April 16, 2008 at 00:52Does evil exist?
One smart professor once at a university asked his students such a question.
-All that exists is created by God?
One student boldly answered:
“Yes, created by God.”
- God created everything? The professor asked.
“Yes, sir,” the student answered.
The professor asked:
- If God created everything, then God created evil, since it exists. And according to the principle that our affairs determine ourselves, then God is evil.
The student fell silent upon hearing such an answer.
The professor was very pleased with himself. He boasted to students that he had once again proved that faith in God is a myth.
Another student raised his hand and said:
“May I ask you a question, professor?”
“Of course,” the professor answered.
A student stood up and asked
- Professor, does cold exist?
- What a question? Of course it does. Have you ever been cold?
The students laughed at the young man's question. The young man replied:
- In fact, sir, the cold does not exist. In accordance with the laws of physics, what we consider to be cold is actually a lack of heat. A person or object can be studied for whether it has or transfers energy. Absolute zero (-460 degrees Fahrenheit) is the complete absence of heat. All matter becomes inert and incapable of reacting at this temperature. The cold does not exist. We created this word to describe how we feel in the absence of heat.
The student continued.
- Professor, does darkness exist?
The professor replied:
“Of course it does.”
The student replied:
You are wrong again, sir. Darkness also does not exist. Darkness is actually the absence of light. We can study light, but not darkness. We can use Newton's prism to decompose white light into many colors and study the different wavelengths of each color. You cannot measure the darkness. A simple ray of light can burst into the world of darkness and illuminate it. How can you find out how dark any space is? You measure how much light is represented. Is not it? Darkness is a concept that a person uses to describe what happens in the absence of light.
In the end, the young man asked the professor:
“Sir, does evil exist?”
This time hesitantly, the professor replied:
“Of course, as I said.” We see him every day. Cruelty between people, many
crimes and violence around the world. These examples are nothing more than a manifestation of evil.
To this the student replied:
“Evil does not exist, sir, or at least it does not exist for himself.” Evil is simply the absence of God. It looks like darkness and cold - a word created by man to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is not faith or love that exists as light and heat. Evil is the result of the absence of divine love in the human heart. It is like the cold that comes when there is no heat, or like the darkness that comes when there is no light.
The professor sat down. The name of the young student was - Albert Einstein.
-All that exists is created by God?
One student boldly answered:
“Yes, created by God.”
- God created everything? The professor asked.
“Yes, sir,” the student answered.
The professor asked:
- If God created everything, then God created evil, since it exists. And according to the principle that our affairs determine ourselves, then God is evil.
The student fell silent upon hearing such an answer.
The professor was very pleased with himself. He boasted to students that he had once again proved that faith in God is a myth.
Another student raised his hand and said:
“May I ask you a question, professor?”
“Of course,” the professor answered.
A student stood up and asked
- Professor, does cold exist?
- What a question? Of course it does. Have you ever been cold?
The students laughed at the young man's question. The young man replied:
- In fact, sir, the cold does not exist. In accordance with the laws of physics, what we consider to be cold is actually a lack of heat. A person or object can be studied for whether it has or transfers energy. Absolute zero (-460 degrees Fahrenheit) is the complete absence of heat. All matter becomes inert and incapable of reacting at this temperature. The cold does not exist. We created this word to describe how we feel in the absence of heat.
The student continued.
- Professor, does darkness exist?
The professor replied:
“Of course it does.”
The student replied:
You are wrong again, sir. Darkness also does not exist. Darkness is actually the absence of light. We can study light, but not darkness. We can use Newton's prism to decompose white light into many colors and study the different wavelengths of each color. You cannot measure the darkness. A simple ray of light can burst into the world of darkness and illuminate it. How can you find out how dark any space is? You measure how much light is represented. Is not it? Darkness is a concept that a person uses to describe what happens in the absence of light.
In the end, the young man asked the professor:
“Sir, does evil exist?”
This time hesitantly, the professor replied:
“Of course, as I said.” We see him every day. Cruelty between people, many
crimes and violence around the world. These examples are nothing more than a manifestation of evil.
To this the student replied:
“Evil does not exist, sir, or at least it does not exist for himself.” Evil is simply the absence of God. It looks like darkness and cold - a word created by man to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is not faith or love that exists as light and heat. Evil is the result of the absence of divine love in the human heart. It is like the cold that comes when there is no heat, or like the darkness that comes when there is no light.
The professor sat down. The name of the young student was - Albert Einstein.