FAITH

An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty. He asks one of his new students to stand and.....

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 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 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?

(Student does not answer.)

Prof: Is there sickness? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?

Student :Yes, sir.

Prof: So, who created them?

(Student has no answer.)

Prof: 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.

Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?

Student : No , sir.

Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelled your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of 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 GOD 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 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 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 your 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, 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 smelled 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.

You know who this young man was ?
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ALBERT EINSTEIN


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INSPIRING THOUGHTS

Anger is a condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind.

For every minute you are angry with someone,you lose 60 seconds of happiness that you can never get back.

Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.

You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying over the future.

If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.

The choice you make today will usually affect tomorrow.

Love...and you shall be loved.

Everyone needs to be loved... especially when they do not deserve it.

God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him.

Thank God for what you have, TRUST GOD for what you need.

The real measure of a man's wealth is what he has invested in eternity

Man looks at outward appearance but the Lord looks within.

All people smile in the same language.

Laughter is God's sunshine.

Take time to laugh, for it is the music of the soul.

Everyone has beauty but not everyone sees it.

It's important for parents to live the same things they teach.

Love is strengthened by working through conflicts together.

Love is the only thing that can be divided without being diminished.

Harsh words break no bones but they do break hearts.

To get out of a difficulty, one usually must go through it.

We take for granted the things that we should be giving thanks for.

Happiness is enhanced by others but does not depend upon others.

Do what you can, for who you can, with what you have, and where you are.
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The Five important lessons to be learnt from a pencil:
1]Everything you do will always leave a mark.
2]You can always correct the mistakes you make.
3]what is important is what is inside you.
4]In life you will undergoainful sharpenings, which will make you a better and a
useful pencil.
5]To be the best you can be, you must allow yourself to be held and guided by the
hand that holds you.
....our life is the same as that of a pencil.


NOW THE PENCIL STORY in detail

A Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box and said, "There are 5 things you should remember before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be."
"One: You can do many great things only when you allow yourself to be held in someone%s hand."
"Two: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, but you%ll need it to become a better pencil."
"Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make."
"Four: The most important part of you will always be what%s inside."
"And Five: On every surface you are used on, you must leave your mark. No matter what the condition, you must continue to write."
The pencil understood and promised to remember, and went into the box with a clear purpose in its mind.
We can replace the place of the pencil with ourselves. If we always remember them and never forget, we will become the best persons.
One: We are able to do many great things, but only if we allow ourselves to be held in a mentor%s hands. We should allow others to access us for the many gifts we possess.
Two: We will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, by going through various problems in life, but we need it to become stronger persons.
Three: We will be able to correct any mistakes we might make.
Four: The most important part of us will always be what%s on the inside.
Five: On every surface we walk through, we must leave our mark. No matter what the situation, we must continue to do our duties.

If we allow this story of pencil to encourage us to know that we are special persons, we can fulfil the purpose to which we were born to accomplish. We should never allow ourselves to get discouraged and think that our life is insignificant and cannot make a change.
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