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 the after
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 believe you have enjoyed
the conversation…and if so…
you’ll probably want your
friends/colleagues to enjoy
the same…won’t you?….this is
a true story, and the
student was none other than
…….
APJ Abdul Kalam, the former
President of India
