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<p class=MsoNormal>One of our deacons forwarded this and maybe you’ve
seen it before, but if you have or have not, it is still worth reading.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>You
will like this one. Even if you have heard it before. It is a true story. </span></strong><b><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>A Professor starts his
class with this: </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Let me explain the problem
science has with religion.' The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before
his class and then asks one of his new students to stand. </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'You're a Christian, aren't
you, son?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Yes sir,' the student
says. </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'So you believe in God?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Absolutely. ' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Is God good?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Sure! God's good.' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Is God all-powerful? Can
God do anything?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Yes' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Are you good or evil?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'The Bible says I'm evil.' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The professor grins
knowingly. 'Aha! The Bible! He considers for a </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>moment. 'Here's one for
you. Let's say there's a sick person over here and </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>you can cure him. You can
do it. Would you help him? Would you try?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Yes sir, I would.' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'So you're good...!' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'I wouldn't say that.' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'But why not say that?
You'd help a sick and maimed person if you </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>could. Most of us would if
we could. But God doesn't.' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The student does not
answer, so the professor continues. 'He doesn't, does </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>he? My brother was a
Christian who died of cancer, even though he prayed to </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Jesus to heal him. How is
this Jesus good? Can you answer that one?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The student remains silent.
'No, you can't, can you?' </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>the professor says. He
takes a sip of water from a glass on his desk to give </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>the student time to relax.
'Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Er..yes,' the student
says. </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Is Satan good?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The student doesn't
hesitate on this one. 'No.' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Then where does Satan come
from?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The student falters. 'From
God' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'That's right. God made
Satan, didn't he? Tell me, son. Is there </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>evil in this world?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Yes, sir.' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Evil's everywhere, isn't
it? And God did make everything, correct?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Yes' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'So who created evil?' The
professor continued, 'If God created </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>everything, then God
created evil, since evil exists, and according </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>to the principle that our
works define who we are, then God is evil.' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Again, the student has no
answer. 'Is there sickness? Immorality? </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Hatred? Ugliness? All these
terrible things, do they exist in this world?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The student squirms on his
feet. 'Yes.' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'So who created them?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The student does not answer
again, so the professor repeats his </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>question. 'Who created
them?' There is still no answer. Suddenly the </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>lecturer breaks away to
pace in front of the classroom. The class is </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>mesmerized. 'Tell me,' he
continues onto another student. 'Do you believe in </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Jesus Christ, son?' </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>>>> </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The student's voice betrays
him and cracks. 'Yes, professor, I do.' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The old man stops pacing.
'Science says you have five senses you use to </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>identify and observe the
world around you. Have you ever seen Jesus?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'No sir. I've never seen
Him.' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Then tell us if you've
ever heard your Jesus?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'No, sir, I have not.' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Have you ever felt your
Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelt your </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Jesus? Have you ever had
any sensory perception of Jesus Christ, or God for </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>that matter?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'No, sir, I'm afraid I
haven't.' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Yet you still believe in
him?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Yes' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'According to the rules of
empirical, testable, demonstrable </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>protocol, science says your
God doesn't exist. What do you say to that, </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>son?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Nothing,' the student
replies. 'I only have my faith.' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Yes, faith,' the professor
repeats. 'And that is the problem </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>science has with God. There
is no evidence, only faith.' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The student stands quietly
for a moment, before asking a question </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>of His own. 'Professor, is
there such thing as heat?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>' Yes. </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'And is there such a thing
as cold?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Yes, son, there's cold
too.' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'No sir, there isn't.' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The professor turns to face
the student, obviously interested. </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The room suddenly becomes
very quiet. The student begins to explain. </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'You can have lots of heat,
even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>unlimited heat, white heat,
a little heat or no heat, but we don't have </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>anything called 'cold'. We
can hit down to 458 degrees below zero, which is </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>no heat, but we can't go
any further after that. There is no such thing </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>as cold; otherwise we would
be able to go colder than the lowest -458 </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>degrees. Everybody or
object is susceptible to study when it has or </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>transmits energy, and heat
is what makes a body or matter have or transmit </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>energy. Absolute zero (-458
F) is the total absence of heat. You see, sir, </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>cold is only a word we use
to describe the absence of heat. </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>We cannot measure cold.
Heat we can measure in thermal units because heat </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>is energy. Cold is not the
opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Silence across the room. A
pen drops somewhere in the classroom, sounding </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>like a hammer. </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'What about darkness,
professor. Is there such a thing as darkness?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Yes,' the professor
replies without hesitation. 'What is night if it </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>isn't darkness?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'You're wrong again, sir.
Darkness is not something; it is the absence </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>of something. You can have
low light, normal light, bright light, </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>flashing light, but if you
have no light constantly you have nothing and </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>it's called darkness, isn't
it? That's the meaning we use to define the </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>word. In reality, darkness
isn't. If it were, you would be able to make </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>darkness darker, wouldn't
you?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The professor begins to
smile at the student in front of him. This will </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>be a good semester. 'So
what point are you making, young man?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Yes, professor. My point
is, your philosophical premise is flawed to </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>start with, and so your
conclusion must also be flawed.' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The professor's face cannot
hide his surprise this time. 'Flawed? </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Can you explain how?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'You are working on the premise
of duality,' the student explains.. </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'You argue that there is
life and then there's death; a good God and </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>a bad God. You are viewing
the concept of God as something finite, </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>something we can measure.
Sir, science can't even explain a thought.' </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'It uses electricity and
magnetism, but has never seen, much less </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>fully understood either
one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be</span></strong></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>ignorant
of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. </span></strong><b><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Death is not the opposite
of life, just the absence of it.' </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Now tell me, professor. Do
you teach your students that they evolved </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>from a monkey?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'If you are referring to
the natural evolutionary process, young man, </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>yes, of course I do.' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Have you ever observed
evolution with your own eyes, sir?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The professor begins to
shake his head, still smiling, as he realizes </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>where the argument is
going. A very good semester, indeed. </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Since no one has ever
observed the process of evolution at work and </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>cannot even prove that this
process is an on-going endeavor, are you </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>not teaching your opinion,
sir? Are you now not a scientist, but a </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>preacher?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The class is in uproar. The
student remains silent until the commotion </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>has subsided. 'To continue
the point you were making earlier to the other </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>student, let me give you an
example of what I mean.' The student looks </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>around the room. 'Is there
anyone in the class who has ever seen the </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>professor's brain?' The
class breaks out into laughter. 'Is there anyone </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>here who has ever heard the
professor's brain, felt the professor's brain, </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>touched or smelt the
professor's brain? No one appears to have done so. So, </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>according to the
established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>protocol, science says that
you have no brain, with all due respect, sir.' </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'So if science says you
have no brain, how can we trust your lectures, sir?' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Now the room is silent. The
professor just stares at the student, his face </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>unreadable. Finally, after
what seems an eternity, the old man answers. 'I </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Guess you'll have to take
them on faith.' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>'Now, you accept that there
is faith, and, in fact, faith exists with life,' </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>the student continues.
'Now, sir, is there such a thing as evil?' </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Now uncertain, the
professor responds, 'Of course, there is. We see it </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Every day. It is in the
daily example of man's inhumanity to man. It is in </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The multitude of crime and
violence everywhere in the world. These </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>manifestations are nothing
else but evil.' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>To this the student
replied, 'Evil does not exist sir, or at least it </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>does not exist unto itself.
Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>like darkness and cold, a
word that man has created to describe the </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>absence of God. God did not
create evil. Evil is the result of what happens </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>when man does not have
God's love present in his heart. It's like the cold </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>that comes when there is no
heat or the darkness that comes when there is no </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>light.' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The professor sat down. </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>If you read it all the way
through and had a smile on your face when you </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>finished, mail to your
friends and family with the title 'God vs. Science' </span></strong><br>
<br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>PS: the student was Albert
Einstein </span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Albert Einstein wrote a
book titled God vs. Science in 1921... </span></strong></span></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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