GOD

[Guest guest]

An 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 Hare 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 moreheat, 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

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.