic, Buddist, Bahai, Muslim, apathetic people and Christians (definitely if you're a Christian) I encourage you to read what JESUS himself said- go to the source- the Bible. And he definitely DID NOT teach people to be intolerant, eg, he taught people to love your enemies and NOT to judge others (eg, He hung out with prostitutes and the homeless instead of the rich and famous), ie the church doesn't really follow what Jesus said sometimes, preferring to pursue human desires. Hmmm... concerning!
As I said before, science only answers SOME questions, but the Bible answers OTHER questions. For instance, why am I here, what was I made for? Why is the world broken, why don't my relationships work? Why do I feel empty, where is the meaning to what I do? Why isn't the world enough?


Religion and science are not quite the enemies you'd expect.


So before you assume religious people are dumb, please think and be considerate :)
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:iconferres:
This is an old parable thrown around in catholic schools. It flies well when preaching to the choir.

But this parable is a veiled attack on secular principles and has a very negative attitude towards atheists. If you replace atheist professor with Jewish professor, it comes out anti-semitic.

Many artist have to stand with secular principles because many of us have suffered one way or another from religious intolerance.:shakefist:
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:iconnetherwings:
~netherwings May 5, 2008  Student Artisan Crafter
Wow.

*steals*
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:iconcortezmaronie:
~cortezmaronie May 4, 2008  Hobbyist Digital Artist
WOOOOOOOOOOWWWW!!! so Albert Einstein was a christian?? o.0...hmmm :p. this was some argument! :nod:
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:iconleinilyu:
And it turns out one of the greatest minds ever is a post-darwin/natural selection creationist.
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:iconcortezmaronie:
~cortezmaronie May 7, 2008  Hobbyist Digital Artist
hmm? what is that exactly:?
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:iconleinilyu:
Based on the story above, someone who thinks that evolution is just an opinion and something that is "preached". Only creationists think like this as common descent/evolution is a scientific fact. Einstein is doing somersaults in his grave.
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:iconcortezmaronie:
~cortezmaronie May 7, 2008  Hobbyist Digital Artist
evolution?? like the believe that humans come from monkeys:?
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:iconleinilyu:
it's the crazy scientific fact AND theory that people and all animals in the world has common ancestry. Humans didn't evolve from monkeys but other ape-like ancestors. monkeys are therefore a distant cousin.

Crazy as it seems, it's where science unanimously stands. They say the theory of evolution(natural selection) is what explains that scientific fact.

99.999999% of scientists believe it. Einstein believes in it as well.

I'm just an artist so what do I know.
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:iconcortezmaronie:
~cortezmaronie May 7, 2008  Hobbyist Digital Artist
really?!......so that argument was based on those theories and Einstein wasn't really a "real" Christian? o.0
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