Tuesday, February 16, 2010

THIS POST WAS WRITTEN BY SAMRINA

Last year a blogger friend of mine posted a true story that I really loved. I call her Sam. Her name is Samrina, she is a lovely person who writes a lot of little sanes and poems. Her blog title
is 'ALL THAT I'VE GOT' and this is her url -- http://charcoalgrey.blogspot.com/ I'm sure you will want to visit her site after you read this post. It is a true story. But it is a long story, stay with it you won't be sorry.
All of the credit for this post goes to Samrina. I'm only passing it on.

So without further ado here is Sams story.
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God does exist...
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.....
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 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.
I have received this as a forward e-mail and found it worth sharing so I
have posted it here at my blog and I do hope you have enjoyed the
conversation too...this is a true story, and the student was APJ Abdul
Kalam, the former President of India.
Best Regards
Samrina

10 Comments:

Blogger Asghar Javed said...

I am going to follow here. Thanks for sharing this.

6:44 AM  
Blogger EXSENO said...

Hi Shirazi,
We've been hearing some on the news lately about whats been going on there.

5:31 PM  
Blogger Sam!! said...

Hi Exseno,

Hey that's so sweet of you that you still remember my posts and said so much for at your page.. m so touched dear..n thanks a lot for all your sweet words for me..even i haven't written this story at my own but just shared as i found it worth sharing..but m so glad that u still remember.. n spreading good knowledge is always good.. :)

Lots of Love,
Samrina

12:09 AM  
Blogger EXSENO said...

Hi Samrina,
So glad that you approve. I tried to get in touch to ask if it was o.k. but I didn't know if you got the message.

What's this about getting ready for love. Have you got something going there Sam. he,he. I hope so.

11:12 AM  
Blogger EYE said...

this is so beautiful....yes God does exist and we cannot ever measure or fathom his greatness. If we are really sensitive sometimes we can sense his presence.

7:02 AM  
Blogger EXSENO said...

I loved the fact that as well as being a great read, it was a true story.

7:17 AM  
Blogger Id it is said...

Very inspiring!

3:18 PM  
Blogger EXSENO said...

Hi Id it is,
I think it's Pretty bold of the student to dare to question the professor and then to continue on to prove his point was awesome.

Pretty kind of the professor to allow him to continue as well.

6:23 AM  
Blogger D said...

nice, perhaps explains the origing of-- "keep the faith"

3:34 AM  
Blogger EXSENO said...

Hi D,
True enough. And perhaps the fact that the student had the courage to question the teacher, which opened up a whole new point of view. I think it was an awesome read.

6:36 AM  

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