Does GOD 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 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