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Date Posted: 11:53:19 10/24/04 Sun
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Pastordave
's message, "A Professor's Thoughts" on 21:23:49 01/02/03 Thu
The argument the 'student' made is clearly stupid. I would not ridicule Christians like the 'professor' but I have to wonder about the way they think. Most likely any Christian who reads about the 'professor' will say, "So there," and think the arguement valid. That is sad.
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>Author Unknown
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>"At a certain college, there was a professor with a
>reputation for being tough on Christians.
>At the first class every semester, he asked if anyone
>was a Christian and proceeded to degrade and make fun
>of their belief.
>
>One semester, he asked the question and young man
>raised his hand when asked if anyone was a Christian.
>
>The professor asked "Did God make everything, young
>man?"
>
>"Yes he did sir," the young man replied.
>
>The professor responded, "If God made everything, then
>God made evil, and if we can only create from within
>ourselves, then God is evil."
>
>The student didn't have a response and the professor
>was happy to have once again proved the Christian
>faith to be a myth.
>
>Then another man raised his hand and asked "May I ask
>you something, sir?"
>
>"Yes you may," responded the professor.
>
>The young man stood up and said "Sir, is there such
>thing as cold?"
>
>"Of course there is, what kind of a question is that?
>Haven't you ever been cold?"
>
>The young man replied, "Actually, sir, cold does not
>exist. What we consider to be cold, is really only the
>absence of heat. Absolute zero is when there is
>absolutely no heat, but cold does
>not really exist. We have only created that term to
>describe how we feel when heat is not there."
>
>The young man continued "Sir, is there such thing as
>dark?"
>
>Once again, professor responded "Of course there is."
>
>And once again, the student replied "Actually sir,
>darkness does not exist.
>
>Darkness is really only the absence of light. Darkness
>is only a term man developed to describe what happens
>when there is no light present."
>
>Finally, the young man asked "Sir, is there such thing
>as evil?"
>
>The professor responded "Of course, we have rapes, and
>murders and violence everywhere in the world, those
>things are evil."
>
>The student replied "Actually, sir, evil does not
>exist. Evil is simply the absence of God. Evil is a
>term man developed to describe the absence of God
>
>God did not create evil. It isn't like truth, or love,
>which exist as virtues like heat and light. Evil is
>simply the state where God is not present, like cold
>without heat or darkness without light."
>
>The professor had nothing to say.
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