Evil

From: Debbie Mann (deborahjmann@insightbb.com)
Date: Thu Jul 10 2003 - 16:10:31 EDT

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    This just came in my e-mail. It seems to pertain pretty closely to Howard's
    Josh thread.

    >
    >The college professor challenged the class with this question. "Did
    >God
    >make everything there is?"
    >
    >One student bravely answered, "Yes!"
    >
    >"Everything, young man?"
    >
    >"Yes, he did, sir," the young man replied.
    >
    >The professor responded, "If God made everything, then God made evil,
    >and if 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.
    >
    >Author Unknown
    > >
    >
    >

    Debbie Mann, PE
    Debbie Mann Consulting
    (765)477-1776

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