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 mock their statement of faith. One semester,
he asked the question and a 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, andif 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, the 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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WERD. what an astute student. my hero.

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im prolly just responding to this in this way because im not a christian but the first two are facts while the third is an opinion. its been established through science that the first two are true. someone thought of the third to prove that their way of thinking was the right one. i just dont see how this is concrete in any way. i see how they can be compared but i still think its just an opinion

j/w (not tryin to hate or start a fight or nething) is the absence of god satan and the abscence of heaven hell?

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i think the point wasn't to prove to the professor that evil is the absence of God because... well, that's why it's called faith. you have to have faith in God to believe that in the first place. the point was intead to just prove to the professor that it's not a ridiculous idea like the professor was trying to make it out to be.

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i got the same message but im always overly critical of religious practice. i just was takin it as an opinion cause the student takes two things that are literal and compares them to something figurative. its hard for me to come up with an example of what i mean but i do see your argument and am not tryin to critisize ur beliefs or nething.

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i got the same message but im always overly critical of religious practice. i just was takin it as an opinion cause the student takes two things that are literal and compares them to something figurative. its hard for me to come up with an example of what i mean but i do see your argument and am not tryin to critisize ur beliefs or nething.

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yup. ;)

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j/w (not tryin to hate or start a fight or nething) is the absence of god satan and the abscence of heaven hell?

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i see wut u mean but its just a little too figurative for me iono

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Originally posted by .aS.|5p!7f!|23
im prolly just responding to this in this way because im not a christian but the first two are facts while the third is an opinion. its been established through science that the first two are true. someone thought of the third to prove that their way of thinking was the right one. i just dont see how this is concrete in any way. i see how they can be compared but i still think its just an opinion

j/w (not tryin to hate or start a fight or nething) is the absence of god satan and the abscence of heaven hell?

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A nice story. It made me think twice about my faith, (or lack of it) in God. =/

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One day you'll stop and ask me,
"Which is more important, me or
your life?" I'll say "my life," and
you'll turn and walk away, never
knowing that you are my life.

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