Here's something I borrowed from another blog I came across altbough the author does not mention where this conversation was borrowed from either...
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: You are a Muslim, aren't you, son?
Student: Yes, sir.
Professor: So you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.
Professor: 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? Immorality? 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, smelt 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 endeavour, 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 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 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.

xaries posted at 10:20 AM

Random love quotes:

Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.

Don't try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to If you are not ready to cry, if you are not ready to take a risk, if you are not ready to feel the pain,then you are not ready to fall in love.

You know it's love when you can't fall asleep cause reality is better than your dreams.

The day that I'll die, when death replaces birth, I'll recognize angels' faces, because I live with one on earth. Every moment we share together is even better than the moment before. If every day was as good as today was, then I can't wait until tomorrow comes.

It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.

Love comes to those who still hope although they've been disappointed- to those who still believe although they've been betrayed, need to love those who still love although they've been hurt.

There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real! Hope you dream of that special someone.

Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person, too. A careless word may kindle strife; a cruel word may wreck a life; a timely word may level stress; a loving word may heal and bless.

The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

Love? It's kinda complicated but I'll tell you this...the second you're willing to make someone else happy,that's love right there!

Don't find love, let love find you. That's why it's called falling in love coz you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall.

Every step I took since the moment I could walk was a step toward finding you

Fate exists but it can only take you so far because once you're there it's up to you to make it happen.

and finally...

No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.

xaries posted at 3:49 AM

Truth can sometimes be so painful. It can cut you, leaving scars that aren't easily forgotten or don't easily heal. Truth is so powerful in the way it engulfs everything. Truth has no emotion yet the emotions it generates leaves one with no choice but to let these emotions free. There's a saying I've heard 'what you don't know can't hurt you', in other words ignorance is bliss. But we always want to hear the truth no matter how painful it will be. We still desire to know the truth even though deep inside we know that it can hurt us more than we can imagine. Truth is not always bitter though, it can be sweet as well, for just as truth can hurt you, it can save you as well. The question is will you let the truth hurt you or save you. Truth can be both the blade that cuts you and the balm that heals you. Yes, truth is powerful and must be handled with care, for if not then we alone will bear the consequences of using it unwisely.

xaries posted at 1:00 AM