>>>> > Did God create everything that exists? Does evil
>>>> > exist? Did God create evil?
>>>> >
>>>> > A University professor at a well known institution
>>>> > of higher learning
>>>> > challenged his students with this question. "Did God
>>>> > create everything that
>>>> > exists?"
>>>> >
>>>> > A student bravely replied, "Yes he did!"
>>>> >
>>>> > "God created everything?" The professor asked.
>>>> >
>>>> > "Yes sir, he certainly did," the student replied.
>>>> >
>>>> > The professor answered, "If God created everything;
>>>> > then God created evil.
>>>> > And, since evil exists, and according to the
>>>> > principal that our works define
>>>> > who we are, then we can assume God is evil."
>>>> >
>>>> > The student became quiet and did not respond to the
>>>> > professor's hypothetical
>>>> > definition. The professor, quite pleased with
>>>> > himself, boasted to the
>>>> > students that he had proven once more that the
>>>> > Christian faith was a myth.
>>>> >
>>>> > Another student raised his hand and said, "May I ask
>>>> > you a question,
>>>> > professor?"
>>>> >
>>>> > "Of course", replied the professor.
>>>> >
>>>> > The student stood up and asked, "Professor, does
>>>> > cold exist?"
>>>> >
>>>> > "What kind of question is this? Of course it exists.
>>>> > Have you never been
>>>> > cold?"
>>>> >
>>>> > The other students snickered at the young man's
>>>> > question.
>>>> >
>>>> > The young man replied, "In fact sir, cold does not
>>>> > exist. According to the
>>>> > laws of physics, what we consider cold is in reality
>>>> > the absence of heat.
>>>> > Everybody or object is susceptible to study when it
>>>> > has or transmits energy,
>>>> > and heat is what makes a body or matter have or
>>>> > transmit energy. Absolute
>>>> > zero (-460 F) is the total absence of heat; and all
>>>> > matter becomes inert and
>>>> > incapable of reaction at that temperature. Cold does
>>>> > not exist. We have
>>>> > created this word to describe how we feel if we have
>>>> > no heat.."
>>>> >
>>>> > The student continued, "Professor, does darkness
>>>> > exist?"
>>>> >
>>>> > The professor responded, "Of course it does."
>>>> >
>>>> > The student replied, "Once again you are wrong sir,
>>>> > darkness does not exist
>>>> > either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light.
>>>> > Light we can study, but
>>>> > not darkness. In fact, we can use Newton's prism to
>>>> > break white light into
>>>> > many colors and study the various wave lengths of
>>>> > each color. You cannot
>>>> > measure darkness. A simple ray of light can break
>>>> > into a world of darkness
>>>> > and illuminate it. How can you know how dark a
>>>> > certain space is? You measure
>>>> > the amount of light present. Isn't this correct?
>>>> > Darkness is a term used by
>>>> > man to describe what happens when there is no light
>>>> > present."
>>>> >
>>>> > Finally the young man asked the professor, "Sir,
>>>> > does evil exist?"
>>>> >
>>>> > Now uncertain, the professor responded, "Of course,
>>>> > as I have already said.
>>>> > We see it everyday. It is in the daily examples of
>>>> > man's inhumanity to man.
>>>> > It is in the multitude of crime and violence
>>>> > everywhere in the world. These
>>>> > manifestations are nothing else but evil."
>>>> >
>>>> > To this the student replied, "Evil does not exist,
>>>> > sir, or at least it does
>>>> > not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of
>>>> > God. It is just like
>>>> > darkness and cold, a word that man has created to
>>>> > describe the absence of
>>>> > God. God did not create evil. Evil is the result of
>>>> > what happens when man
>>>> > does not have God's love present in his heart. It's
>>>> > like the cold that comes
>>>> > when there is no heat, or the darkness that comes
>>>> > when there is no light."
>>>> >
>>>> > The professor sat down.
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