FAITH! Professor : You are a Christian, arent you, son ? Student : Yes, sir.

Professor: So, you belie e in !"# ? Student : Absolutely, sir. Professor : Is !"# $ood ? Student : Sure. Professor: Is !"# all %o&erful ? Student : Yes. Professor: 'y brother died of (an(er e en thou$h he %rayed to !"# to heal hi). 'ost of us &ould atte)%t to hel% others &ho are ill. *ut !"# didnt. Ho& is this !"# $ood then? H))? +Student &as silent., Professor: You (ant ans&er, (an you ? -ets start a$ain, youn$ fella. Is !"# $ood? Student : Yes. Professor: Is satan $ood ? Student : .o. Professor: /here does satan (o)e fro) ? Student : Fro) 0 !"# 0 Professor: Thats ri$ht. Tell )e son, is there e il in this &orld? Student : Yes. Professor: 1 il is e ery&here, isnt it ? And !"# did )a2e e erythin$. Corre(t? Student : Yes. Professor: So &ho (reated e il ? +Student did not ans&er., Professor: Is there si(2ness? I))orality? Hatred? 3$liness? All these terrible thin$s e4ist in

the &orld, dont they? Student : Yes, sir. Professor: So, &ho (reated the) ? +Student had no ans&er., Professor: S(ien(e says you ha e 5 Senses you use to identify and obser e the &orld around you. Tell )e, son, ha e you e er seen !"#? Student : .o, sir. Professor: Tell us if you ha e e er heard your !"#? Student : .o , sir. Professor: Ha e you e er felt your !"#, tasted your !"#, s)elt your !"#? Ha e you e er had any sensory %er(e%tion of !"# for that )atter? Student : .o, sir. I) afraid I ha ent. Professor: Yet you still belie e in Hi)? Student : Yes. Professor : A((ordin$ to 1)%iri(al, Testable, #e)onstrable Proto(ol, S(ien(e says your !"# doesnt e4ist. /hat do you say to that, son? Student : .othin$. I only ha e )y faith. Professor: Yes, faith. And that is the %roble) S(ien(e has. Student : Professor, is there su(h a thin$ as heat? Professor: Yes. Student : And is there su(h a thin$ as (old? Professor: Yes. Student : .o, sir. There isnt. +The le(ture theater be(a)e ery 6uiet &ith this turn of e ents., Student : Sir, you (an ha e lots of heat, e en )ore heat, su%erheat, )e$a heat, &hite heat, a little heat or no heat. *ut &e dont ha e anythin$ (alled (old. /e (an hit 758 de$rees belo& 9ero &hi(h is no heat, but &e (ant $o any further after that. There is no su(h thin$ as (old. Cold is only a &ord &e use to des(ribe the absen(e of heat. /e (annot )easure (old. Heat is ener$y. Cold is not the o%%osite of heat, sir, :ust the absen(e of it.

+There &as %in;dro% silen(e in the le(ture theater., Student : /hat about dar2ness, Professor? Is there su(h a thin$ as dar2ness? Professor: Yes. /hat is ni$ht if there isnt dar2ness? Student : Youre &ron$ a$ain, sir. #ar2ness is the absen(e of so)ethin$. You (an ha e lo& li$ht, nor)al li$ht, bri$ht li$ht, flashin$ li$ht. *ut if you ha e no li$ht (onstantly, you ha e nothin$ and its (alled dar2ness, isnt it? In reality, dar2ness isnt. If it is, &ell you &ould be able to )a2e dar2ness dar2er, &ouldnt you? Professor: So &hat is the %oint you are )a2in$, youn$ )an ? Student : Sir, )y %oint is your %hiloso%hi(al %re)ise is fla&ed. Professor: Fla&ed ? Can you e4%lain ho&? Student : Sir, you are &or2in$ on the %re)ise of duality. You ar$ue there is life and then there is death, a $ood !"# and a bad !"#. You are ie&in$ the (on(e%t of !"# as so)ethin$ finite, so)ethin$ &e (an )easure. Sir, S(ien(e (ant e en e4%lain a thou$ht. It uses ele(tri(ity and )a$netis), but has ne er seen, )u(h less fully understood either one. To ie& death as the o%%osite of life is to be i$norant of the fa(t that death (annot e4ist as a substanti e thin$. #eath is not the o%%osite of life: :ust the absen(e of it. .o& tell )e, Professor, do you tea(h your students that they e ol ed fro) a )on2ey? Professor: If you are referrin$ to the natural e olutionary %ro(ess, yes, of (ourse, I do. Student : Ha e you e er obser ed e olution &ith your o&n eyes, sir? +The Professor shoo2 his head &ith a s)ile, be$innin$ to reali9e &here the ar$u)ent &as $oin$., Student : Sin(e no one has e er obser ed the %ro(ess of e olution at &or2 and (annot e en %ro e that this %ro(ess is an on;$oin$ endea or. Are you not tea(hin$ your o%inion, sir? Are you not a s(ientist but a %rea(her? +The (lass &as in u%roar., Student : Is there anyone in the (lass &ho has e er seen the Professors brain? +The (lass bro2e out into lau$hter. , Student : Is there anyone here &ho has e er heard the Professors brain, felt it, tou(hed or s)elt it? .o one a%%ears to ha e done so. So, a((ordin$ to the established <ules of 1)%iri(al, Stable, #e)onstrable Proto(ol, S(ien(e says that you ha e no brain, sir. /ith all due res%e(t, sir, ho& do &e then trust your le(tures, sir?

+The roo) &as silent. The Professor stared at the student, his fa(e unfatho)able., Professor: I $uess youll ha e to ta2e the) on faith, son. Student : That is it sir 0 14a(tly ! The lin2 bet&een )an = !"# is FAITH. That is all that 2ee%s thin$s ali e and )o in$. P.S. I belie e you ha e en:oyed the (on ersation. And if so, youll %robably &ant your friends > (ollea$ues to en:oy the sa)e, &ont you? For&ard this to in(rease their 2no&led$e 0 or FAITH. *y the &ay, that student &as 1I.ST1I.. Share

Heart Tou(hin$ Story of a *lind *oy... + 'ust <ead for all, A blind boy sat on the ste%s of a buildin$ &ith a hat by his feet. He held u% a si$n &hi(h said: ?I a) blind, %lease hel%.? There &ere only a fe& (oins in the hat. A )an &as &al2in$ by. He too2 a fe& (oins fro) his %o(2et and dro%%ed the) into the hat. He then too2 the si$n, turned it around, and &rote so)e &ords. He %ut the si$n ba(2 so that e eryone &ho &al2ed by &ould see the ne& &ords. Soon the hat be$an to fill u%. A lot )ore %eo%le &ere $i in$ )oney to the blind boy. That afternoon the )an &ho had (han$ed the si$n (a)e to see ho& thin$s &ere. The boy re(o$ni9ed his footste%s and as2ed, ?/ere u the one &ho (han$ed )y si$n this )ornin$? /hat did u &rite?? The )an said, ?I only &rote the truth. I said &hat u said but in a different &ay.? /hat he had &ritten &as: ?Today is a beautiful day = I (annot see it.? #o u thin2 the first si$n = the se(ond si$n &ere sayin$ the sa)e thin$? "f (ourse both si$ns told %eo%le the boy &as blind. *ut the first si$n si)%ly said the boy &as blind. The se(ond si$n told %eo%le they &ere so lu(2y that they &ere not blind. Should &e be sur%rised that the se(ond si$n &as )ore effe(ti e? -i2e 3seful info 'oral of the Story: *e than2ful for &hat you ha e. *e (reati e. *e inno ati e. Thin2 differently and %ositi ely.