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Yes, some people do like outright lies and accept those outright untruths. For some reason. Fact is; Einstein never said that.I love the OP!
It sums up a lot of things for me very effectively. Perhaps not the things it was intended to, but I'll take insight where I can get it.
I have read this before, but thought I'd share it.....you cannot argue with this student's logic.
An atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand:
‘You’re a Christian, aren’t you, son?’
‘Yes sir,’ the student says.
‘So you believe in God?’
‘Absolutely. ’
‘Is God good?’
‘Sure! God’s good.’
‘Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?’
‘Yes.’
‘Are you good or evil?’
‘The Bible says I’m evil.’
The professor grins knowingly. ‘Aha! The Bible! He considers for a moment. ‘Here’s one for you. Let’s say there’s a sick person over here and you can cure him. You can do it. Would you help him? Would you try?’
‘Yes sir, I would.’
‘So you’re good…!’
‘I wouldn’t say that.’
‘But why not say that? You’d help a sick and maimed person if you could. Most of us would if we could. But God doesn’t.’
The student does not answer, so the professor continues. ‘He doesn’t, does he? My brother was a Christian who died of cancer, even though he prayed to Jesus to heal him. How is this Jesus good? Can you answer that one?’
The student remains silent. ‘No, you can’t, can you?’ the professor says. He takes a sip of water from a glass on his desk to give the student time to relax ‘Let’s start again, young fella. Is God good?’
‘Er…yes,’ the student says.
‘Is Satan good?’
The student doesn’t hesitate on this one. ‘No.’
‘Then where does Satan come from?’
The student falters. ‘From God’
‘That’s right. God made Satan, didn’t he? Tell me, son. Is there evil in this world?’
‘Yes, sir…’
‘Evil’s everywhere, isn’t it? And God did make everything, correct?’
‘Yes.’
‘So who created evil?’ The professor continued, ‘If God created everything, then God created evil, since evil exists, and according to the principle that our works define who we are, then God is evil.’
Again, the student has no answer. ‘Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things, do they exist in this world?’
The student squirms on his feet. ‘Yes.’
‘So who created them?’
The student does not answer again, so the professor repeats his question. ‘Who created them?’ There is still no answer. Suddenly the lecturer breaks away to pace in front of the classroom. The class is mesmerized. ‘Tell me,’ he continues onto another student. ‘Do you believe in Jesus Christ, son?’
The student’s voice betrays him and cracks. ‘Yes, professor, I do.’
The old man stops pacing. ‘Science says you have five senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Have you ever seen Jesus?’
‘No sir. I’ve never seen Him.’
‘Then tell us if you’ve ever heard your Jesus?’
‘No, sir, I have not…’
‘Have you ever felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelt your Jesus? Have you ever had any sensory perception of Jesus Christ, or God for that matter?’
‘No, sir, I’m afraid I haven’t.’
‘Yet you still believe in him?’
‘Yes.’
Please define "science" for your op.‘According to the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your God doesn’t exist… What do you say to that, son?’
Where does "science" say there is no evidence for God?‘Nothing,’ the student replies… ‘I only have my faith.’
‘Yes, faith,’ the professor repeats. ‘And that is the problem science has with God. There is no evidence…only faith.’
The student stands quietly for a moment, before asking a question of His own. ‘Professor, is there such thing as heat? ’
‘Yes.’
‘And is there such a thing as cold?’
‘Yes, son, there’s cold too.’
‘No sir, there isn’t.’
The professor turns to face the student, obviously interested. The room suddenly becomes very quiet. The student begins to explain. ‘You can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, unlimited heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat, but we don’t have anything called ‘cold’. We can hit d own to 458 degrees below zero, which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold; otherwise we would be able to go colder than the lowest –458 degrees. Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-458 F) is the total absence of heat. You see, sir, ‘cold’ is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure in thermal units because heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.’
Silence across the room. A pen drops somewhere in the classroom, sounding like a hammer.
‘What about darkness, professor. Is there such a thing as darkness?’
‘Yes,’ the professor replies without hesitation… ‘What is night if it isn’t darkness?’
‘You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something; it 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? That’s the meaning we use to define the word. In reality, darkness isn’t. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?’
The professor begins to smile at the student in front of him. This will be a good semester. ‘So what point are you making, young man?’
‘Yes, professor. My point is, your philosophical premise is flawed to start with, and so your conclusion must also be flawed.’
The professor’s face cannot hide his surprise this time. ‘Flawed? Can you explain how?’
Where in the conversation does the professor argue that "there is life and then there’s death; a good God and a bad God"? I don't see it. That is a strawman.‘You are working on the premise of duality,’ the student explains… ‘You argue that there is life and then there’s 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 it 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.’
Please define "preacher" and "preach".‘Now tell me, professor… Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?’
‘If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young man, yes, of course I do.’
‘Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?’
The professor begins to shake his head, still smiling, as he realizes where the argument is going. A very good semester, indeed.
‘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 now not a scientist, but a preacher?’
Where does "science" say the professor have no brain?The class is in uproar. The student remains silent until the commotion has subsided. ‘To continue the point you were making earlier to the other student, let me give you an example of what I mean.’ The student looks around the room. ‘Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the professor’s brain?’ The class breaks out into laughter. ‘Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor’s brain, felt the professor’s brain, touched or smelt the professor’s brain? 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, with all due respect, sir.’ ‘So if science says you have no brain, how can we trust your lectures, sir?’
Now the room is silent. The professor just stares at the student, his face unreadable. Finally, after what seems an eternity, the old man answers. ‘I guess you’ll have to take them on faith.’
‘Now, you accept that there is faith, and, in fact, faith exists with life,’ the student continues. ‘Now, sir, is there such a thing as evil?’ Now uncertain, the professor responds, ‘Of course, there is. We see it every day. It is in the daily example of man’s inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil.’
Isaiah 45:7(King James Version) I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.To this the student replied, ‘Evil does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God’s love present in his heart. It’s like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light.’
The professor sat down.
The student was Albert Einstein. I'm with Einstein.
The argument is great for arguing that cold/darkness/Evil doesn't exist, it is not the opposite of heat/light/God, just the absence of it?LOL...regardless of the authenticity, I still think its a great argument.
They're only "brilliant" because they agree with your worldview. As I presented in my last response, they don't make a cohesive argument for anything, really.I thought the answers presented were quite brilliant actually. I haven't seen a good argument against them yet....
just a lot of huffing and puffing from people who can't quite seem to be able to refute them..."scientifically".
I get that you like the arguments for evolution...for the same reason. I believe that the arguments for macro-evolution are "bad" too. I don't find them the least bit convincing.
Doesn't science need real evidence, rather than just a biased interpretation of what the fossils are saying? You guys seem to be as easily convinced as you assume we are. Science only "thinks" it knows how life evolved...they cannot prove a thing.
Replace the word God with "evolution" and the same thing happens. You have an unprovable belief system, just as I have. I can see with my own eyes that the 'designs' I see in nature cannot possibly be the work of blind chance.The fact that my other thread is still going strong after all this time and after all the comments, demonstrates that people are definitely taking this topic seriously. You underestimate how many undecided people there are out there. I hope the points raised help them to see that evolution is all talk and no real evidence. Deceiving people into believing in evolution and questioning their level of intelligence if they doubt its validity, is no substitute for actual proof. Science likes to shame people into submission.
It is good to be able to give the other side of the story and expose evolution for the fraud, masquerading as science, that it really is.
There is a major huge difference between lying and being mistaken. I see no reason to assume Deejee had any intention to deceive or deliberately misinform.In the end, Deejee lied about it.
People love the word "lie."There is a major huge difference between lying and being mistaken. I see no reason to assume Deejee had any intention to deceive or deliberately misinform.
Really? Your story is a fraud, Einstein never said it, and besides, it's logic is fallacious. It relies upon an aargument from analogy (a special type of inductive argument) whereby perceived similarities are used as a basis to infer some further similarity that has yet to be observed. This inference which was shown to be defective (see John Stuart Mills' work on theA man of science who can't read...... Are you so quick to judge everyone sapiens?
Have you never been guilty of believing and passing on misinformation? I can assure you, you have.
Initially she may have been just mistaken (I suggest that her past performance makes this unlikely), but when the mistake is repeated (as per usual), after correction, in full view of the truth, it is a lie, because then the intent to deceive is clear.People love the word "lie."
Lie implies intent - She wasn't lying. She was just mistaken, which isn't that big of a deal. She moved on from that and is now focused on the merits of the article itself, which is much more substantive conversation. I think people should focus on the meat of the matter here, and get off the idea that someone "LIED" to them...
Both the professor and the "Einstein" character in the story talk utter nonsense. The whole thing is beyond absurd - an argument between two idiots.I thought the answers presented were quite brilliant actually. I haven't seen a good argument against them yet....
just a lot of huffing and puffing from people who can't quite seem to be able to refute them..."scientifically".
Why does evil exist? It is an equal opposite of good. Everything has an equal opposite.
So all the specific contradictions and issues I pointed out in your posts, and your response is "I know you are but what am I"?Oh I know the feeling.....
It's part of a consistent pattern with Deeje and other creationists, where they pass on/post dishonest material when arguing for creationism or against evolution. Perhaps they didn't actually look into it and say to themselves, "I know this isn't true but I'm going to post it anyway", but that doesn't mean they were just innocent dupes either.There is a major huge difference between lying and being mistaken. I see no reason to assume Deejee had any intention to deceive or deliberately misinform.
Yes, some people do like outright lies and accept those outright untruths. For some reason. Fact is; Einstein never said that.
So, the originator of the topic told untruths about Einstein. Bold-faced lies. Easily checked.
Not exactly a rational way to try and win friends and influence people.
Really? Your story is a fraud, Einstein never said it, and besides, it's logic is fallacious. It relies upon an aargument from analogy (a special type of inductive argument) whereby perceived similarities are used as a basis to infer some further similarity that has yet to be observed. This inference which was shown to be defective (see John Stuart Mills' work on the
problems of induction).
Initially she may have been just mistaken (I suggest that her past performance makes this unlikely), but when the mistake is repeated (as per usual), after correction, in full view of the truth, it is a lie, because then the intent to deceive is clear.
You've not made a single post to date that stands, period.
You know something is up when you have to have definitions of "arguments" that expose other "arguments" as "inductive" or deceptive. Heaven forbid that an argument should stand on its own merits!
Try a basic course in logic, that will help you to resolve the question. Oh, I forgot, your against education and learning ... or at least that is what you posted.We obviously need other scientists to explain why a good argument isn't that good after all......so don't believe anyone unless you have exhausted all other arguments countering the other arguments .......is there an end to this? Are you suggesting that people will believe anything unless they are convinced otherwise? Does that work with all subject matter? Whose argument is considered the valid one? The one that you agree with?
I do not think that your motives are bad, just that you logic isn't logical and by your own admission you have no respect for learning. Even the best of motives, when coupled with the worst of thought process often yields bizarre and unsupportable notions.I'm sorry Sapiens, but with each post your rhetoric just gets funnier and funnier......why is anyone who disagrees with you portrayed as some sort of sinister character with a bad motive?
I do not think that your motives are bad, just that you logic isn't logical and by your own admission you have no respect for learning. Even the best of motives, when coupled with the worst of thought process often yields bizarre and unsupportable notions.
So, if good can exist only in the presence of evil, and vice-versa, we can infer that Heaven contains evil, if it is claimed that it contains good.
No. She dismissed the names and characters and focused on what the argument actually is. That is an admission the story is false, but a desire to focus on what the argument of the story presents.Initially she may have been just mistaken (I suggest that her past performance makes this unlikely), but when the mistake is repeated (as per usual), after correction, in full view of the truth, it is a lie, because then the intent to deceive is clear.
As someone who did formerly believe the OP, this "I know this isn't true" doesn't exist. In many cases, such things are so heavily and frequently circulated, and when you combine that with how some churches filter and censor outside information, the flock is mislead, but when it's all they know they cannot be held guilty of a lie.It's part of a consistent pattern with Deeje and other creationists, where they pass on/post dishonest material when arguing for creationism or against evolution. Perhaps they didn't actually look into it and say to themselves, "I know this isn't true but I'm going to post it anyway", but that doesn't mean they were just innocent dupes either.
... and I demonstrated how the story was a logical fallacy, a point you both ignore.No. She dismissed the names and characters and focused on what the argument actually is. That is an admission the story is false, but a desire to focus on what the argument of the story presents.
Maybe @Deeje cannot define "faith", "science", "preacher" and "preach" for the op.Please define "faith" for your op.
Please define "science" for your op.
Where and when does "science" say God doesn't exist?
Where can i find "the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol" which say God doesn't exist? If anyone know please cite a source.
Where does "science" say there is no evidence for God?
If anyone know please cite the source where "science" making such a statement.
Where in the conversation does the professor argue that "there is life and then there’s death; a good God and a bad God"? I don't see it. That is a strawman.
Please define "preacher" and "preach".
Where does "science" say the professor have no brain?
Where can i find this "established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol" which the "science" use it to conclude that the professor have no brain?
If anyone know please cite a source.
Isaiah 45:7(King James Version) I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
The scripture says the God creates evil.
The student say God did not create evil.
Did God create evil or not?
The argument is great for arguing that cold/darkness/Evil doesn't exist, it is not the opposite of heat/light/God, just the absence of it?
The argument is great for arguing that since no one has ever have millions of life times to observed the FULL process of evolution at work, so it render those people who think evolution does happen, they actually just believe evolution by faith?
The argument is great for arguing that scientist who teaching evolution is not scientist but preacher?
The argument is great for arguing that because the professor cannot heard, felt, touched or smelt his brain, so he have to take the statement "he have brain" by faith?
The argument is great for arguing that God exist?
The argument is great for arguing that God did not create Evil?
@Deeje
The argument is great for arguing about what?
The argument is great for who? Great for them in what way? How great it is?