November 22, 2003

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  This is an old story but I thought it was worth posting.  God bless!

  
  

  
  

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  Did God create Evil?

  
  

  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, whereupon he proceeded to degrade any poor soul that timidly answered "Yes," mocking his/her statement of faith.

  
  

  One semester, he asked the question and a young freshman raised his hand. The professor asked, "Did God make everything, young man?"

  
  

  He replied, "Yes sir, he did!"

  
  

  The professor responded, "If God made everything, then he made 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 student 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 a thing as cold?"

  
  

  "Of course there is, what kind of question is that? Haven't you ever been cold?"

  
  

  However, to the professor's surprise, this young chap replied, "Actually, sir, cold doesn't exist. What we consider to be cold, is really an 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."

  
  

  Then the young fellow continued, "Sir, is there such a thing as dark?"

  
  

  Once again, the professor responded "Of course there is."

  
  

  And once again, the young man 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."

  
  

  The final question posed by our young friend went like this, "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 good. Evil is a term man developed to describe the absence of good. God did not create evil. It isn't like truth, or love, which exist as virtues like heat or light. Evil is simply the state where good is not present, like cold without heat or darkness without light."

  
  

  The professor had nothing to say.

  
  

  
  

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