- Does Evil exist? by thomas zudrell
18 y
4,157 7 Messages Shown
Blog: Dorn Method
Got this message in an e-mail recently and find it worth to think about.
Although some may not like the word God it is still useful if the word God is replaced with for example the word Universal consciousness, Universal Energy, or the like.
Blessings to all.
DOES EVIL EXIST?
Did God create evil? The University professor 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", the student replied.
The professor answered, "If God created everything, then God created
evil, since evil exists, and according to the principal that our works
define who we are, then God is evil."
The student became quiet before such an answer.
The professor, quite pleased with himself, boasted to the students that
he had proven once more that the religious faith was a myth.
Another student raised his hand and said, "Can 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 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. Every
body 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; 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 wavelengths 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 example 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."
Blessings, peace and love
Thomas Zudrell
http://www.dorn-method.com
Don’t forget to smile today
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- Curious... by #48222
18 y
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| Considering ninety-nine percent of our known universe is composed of Dark Matter, is light then the absence of darkness?
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- Re: Curious... by #43216
18 y
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I have no clue what Dark Matter is... but no, light is not the absence of darkness. The little story should have made that clear, but...
Darkness is not a "something" that can be negated or subtracted. It's an emptiness. An absence, a void. You can't negate a void because there really is no void in the first place to be negated. "Darkness" just appears as such due to how our senses perceive the lack of (or extremely low levels of) light (which is a "something"). Darkness, cold, space... are really the same underlying state of emptiness/nothingness, perceived differently due to the contrast of "things" placed against that "nothingness".
Darkness is the illusionary contrast created by the senses in the absence of light. Light is not an absence of darkness, or anything else. On the contrary, the existence of light causes our mind and senses to "create" the darkness in contrast to the light.
If you take complete emptiness, and add a light, the existence of that light creates the illusion of darkness beyond the boundaries of the light. So the emptiness is now perceived as darkness. Take the light away and add an object instead, and the contrast between the object and the emptiness creates the illusion of space out of the same emptiness that was previously perceived as darkness. Add a sound and suddenly you can become aware of silence as well.
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- Re: Curious... by #48222
18 y
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Dark Matter is the title Astronomers bestowed upon the black mass that exists betwixt all things; therefore, this "Dark Matter" composes approximately 99% of our known universe.
When 99% of our known universe is black as pitch, light is the only exception. If you have "no clue" what Dark Matter is or may be, then perhaps it would be wise to find out. It is all too easy and idealistic to view all things as being graced by Divine light, but as said previously 99% of all we can fathom is utter emptiness; sheer desolation; the haunting black mass that binds all things:
Light is the illusionary contrast created by the senses in the absence of darkness. Darkness is not an absence of light, or anything else. On the contrary, the existence of darkness causes our mind and senses to "create" the light in contrast to the dark.
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- What a beautiful girl! by jelequa
18 y
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- Illogical? by MisterQ
18 y
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| I agree that the photo of your daughter is absolutely wonderful! A child (indeed) created in the image of God. When God sees such a creation, He is not only delighted & possibly a bit proud, but also overwhemed with love emotions at His wonderful creation. Nothing in this world is as sacred as a beatiful little child. How then can you have such a photo mere inches (mm's) below a disclaimer replacing God with: "Universal consciousness, Universal Energy, or the like". Can you honestly say a "universal energy or the like" designed & developed such a wonderfully made body, spirit & soul?
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- Re: Illogical? by thomas zudrell
18 y
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Hi,
thanks for your comment.
Whatever I write will find some agreement and some disapproval.
So if I write God the ones who have their specific belief about God will agree the ones who do not use the word God for whatever reason will not.
To accept God for me means also to accept all what in this universe (creation)even it is not easy at times.
Blessings
Thomas
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