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Originally posted by SwordSerenity
without evil we could not define good
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excerpt of something i found amusing
"You are working on the premise of duality," the Christian
explains. "That for example 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 cannot even explain a thought. It uses electricity
and magnetism but has never seen, much less fully understood
them. 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, merely the absence of it."
The young man holds up a newspaper he takes from the desk
of a neighbour who has been reading it. "Here is one of the
most disgusting tabloids this country hosts, professor. Is
there such a thing as immorality?"
"Of course there is, now look..."
"Wrong again, sir. You see, immorality is merely the absence
of morality. Is there such thing as injustice? No. Injustice
is the absence of justice. Is there such a thing as evil?"
The Christian pauses. "Isn't evil the absence of good?"
The professor's face has turned an alarming color. He is so
angry that he is temporarily speechless. The Christian
continues.
"If there is evil in the world, professor, and we all agree
there is, then God, if he exists, must be accomplishing a
work through the agency of evil. What is that work, God
is accomplishing?The Bible tells us it is to see if each one
of us will, of our own free will, choose good over evil."
The professor bridles. "As a philosophical scientist, I
don't vie this matter as having anything to do with any
choice; as a realist, I absolutely do not recognize the
concept of God or any other theological factor as being
part of the world equation because God is not
observable."
"I would have thought that the absence of God's moral code
in this world is probably one of the most observable
phenomena going," the Christian replies.
"Newspapers make billions of dollars reporting it every
week! 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 makes a sucking sound with his teeth and
gives his student a silent, stony stare.
"Professor. 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 priest?"
"I'll overlook your impudence in the light of our
philosophical discussion. Now, have you quite finished?"
the professor hisses.
"So you don't accept God's moral code to do what is
righteous?"
"I believe in what is - that's science!"
"Ahh! SCIENCE!" the student's face splits into a grin.
"Sir, you rightly state that science is the study of
observed phenomena. Science too is a premise which is
flawed..."
"SCIENCE IS FLAWED..?" the professor splutters.
The class is in uproar.
The Christian remains standing until the commotion has
subsided.
"To continue the point you were making earlier to the
other student, may I give you an example of what I mean?"
The professor wisely keeps silent.
The Christian looks around the room. "Is there anyone in
the class who has ever seen the professor's brain?"
The class breaks out in laughter.
The Christian points towards his elderly, crumbling tutor.
"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.
The Christian shakes his head sadly. "It appears no-one
here has had any sensory perception of the professor's
brain whatsoever. Well, according to the rules of empirical,
stable, demonstrable protocol, science, I DECLARE that
the professor has no brain."
The class is in chaos.
And the Christian sits... Because that is what a chair is
for.