God vs Science

           (CAN YOU GUESS STUDENT'S NAME )

 '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.

 'You're a Christian, aren't you, son?'

 'Yes sir,' the student says.

 'So you believe in God?'

 'Absolutely. '

 'Is God good?'

 'Sure! God's good.'

 'Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?'

 'Yes'

 'Are you good or evil?'

 'The Bible says I'm evil.'

 The professor grins knowingly. 'Aha! The Bible!' He considers for a
 moment. 'Here's one for you. Let's say there's
 a sick person over here and you can cure him. You can do it. Would
 you help him? Would you try?'

 'Yes sir, I would.'

 'So you're good...!'

 'I wouldn't say that.'

 'But why not say that? You'd help a sick and maimed person if you
 could. Most of us would if we could.
 But God doesn't.'

 The student does not answer, so the professor continues. 'He doesn't,
 does he? My brother was a Christian who
 died of cancer, even though he prayed to Jesus to heal him. How is
 this Jesus good? Hmmm? Can you answer that one?'

 The student remains silent.

 'No, you can't, can you?' the professor says. He takes a sip of water
 from a glass on his desk to give
 the student time to relax.

 'Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?'

 'Er..yes,' the student says.

 'Is Satan good?'

 The student doesn't hesitate on this one. 'No.'

 'Then where does Satan come from?'

 The student falters. 'From God'

 'That's right. God made Satan, didn't he? Tell me, son. Is there evil
 in this world?'

 'Yes, sir.'

 'Evil's everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything, correct?'

 'Yes'

 'So who created evil?' The professor continued, 'If God created
 everything, then God created evil, since evil exists,
 and according to the principle that our works define who we are, then
 God is evil.'

 Again, the student has no answer. 'Is there sickness? Immorality?
 Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things,
 do they exist in this world?'

 The student squirms on his feet. 'Yes.'

 'So who created them?'

 The student does not answer again, so the professor repeats his
 question. 'Who created them?'

 There is still no answer.

 Suddenly the lecturer breaks away to pace in front of the classroom.

 The class is mesmerized. 'Tell me,' he continues onto another
 student. 'Do you believe in Jesus Christ, son?'

 The student's voice betrays him and cracks. 'Yes, professor, I do.'

 The old man stops pacing. 'Science says you have five senses you use
 to identify and observe the world around you.
 Have you ever seen Jesus?'

 'No sir. I've never seen Him.'

 'Then tell us if you've ever heard your Jesus?'

 'No, sir, I have not.'

 'Have you ever felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelt your
 Jesus? Have you ever had any sensory perception
 of Jesus Christ, or God for that matter?'

 'No, sir, I'm afraid I haven't.'

 'Yet you still believe in him?'

 'Yes'

 'According to the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable
 protocol, science says your God doesn't exist.
 What do you say to that, son?'

 'Nothing,' the student replies. 'I only have my faith.'

 'Yes, faith,' the professor repeats. 'And that is the problem science
 has with God. There is no evidence, only faith.'

 The student stands quietly for a moment, before asking a question of
 His own. 'Professor, is there such thing as heat?'

 ' Yes.

 'And is there such a thing as cold?'

 'Yes, son, there's cold too.'

 'No sir, there isn't.'

 The professor turns to face the student, obviously interested. The
 room suddenly becomes very quiet. The student
 begins to explain. 'You can have lots of heat, even more heat,
 super-heat, mega-heat, unlimited heat, white heat, a
 little heat or no heat, but we don't have anything called 'cold'. We
 can hit down to 458 degrees below zero, which
 is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such
 thing as cold; otherwise we would be able to go
 colder than the lowest -458 degrees.' 'Every body or object is
 susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy,
 and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy.
 Absolute zero (-458 F) is the total absence of heat.
 You see, sir, cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of
 heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure
 in thermal units because heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of
 heat, sir, just the absence of it.'

 Silence across the room. A pen drops somewhere in the classroom,
 sounding like a hammer.

 'What about darkness, professor. Is there such a thing as darkness?'

 'Yes,' the professor replies without hesitation. 'What is night if it
 isn't darkness?'

 'You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something; it 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? That's
 the meaning we use to define the word.'

 'In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would be able to make
 darkness darker, wouldn't you?'

 The professor begins to smile at the student in front of him. This
 will be a good semester.
 'So what point are you making, young man?'

 'Yes, professor. My point is, your philosophical premise is flawed to
 start with, and so your conclusion
 must also be flawed.'

 The professor's face cannot hide his surprise this time. 'Flawed? Can
 you explain how?'

 'You are working on the premise of duality,' the student explains..
 'You argue that there is life and then there's 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?'

 'If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young man,
 yes, of course I do.'

 'Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?'

 The professor begins to shake his head, still smiling, as he realizes
 where the argument is going.
 A very good semester, indeed.

 '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 now not a
 scientist, but a preacher?'

 The class is in uproar. The student remains silent until the
 commotion has subsided.

 'To continue the point you were making earlier to the other student,
 let me give you an example of what I mean.' The student
 looks around the room. 'Is there anyone in the class who has ever
 seen the professor's brain?'
 The class breaks out into laughter.

 'Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor's brain, felt
 the professor's brain, touched or smelt the
 professor's brain? 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, with all due respect,
 sir.'

 'So if science says you have no brain, how can we trust your
 lectures, sir?'

 Now the room is silent. The professor just stares at the student, his
 face unreadable.

 Finally, after what seems an eternity, the old man answers. 'I guess
 you'll have to take them on faith.'

 'Now, you accept that there is faith, and, in fact, faith exists with
 life,' the student continues. 'Now, sir, is there such a
 thing as evil?' Now uncertain, the professor responds, 'Of course,
 there is. We see it everyday It is in the daily example
 of man's inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime and
 violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations
 are nothing else but evil.'

 To this the student replied, 'Evil does not exist sir, or at least it
 does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of
 God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created
 to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil.
 Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love
 present in his heart. It's like the cold that comes
 when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no
 light.'

 The professor sat down.

 If you read it all the way through and had a smile on your face when
 you finished, mail to your friends and family
 with the title 'God vs Science'

 PS: the student was Albert Einstein

 Albert Einstein wrote a book titled God vs Science in 1921.