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Why Science Fails To Explain God Part2

"Is there such a thing as darkness, professor?"

"That's a dumb question, son. What is night if it isn't darkness? What are you getting at?"

"So you say there is such a thing as darkness?"

"Yes."

"You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something, it is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light but if you have no light constantly you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it?
That's the meaning we use to
define the word. In reality, Darkness isn't. If it were, you would be able to make darkness
darker and give me a jar of it. Can you...give me a jar of darker
darkness, professor?"

Despite himself, the professor smiles at the young effrontery before him. This will indeed be a good semester

"Would you mind telling us what
your point is, young man?"

"Yes, professor. My point is, your philosophical premise is flawed to
start with and so your conclusion must be in error"

"Flawed...? How dare
you..."

"Sir, may I explain what I mean?"

The class is all ears.

"Explain... oh, explain..." The professor waves his
hand to silence the class, for the student to continue.

"You are working on the premise of duality," the Muslim explains. "That for example there is life and then there's death; a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science cannot even explain a thought. It uses
electricity and magnetism but has never seen, much less fully
understood them.

To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, merely the absence of it."

The young man holds up a newspaper he takes from the desk of a neighbor who has been reading it. "

Here is one of the most disgusting tabloids this country hosts, professor. Is there such a thing as immorality.

"Of course there is, now look..."

"Wrong again, sir. You see, immorality is merely the absence of morality.
Is there such thing as injustice? No. Injustice is the absence of justice.
Is there such a thing as evil?" The Muslim pauses. "Isn't evil the absence
of good?"

The professor is temporarily speechless.

The Muslim continues. "If there is evil in the world, professor, and we all agree there is, then God, if he exists, must be accomplishing a work through the agency of evil. What is that work, God is accomplishing?

The Bible tells us it is to see if each one of us will, of our own free will, choose good over evil."

The professor bridles. "As a philosophical scientist, I don't vie this matter as having anything to do with any choice; as a realist, I absolutely do not recognize the concept of God or any other theological factor as
being part of the world equation because God is not observable."

"I would have thought that the absence of God's moral code in this world is probably one of the most observable phenomena
going," the Muslim replies.

"Newspapers make billions of dollars reporting it every week! Tell me,
professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?"

"If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young man,
yes, of course I do."

"Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?"

The professor makes a sucking sound with his teeth and gives his student a stony stare.

"Professor. Since no-one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you now not a scientist, but a
priest?"

"I'll overlook your impudence in the light of our philosophical discussion.
Now, have you finished?"

"So you don't accept God's moral code to do what is righteous?"

"I believe in what is - that's science!"

"Ahh! Science!" the student's face splits into a grin. "Sir, you rightly state that science is the study of
observed phenomena. Science too is a premise which is flawed."

"Science is flawed?" the professor splutters.

The class is in uproar. The Muslim remains standing until the commotion has subsided.

"To continue the point you were making earlier to the other student, may I give you an example of what I mean?"

The Muslim looks around the room. "Is there anyone in the class who has
ever seen the professor's brain?"The class breaks out in laughter. The Muslim points towards his elderly  tutor.

"Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor's brain...,
felt the professor's brain, touched or smelt the professor's brain? No one appears to have done so." The Muslim shakes his head sadly.

"It appears no-one here has had any sensory perception of the professor's
brain whatsoever. Well, according to the rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science, I declare that the professor has no brain."

The class is in chaos. The Muslim sits... Because that is what a chair is for.

Story provided by Mahomed, Feroz,
Feroz.Mahomed@hulamin.co.za
Author unknown

May Allah bless whoever wrote this story and the Muslim Ummah and keep our eyes open to the beauty of Islam and continue to keep us guided and guide people to it.