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The Science of God
A science professor begins his school
year with a lecture to the students,
"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," the professor replies. "There's
heat."
"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 up
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.