A n atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class
on the problem science has with Krishna. He asks one of
his new students to stand and.....
Professor: You are a Krishna devotee, aren't you, son?
Student: Yes, sir.
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 Krishna to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help
others who are ill. But Krishna didn't. How is this Krishna
good then? Hmm?
(The 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?
(The 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?
(The student has no answer.)
Prof: Tell me, son. Do you believe in Krishna?
Student: Yes, professor, I do.
Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify
and observe the world around you. Have you ever seen Krishna?
Student No, sir.
Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your Krishna?
Student: No, sir.
Prof: Have you ever felt your Krishna, tasted your
Krishna, smelt your Krishna? Have you ever had any
sensory perception of Krishna or 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 Krishna 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 tour 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 endeavour, 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
rain, 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.
makes sence (personally this is sumthing i actually liked)
and i love it soo much ill pin it its really very nice
| QUOTE (_unknown-hacker_ @ Feb 2 2004, 08:28 PM) |
| and i love it soo much ill pin it its really very nice |
thnx! and also thnx for pinning it
WOW ... that is REALLY NICE !!!
HehE.... GuD 1... absolutely worth readiNg...
Srry DiDnt read the whole thing yet :rolleyes: !