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.Wednesday, September 17, 2008 ' 8:04 pm Y

hand in hand we go

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'Let me explain the problem science has with Jesus Christ.' 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 : '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.'

Without allowing the student to answer, the professor continues: 'Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things, do they exist in this world?'

The student: '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 is confident: '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 actually felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelled 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 endeavour, are you not teachingyour 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 smelled 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.

Pass this on if you love Jesus.

There are many things in the world which people cant explain.. we try ways and means to find an explanation. Science is the key to it. Science solves mysteries, science explores deep into matters, science has uncovered so many amazing and unbelievable discoveries. but WHO created all these wonders?? its God. science only discovered it. lets talk abt the big bang... the big bang is supposed to prove that God did create the world. But who created the big bang? God is real.

so if you love me and if you are my friend. stop mocking God. i am not a good son of God. I dont go to church, i've not prayed for a long time. i've sinned so much by doing all the things that He told me not to do. But you know what... HE STILL LOVES ME SO MUCH. each time i break his heart, he NEVER gives up.. He finds ways and means to get to me.. to tell me that HE LOVES ME. He will try and try and try and try again till the day i DIE.

God is our father... just like your own flesh and blood father. Your daddy would love you no matter what you do... BECAUSE you're his son/daughter. There is no reason WHY. There is no reason. Our father in heaven loves us like how your daddy loves you. Its a RELATIONSHIP. FATHER AND CHILD RELATIONSHIP.

if you had done something that broke your daddy's heart so bad and left home.. because you were too ashamed to face him... is it still so easy for you to go home the next day and still bask in the love and care that he unconditionally gives you?? are you not ASHAMED? not GUILTY? it takes a lot a lot a lot of infinite courage to tell your daddy, I'M SORRY, WOULD YOU FORGIVE ME FOR THE THINGS I'VE DONE?

would you so easily be able to tell your daddy that I'M SORRY I BROKE YOUR HEART WHEN YOU LOVED ME WITH YOUR BODY AND SOUL?

you know that your daddy surely will forgive you BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU SO.

BUT WOULD U DO THAT??

it takes so much to face him. it takes so much to go back and say i'm sorrry.

do you know why i dont go to church, pray and sin and do all the things he told me not to?

BECAUSE I AM GUILTY. I AM ASHAMED. I AM BASICALLY A COWARD.

i dare not face him. i dare not go back to him and promise i will not stray. because i will. because satan will tempt me.

Satan tempts and tries to destroy people who are close to GOD. because satan OPPOSES GOD.

the closer i get to God, each time i try to go back Him, my life screws up. ask Christians around you. they have troubled lives. its not because God isnt there for them. God is.. always has been, and always will be. and so will Satan. Satan always has been everywhere God is and always will be. Satan tempts. Only the strongest in faith will be able to go through this ordeal till the day he dies and finally be together with God. Wouldnt that be most worthy one to be with God? Because God offers you the heavens. only the worthiest will be able to enjoy the goodness he gives.

I am not a person of strong faith. I back away from troubles, i run away from them. I am so afraid. I try to be alone.. but Im never happy without God in me. Its never complete. I never feel complete without him. Its only his LOVE can make me feel complete.

You will not understand why only his love will make me feel complete if you have not experienced God's love.

If you dont understand, i am not asking you to believe in God. you dont have to. i am in no position to preach God's words because i myself cant do what He tells me to do, so who am i to preach to you?

i only want you to respect me. Respect God. Respect that i love God and that i believe God is real. you cannot disrespect me just because you dont understand. if you are able to understand you wouldnt need to go through studying, go through life because you understand everything right?

because i am not the most patient person, the bestest friend or person you've ever met, the nicest girl you've ever seen, the angel i seem to be and find out later how devlish i am, DOES NOT MEAN THAT GOD IS LIKE THAT TOO. its just that i'm only human.. i ERR LIKE EVERYONE DOES. believing that Christ exist does not mean that we are PERFECT, does not mean that we make no mistakes, we are only HUMAN. we hate, we love, we do wrong, we can be fake, can be anything. we're only human. Believing in God is a relationship, not a religion.

Don't say that i dont go church and all that, and assume that God is nothing. Going to church is more than just physically going to a place. Its giving you heart, your body and your soul to Christ. Its telling Satan that you're ready to receive all his abuse and temptations.

i am not ready. and i feel like such a failure. i dont know when i will be.

so now.. dont ever mention 'religion' to me unless you understand how i feel and can help me through this. dont ever mock God infront of me.