An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty.

He asks one of his new Muslim students to stand and.. Professor !ou are a Muslim, aren"t you, son# $tudent !es, sir. Professor $o you belie%e in God# $tudent Absolutely, sir. Professor &s God good# $tudent $ure. Prof &s God all'powerful# $tudent !es.

Prof My brother died of cancer e%en though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. (ut God didn"t. How is this God good then# Hmm# )$tudent is silent.* Prof !ou can"t answer, can you# +et"s start again, young fella. &s God good# $tudent !es. Prof &s $atan good# $tudent ,o. Prof -here does $atan come from#

$tudent .romGod Prof That"s right. Tell me son, is there e%il in this world# $tudent !es. Prof /%il is e%erywhere, isn"t it# And God did make e%erything. 0orrect# $tudent !es. Prof $o who created e%il# )$tudent does not answer.* Prof &s there sickness# &mmorality# Hatred# 1gliness# All these terrible things e2ist in the world, don"t they#

$tudent !es, sir. Prof $o, who created them# )$tudent has no answer.* Prof $cience says you ha%e 3 senses you use to identify and obser%e the world around you. Tell me, sonHa%e you e%er seen God# $tudent ,o, sir. Prof Tell us if you ha%e e%er heard your God# $tudent ,o , sir. Prof Ha%e you e%er felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God# Ha%e you e%er had any sensory perception of God for that matter#

$tudent ,o, sir. &"m afraid & ha%en"t. Prof !et you still belie%e in Him# $tudent !es. Prof According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your G45 doesn"t e2ist. -hat do you say to that, son# $tudent ,othing. & only ha%e my faith. Prof !es. .aith. And that is the problem science has. $tudent Professor, is there such a thing as heat# Prof !es.

$tudent And is there such a thing as cold# Prof !es. $tudent ,o sir. There isn"t. )The lecture theatre becomes %ery 6uiet with this turn of e%ents.* $tudent $ir, you can ha%e lots of heat, e%en more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. (ut we don"t ha%e anything called cold. -e can hit 738 degrees below 9ero which is no heat, but we can"t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. 0old is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. -e cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. 0old is not the opposite of heat, sir, :ust the absence of it.

)There is pin'drop silence in the lecture theatre.* $tudent -hat about darkness, Professor# &s there such a thing as darkness# Prof !es. -hat is night if there isn"t darkness# $tudent !ou"re wrong again, sir. 5arkness is the absence of something. !ou can ha%e low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light.(ut if ;you ha%e no light constantly, you ha%e nothing and it"s called darkness, isn"t it# &n reality, darkness isn"t. &f it were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn"t you# Prof $o what is the point you are making, young man# $tudent $ir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

Prof .lawed# 0an you e2plain how# $tudent $ir, you are working on the premise of duality. !ou argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. !ou are %iewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. $ir, science can"t e%en e2plain a thought. &t uses electricity and magnetism, but has ne%er seen, much less fully understood either one. To %iew death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot e2ist as a substanti%e thing. 5eath is not the opposite of life :ust the absence of it. ,ow tell me, Professor. 5o you teach your students that they e%ol%ed from a monkey# Prof &f you are referring to the natural e%olutionary process, yes, of course, & do.

$tudent Ha%e you e%er obser%ed e%olution with your own eyes, sir# )The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to reali9e where the argument is going.* $tudent $ince no one has e%er obser%ed the process of e%olution at work and cannot e%en pro%e that this process is an on'going endea%our, are you not teaching your opinion, sir# Are you not a scientist but a preacher# )The class is in uproar.* $tudent &s there anyone in the class who has e%er seen the Professor"s brain# )The class breaks out into laughter.* $tudent &s there anyone here who has e%er

heard the Professor"s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it#..,o one appears to ha%e done so. $o, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you ha%e no brain, sir. -ith 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 & guess you"ll ha%e to take them on faith, son. $tudent That is it sir.. The link between man < god is .A&TH. That is all that keeps things mo%ing < ali%e. Ama9ingly true isnt it######