A VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATION WITH A PROFESSOR & STUDENT

An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to his Class on the problem Science has with GOD, the ALMIGHTY. He asked one of his New Christian Students to stand and . . .

Professor: “You are a Christian, aren't you, son?”  

Student: “Yes, sir.”

Professor: So, you believe in GOD?   Student: Absolutely, sir.

Professor: Is GOD Good? Student: Sure.

Professor: Is GOD ALL - POWERFUL? Student: Yes.

Professor: My Brother died of Cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him.  Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn't. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?

 (Student was silent)

Professor: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, Young Fella.  Is GOD Good? Student: Yes.

Professor: Is Satan good? Student: No.

Professor: Where does Satan come from? Student: From . . . GOD.

Professor: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this World? Student: Yes.

Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And GOD did make every-thing. Correct? Student: Yes.

Professor: So who created evil?

(Student did not answer)

Professor: Is there Sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness?

All these terrible things exist in the World, don't they?

Student: Yes, sir.

Professor: So, who created them?

(Student had no answer)

Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son . . . Have you ever Seen GOD? Student: No, sir.

Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD? Student: No.

Professor: Have you ever felt your GOD, Tasted your GOD, Smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any sensory perception of GOD for that matter?  Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.

Professor: Yet you still believe in HIM? Student: Yes.

Professor: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, Science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?  Student: Nothing. I only have my Faith.

Professor: Yes, Faith. And that is the problem Science has.  

Student: Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?

Professor: Yes.

Student: And is there such a thing as Cold?

Professor: Yes.

Student: No, sir. There isn't.

(The Lecture Theatre became 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 was pin-drop silence in the Lecture Theatre)

Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as Darkness? Professor: 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 is, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?

Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man?

Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

Professor: 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 your students that they evolved from a monkey?

Professor: 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 shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was 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 endeavor, Are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?

(The Class was in Uproar )

Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain?

(The class broke 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 was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable)

Professor: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.

Student: That is it sir . . . exactly!

The Link between Man & GOD is FAITH.

That is all that Keeps Things Alive and Moving.

Guess who the student was: none other than Albert Einstein!

"AMBASSADOR, WHERE’S YOUR COUNTRY?”

When George P. Shultz was the secretary of state in the US administration, there was a big globe in his office. When the ambassadors, who were newly going to their posts or in their posts and coming back to visit him got ready to leave, he would say to them, "Ambassador, you have one more test before you can go to your post. You have to go over to the globe and prove to me that you can identify your country."  So unerringly, they would go over and they'd spin the globe around and they'd put their finger on the country they were going to, pass the test.

Mike Mansfield, great elder statesman in America, former Senate majority leader and who had been ambassador to Japan was a close friend of George P. Shultz.  During a visit to US while being the ambassador to Japan, he visited George P. Shultz.   As he got ready to leave George P. Shultz said, "Mike, I got to give you the same test I give everybody else. Before you can go back to Japan, you got to show me that you can go over to the globe and put your finger on your country."

So he went over and he spun this globe around and he put his hand on the United States and said, "That's my country." From that day on George P. Shultz told the above story to all the ambassadors going out, "Never forget, you're over there in that country, but your country is the United States. You're there to represent us. Take care of our interests and never forget it, and you're representing the best country in the world."

What does it tell us?

SEE GOOD TO BE SEEN AS GOOD

One day Duryodhana approached Sri Krishna and said, “Lord, why is it that everybody in this world sees me as an evil man whereas, Dharmaputra is seen as good by everyone. I have done my dharma (duty) only!”

Krishna replied, “I shall give you the reply tomorrow. But when you come to me, please bring a good person also with you from anywhere.”

Duryodhana agreed and went off.

Sri Krishna called Dharmaputra also and told him to bring an evil man next day.

Both Duryodhana and Dharmaputra returned to him the next day, but both did not have another person with them.

“I have told you to bring a good man along with you when you come; but where is he?”

“I couldn’t find a good man in Hasthinapura! All are crooks and cheats. What can I do?” replied Duryodhana disappointed.

Then Sri Krishna turned to Dharmaputra and asked, “I told you to bring an evil man along with you when you come to me. Where is he?”

Dharmaputra sighed and said, “I tried my level best but couldn’t find a single evil man around.”

Then Sri Krishna turned to Duryodhana and said, “Duryodhana, haven’t you got the answer? You searched all over Hasthinapura, but could not find a good man because you cannot see the good in others. You only see the bad side of all who come around. Hence others also see you in the same manner. Look at Dharmaputra. He could not see even a single evil person and hence others also see him as a good person.”

The people we see around are a projection of us: if we see the good in them, they also see the good in us and if we see the bad them, they also see the bad in us.  Don’t complaint that others do not love us, respect us, recognize us, accept us etc.; start loving, respecting, recognizing, accepting and you can see wonders happening to you.

TRUE LOVE IS NOT POSSESSIVE

A Nice Article about Love by Swami Vivekananda is posted here for all of us ponder and act!

I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me.

Once when we were sitting at the edge of a swimming pool, she filled the palm of her hand with some water and held it before me, and said this: "You see this water carefully contained on my hand? It symbolizes Love."

This was how I saw it: As long as you keep your hand caringly open and allow it to remain there, it will always be there. However, if you attempt to close your fingers round it and try to posses it, it will spill through the first cracks it finds.

This is the greatest mistake that people do when they meet love... they try to posses it, they demand, they expect... and just like the water spilling out of your hand, love will retrieve from you.

For love is meant to be free, you cannot change its nature. If there are people you love, allow them to be free beings.

Give and don't expect.

Advise, but don't order.

Ask, but never demand.

It might sound simple, but it is a lesson that may take a lifetime to truly practice. It is the secret to true love. To truly practice it, you must sincerely feel no expectations from those who you love, and yet an unconditional caring."