Story of Faith & Story of Science
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Story 1 - Story of Faith:
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 .....
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 fellow. 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. . . . . . .
THAT STUDENT WAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India.
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India.
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Story 2 - Story of Science
The whole conversation looks like one of the Dreams of APJ Kalam. Because he use to dream the whole day and night and breach others the remaining Day to dream in the 'middle of meddled country'.
If I were dreaming How the conversation would continue....000000(The dream continues...)
The whole conversation looks like one of the Dreams of APJ Kalam. Because he use to dream the whole day and night and breach others the remaining Day to dream in the 'middle of meddled country'.
If I were dreaming How the conversation would continue....000000(The dream continues...)
Prof: Dear student, is there such a thing as 'GOD'?
Stu: Yes, it is 'Faith' through which we can feel 'GOD'. So it is there.
Pro: No my dear young chap, you are wrong. We have science, Astro science, and whole lot of science for each and every field. But we don't have anything called 'GOD'. There is no such thing as 'GOD'.
'GOD' is only a word we use to describe the inability of science(that is the inability of science to describe something). We cannot measure 'GOD'. My dear student, 'GOD' is not the opposite of Science. Just the absence of it. 'GOD' is just the absence of Science. So My dear student, your point is correct but the conclusion is wrong.
(The Foolish Student shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize how unrealistic his thoughts were and how naive he was.)(The class is in uproar.)
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The message is very clear. The history of God says it is the fear of human on his inability to perceive the Nature - that is where 'GOD' exists. As our ability of perception grows, that is sceince grows, the space for GOD shrinks.
Thus now the sustenance of 'GOD' lies in Three areas...
One - Those who benifit from institutionalized GOD - that is religion- try to give various definition keep in pace with ever evolving science.
Two - Unsolved questions of science(the inability of Science).
Three - The unpredictable condition of global economy (due to its capitalist nature). Even the big capital venture has to first beleive in GOD then only he belives his own predictions about profit.
I thank Dream Kalam (Parliament Buffoon) on spreading this information. By that giving me a chance to expose the same.
1) Your brain will vanish.
2) Your Numskull become a permanent resident for unwanted viruses.
3) You will hear this in your dreams "May God Bless you, Amen!".
