April 2011
34 posts
An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to...
Professor: You are a Christian, aren’t you, son?
Student: Yes, sir.
Professor: So, you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.
Professor: Is God good?
Student: Sure.
Professor: 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 God good, then? Hmm?
(Student was silent)
Professor: You can’t answer, can you? Let’s start again, young fella. Is God good?
Student: Yes.
Professor: Is Satan good?
Student: No.
Professor: Where does Satan come from?
Student: From.. God.
Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student: Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student: Yes.
Professor: So who created evil?
(Student didn’t answer)
Professor: Is there sickness? Immortality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
Student: Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them?
(Student had no answer)
Professor: 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.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your God.
Student: No, sir.
Professor: 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.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student: Yes.
Professor: 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.
Professor: Yes, Faith. And that is the problem Science has.
Student: Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student: And is there such a thing as Cold?
Professor: Yes.
Student: No, sir, there isn’t.
(The Lecture Theatre became 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 was a pin-drop silence in the Lecture Theatre)
Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor: 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 is, You would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student: Sir, my point is, your Philosophical Premise is flawed.
Professor: 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?
Professor: 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 shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was 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 endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?
(The class was in uproar)
Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?
(The class broke 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 and Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures?
(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable)
Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on Faith, son.
Student: That is it, sir.. exactly! The link between man and God is Faith. That is all that keeps things alive and moving!
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That student was Albert Einstein.
“LORD, I CRY OUT TO YOU.
I SAY, “YOU ARE MY PROTECTION.
YOU ARE ALL I WANT IN...”
– Psalm 142:5
and so it is all a privilege
it is pure privilege-
to be loved by You
to love You
to know and believe that You are faithful until the end
to have a hope unshaken in You
to experience the joy that comes from Your Salvation
to study for You
to suffer for You
to serve You
to sing praises to You
to worship You
to taste and see Your Great Goodness
to trust in Your Glorious Might
to be able to call upon Your name
the...
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
Serve the Lord with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!
Know that the Lord, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!
For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures...
“If Jesus doesn’t utterly, existentially, relationally, rationally, lovingly,...”
– Boaz Tang
“the longer i wait for you, the more incredible i expect you to be.
the quicker you arrive, the easier it will be on you.”
“i am a missionary, heart and soul.
God had an only Son,
and He was a...”
do you have a non-cultural understanding of Jesus Christ and the Church? “a man’s steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand His way?”
-Proverbs 20:24
to be radical about my faith
for perfect love drives out all fear
He is mighty to save
and to fear Him is the beginning of all wisdom.
the foundation that has no other foundation
the bottom of my joy
this is my calling,
to know You and make much of You, Lord Jesus
all of my hope is in You, for You are Sovereign
all that i am,
Jesus Christ, take my life, take all of me.
“maybe there’s something you’re afraid to say,
or someone you’re afraid to love,...”
– john green
Attitude
“i will bless the LORD at all times:
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.” -Psalms 34:1
There once was a woman who woke up one morning, looked in the mirror, and saw that she had only three hairs on her head. “Great,” she said, “I think I’ll braid my hair today.”
So she did, and had a wonderful day.
The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and saw that she had...
what good is it to gain the whole world, and forfeit my soul
for the Son of Man came to serve, not to be served.
there is nothing else that can feed the needs or desires of my soul, Lord
nothing else will satisfy, nothing else can fulfill the vacuum
nothing else will do, than for me to be dedicated to Your will,
that You, the King of Glory, the Love of You, become my calling.
come be the...
“don’t put me first. keep Jesus first. please.
love Him more than you will ever...”
–
“stop doing “religious” activities simply
because you feel you have...”
– yes thank You for the humbling reminder again Father.
the holiest men, the most free from impurity, have always felt it most.
he whose garments are the whitest, will best perceive the spots upon them.
he whose crown shineth the brightest, will know when he hath lost a jewel.
he who giveth the most light to the world,
will always be able to discover his own darkness.
the angels of heaven veil their faces; and the angels of God on earth,
His...
“GOD, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT,
REGARDLESS OF MY PERMISSION,
TO REARRANGE MY LIFE TO...”
“God’s part is to put forth power;
our part is to put forth faith.”
the life i live in the body,
i live by faith in the Son of God
who love me and gave Himself up for me.
it is Christ who lives in me.
for You, Father, are the God of the living, not of the dead
the one who was, and is, and is to come.
mountains bow down and the seas will roar
at the sound of Your name.
the earth shall see Your glory revealed
and every knee shall bow, and every tongue...
Detachment-
de·tach·ment [di táchmənt](plural de·tach·ments) noun
1. aloofness: lack of interest in or involvement with other people or concerns
2. disinterestedness: a lack of bias, prejudice, or emotional involvement
3. separation: the condition of being separated from something,
or the process of separating one thing from another
at this rate many things must be let go of, but...
