Dear Ones:

Today is the second snow day in a row. After returning to bed from a 45 mile round trip (I was just over 1/2 way to work when I got the information), I awakened refreshed.

FBE & I were on the phone for the morning trip, which is our custom. I know some of you cringe at the idea of talking to other people at 5:30 in the morning. But since we have already been awake for a while & I'm even en route to work by then, it is our version of a breakfast conversation that any husband & wife might have, except his wife is sometimes what we discuss, as was the case this morning. The financial stress of fighting for a more equal custody of children is wearing on FBE. The emotional stress of that and the emotional stress of continued disagreement is wearing on him. He likes being a nice guy. He doesn't like fighting. He is accustommed to letting her win. Though I appreciate his nice guy & anti-fighting stances, I have trouble with him letting her win. The divorce was because he was ready to stand up for himself, or so I thought. Similar to my divorce. NO, I am not advocating fighting just to fight. I advocate sticking to his guns about what he thought was Right for his kids.

Recently she has let him back into the house frequently to be with the kids when it isn't his day. This is good because it shows that she trusts him around her & the kids, and it lets him check on his kids more. This is bad because not only can it give her false hope that they can reconcile, but also because it makes him forget what the legal rules are for now. I also think it could be confusing to the kids to see them still doing many normal family things. If the parents can get along well enough for these family times, then why get the divorce? I am glad that he gets to be with his kids more. He loves them; they love him, and the separation was tearing at them all.

BUT I think he's got to stay firm to protect his future legal rights. She's on meds to even out her emotional cycles. She's in counselling. BUT I still bet she's not stopped being a manipulative fighter to get what she wants. I told him that her drawing this out, and forbidding contact & then softening back up is a strategy that is set up to make him give up the fight for more custody. It can make him feel like she'll always be this easy going about when he sees the kids, and cost him more money than he can afford... so why not give up? What has he to lose except money? Yes, I do not trust her. Yes, I am cynical.

I tried to explain that he is basically still letting their old pattern continue, even if it's not as bad as it was. We talked about battered wife syndrome & similar patterns in emotional & verbal abuse. How they are similar. How some people have been conditioned some how during their life to put up with shit that they shouldn't. Like me, and like him, and like some other people we know. I felt frustrated cuz I couldn't figure out how to make him see the similarities between how she treated him as a second class citizen & those situations, but then he either changed the topic or was at work... so it felt unfinished.

Anyway...

FBE called during our usual lunchtimes as is also our custom. During the conversation, we somehow got around to him asking me when I lost my virginity. Mid-November 1985 with RICH boy with whom the discussion of marriage in our futures had happened, but no formal engagement, yet.

I've probably told the story to you all before; I know I've told FBE before, but here it goes again. Come Christmas break my period was LATE. What if I'm pregnant? Well, back then a period had to be 11 days late for the home pregnancy test to work. That's a long time when you're living it. He said along the way, "People of my class don't get pregnant and then married." For years RICH boy had insisted that we were of the same social class and that class didn't matter or exist, etc. That sentence rocked me to my core. I started backpedalling on my emotional attachment to him right then. Come January, he knows he's in BIG trouble with me but I've not found the voice to fully explain just how badly he has screwed up. I just ask to be left alone for awhile. He doesn't understand I mean longer whiles. He eventually comes over with a HUGE box of condoms to apologize & to try to kiss & make up.

Well, it is called making love, so I give the kissing & fondling a chance to re-establish an emotional connection. But I'm not feeling the love. I'm feeling groped. He proceeded to try to enter my body. I said, " I'm not ready." He thought my physical body was not ready. I meant my emotional core. I started bawling as He thought he was solving the problem. He did not notice until after his body was physically done with the situation. He then noticed my tears & said that I probably felt raped. He was accurate, and I was an emotional zombie for several months. Almost flunked out of college that semester, but rallied just in time to save the grades if not the soul.

But how to explain why I didn't kick him in the balls, shove him away, tell him to stop? Even though there was no violence, I felt immobilized. I felt a vice on my vocal chords. Why did I feel powerless to speak up & defend myself then & later with my ex until things were awful? Why did I feel a vice on my voice? I couldn't explain it over the phone today, but perhaps here?

Well, in a History of Women class I took during my 30's, I learned that many women of various cultural upbringings in America felt voiceless... Jewish, Protestant, African-American, Native American, lower class, upper class, middle class. bel hopkins, who does not capitalize her name, has a book about it still happening in modern America. I spent that semester doing much self- analysis. Showing my ex the paper I wrote about my past & feeling unable to speak did not help our relationship like I hoped it would.

Anyway, for me.... phrases like "turn the other cheek," "Vengence is mine, saith the Lord." "Return blessings for cursings." "pray for you enemy." "ladies don't do that..." "sticks & stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me" were strong influences on me. I did NOT have the image of Jesus throwing a fit in the temple protesting against Wrong at that time. Another influence? My mother's silence in my father's house. Ok, she did eventually get around to saying, "Yessah, massah" but usually not in his hearing. We did things his way... We also obeyed her.

Let me firmly state, I was never aware at the time of my father being verbally or physically abusive to any of us. I knew him to tease me about being chubby, and I was for awhile, but I didn't know that I grew out of it. I knew him to be strict. I knew him to be impatient. I knew birthday spankings hurt enough that I didn't want the real thing. I knew him to use the belt 3 times total between my brother & I. These things seemed within the realm of normal for back then. I even thought my parents were much more lenient than some other parents I knew, though we did seem to work more.

I must also firmly state that the town bullies did a serious number on me. Different bullies: Stormy in kindergarten era smashing in my nose; Robin & her big friend in middle school stealing my only shoes during pe; Bret, Mike, Eddie in middle school showing me their dicks at Tracy's house, verbally insulting me & damaging our family vehicles in high school. Russell as a senior with Kevin, & others around asking me in front of the school library asking me if I "want a fuck" & the others saying that I probably didn't even know what that meant. My best friends not inviting me to parties, or hugging me when they hugged each other. Being on the outside of the talking circle, etc.

I turned the other cheek. I prayed for those who persecuted me. I didn't understand why I didn't fit in. I knew I had hand-me-down and homemade clothes because we were so money poor. Could not having the cool tennis shoes really be that important?

To escape pain, I read. I read & read & read. Most books were biographies, histories, or "Leave it to Beaver" type teen books of the 60's, cuz that's what the library had. Beany Malone, Katie Rose, Cherry Ames, Laura Ingalls.

I knew the kids made fun of me because I didn't approve of cuss words. My family didn't use them... Well, when Dad would let a mild one slip, Mom would reprimand him by saying his name as 2 syllables; it is a one syllable name.

I knew they made fun of me because I didn't understand sexual jokes... but then they didn't explain them to me either, or tell me all that many either so I could begin to piece it all together & understand (my college friends did explain for me). OK, so I didn't approve of sex jokes either... a lady isn't supposed to, and as with cuss words, the Bible says it is what comes out of man's mouth that makes him unclean.

They made fun of me for not drinking. My family didn't drink (at least not when I was looking). Beers & wines still smell & taste nasty to me, and I've sniffed & sipped several versions trying to please the college friends & the Ex. Rum & coke may have been good, except I still don't like Coke either.

Any way. I was emotionally scarred from it all. I felt stupid. I felt unworthy of compliments. I felt friendless. I needed to escape.

Yes, I had FBE in my life. I wrote him letters, & he appreciated me. It kept me alive. I loved him for it.

Today, after I told FBE about being a zombie for months after Rich boy, he asked what I was like after I broke up with him. Suicidal is the truthful answer. I did not tell him that I had lost the person who actively said I was loved, and beautiful & smart or that I lost the person who appreciated me, who knew me better than anyone else because in my letters to him I poured out my thoughts & feelings. Ok, I evidently didn't tell him all about the bullies, as he has said that he never knew my teen years were that hard on me. As I told him today, I didn't break up with him because I quit loving him under my understanding of love at the time. I broke up with him because I wanted something better for my life than I thought he could give me. Basically, I was a snob, but I didn't realize it until later...much later.

I was upset with myself because of lying to him & and hurting him. See, I wrote two letters. One was sweet & full of love & wishy-washy, but perhaps we should break up anyway. The other was blunt. I thought he was not smart (he can't spell well & uses country grammar), we didn't have common interests, we would have too many babies too soon, & be poor & live in a trailer house, I would never get to college, he didn't seem to be a Christian, etc. I pretended to have accidentally mailed the two letters to the wrong people. It was a lie. I did it all on purpose, because that was the only way I thought my fears would be heard. The only way I thought I could speak my mind. I didn't know that a lady can speak her mind.

So then not only was I stupid, fat, ugly, a social reject for reasons I didn't understand. I had broken my own rules... God's rules. I had lied and purposefully hurt FBE. I deserved to be rejected by God, too.

I am alive today because of a voice in the dark firmly stating to me as I sobbed onto my giant teddy bear about what did it matter if I died, "God would be pissed." Pissed was not a word I spoke or thought. I still rarely think it & even more rarely say it. I didn't know then why God would care if I lived or died.

I think I do now. I think of the kids who have opened up to me because I could say I've been that close to dying. I know of the kids who are still alive. I know of the kids who come back to the school & hug me even though they hated me while in my class. They thank me for giving a damn about them even though they didn't "get it" then. The kids who have cleaned up, straightened up, accepted God. No, I'm not claiming to be the ONE who made them clean up, straighten up, or accept God. I just am saying that they come back & tell me thanks.

Anyway.

I told FBE that someday he needs to tell me what emotions go through him, what he thinks when I tell him about why I broke up with him and more about how he felt. It was time for him to go back to work, but he told me that he wished he had pursued me better, longer. He said he would have let me back into his life at anytime I was still in college or even soon after that.

December 1986, I graduated & got dumped by a man I thought loved me & was going to marry me. He had never said he loved me; he had never proposed. As he put it, I was everything he thought he wanted in a wife and life partner, but he had just never fallen in love. He kept thinking he would, he just didn't.

Spring of 1987, I went back & basically re-checked out all of my ex boyfriends except for FBE. I didn't think he would ever want me. I didn't really think I was worthy of him. I just needed his forgiveness, but was afraid he would not give it, so I could not ask for it. I had no money; I was living in a trailer house. I didn't see the irony of it all. yet. I've begun to wonder, "what if?" but I've a feeling I still wasn't grown up enough.

May 1987 is when he married. They had been a couple for about 5 years.... yup, that goes back to 1982... not so long after I broke up with him.

I met my ex in April or May 1987, while I was still checking out the old flings. Started flirting & then dating in September. Proposed to November 1987; eloped December 1988.

Well, to make a long story short... Neither of our spouses treated us as though we were their equals. FBE is an intelligent man; he has not lived in abject poverty... their incomes were similar to ours... we have interests and opinions that are common, (yes, we have some differences too). Their firstborn daughter was born after ours; they were celibate longer than I was. He has accepted Jesus into his life.

So would my fears have been lived out? I never gave him the chance to convince me they wouldn't have been. I was too bent on escaping the hometown hell I'd lived in. He was looking forward to coming home to it & me.

Me? Well, I've learned to speak my mind, and still be a lady. I've learned that poverty is just a state of mind. Intelligence is unrelated to spelling & grammar. I think I've forgiven my dad, and the bullies, and maybe even the ex. Ok, sometimes I can still get angry at them all, so I'm not certain... but I've certainly tried. I know God loves me. I know that God knows I want to forgive them all, but I'm still going to pray that he forgives me better than I forgive others. I've accepted my responsibility in my marriage failing, and in the rape.

Yes, I know the victims are not supposed to accept responsibility. They are supposed to say that it was not their fault. That mantra kept me paralyzed into my marriage. It did not help me realize I have power, too. In my case, things would not have happened if I had spoken up, if I had fought back. Maybe with the ex things would have been worse, but if it had been worse I would have seen it as bad instead of being in the realm of normal, or only "borderline wrong. " When things were really bad and out of normal realm, then I did act.

Early on in the reconnection with FBE, he asked me if my old feelings for him were returning. I told him he better hell hope not. He was puzzled by this. Those feelings were of a scared, lonely voiceless girl. These feelings are of a confident, outspoken Woman who knows she has friends and is loved. This woman is not a conceited snob, my love sees past his spelling & grammar; my love sees past the current financial crunch. I see his faith is strong, and his habits even more noticeably Christian than mine. Ok, I still feel selfish sometimes. It's not a jealousy type of selfishness. I trust him around his wife and other women. I just wish I could have more time with him, but I can be patient and trust that this time we will talk about our worries until we can have more time together.

It's almost time for FBE to get off work. It's almost time for us to... the phone rings 8 minutes early.

Got to go enjoy what I can get for now.

May you enjoy what you have in your life, even if it's not all you want.

Take care,
Pete

Science vs God & Mama's Make-do Recipes

Ok, here's the link to the other blog I have started.

http://mamas-makedorecipes.blogspot.com/

It is a work in progress. I can only see straight for just so long.

I know you think I write textbooks length entries here. But here I just sit & type. I don't have to actually read what I write until its time to edit it. Yes, I am one of those who can type fairly accuratelywith my eyes closed. Plus I don't really format this, or play with fonts & colors; I just flow from the heart usually. But today is a cut & paste from here on out.


I thought this e-mail I received from my son entitled "God vs. Science" very good & provocative. I know he didn't create it. I think I've even seen it before during the last 2 years or so. Then at the end of it, I come back with some of my own thoughts that I added to the e-mail before I sent it on it's way to some of my more philosophical & religious expert friends who may not have access to the blog. If I didn't send it to you ..... I knew you'd see it here anyway.

Science vs God by an unknown source---

A science professor begins his school year with a lecture to the students, "Let me explain the problem science has with religion." The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand.

"You're a Christian, aren't you, son?"

"Yes sir," the student says.

"So you believe in God?"

"Absolutely."

"Is God good?"

"Sure! God's good."

"Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?"

"Yes."

"Are you good or evil?"

"The Bible says I'm evil."

The professor grins knowingly. "Aha! The Bible!" He considers for a moment. "Here's one for you. Let's say there's a sick person over here and you can cure him. You can do it. Would you help him? Would you try?"

"Yes sir, I would."

"So you're good...!"

"I wouldn't say that."

"But why not say that? You'd help a sick and maimed person if you could. Most of us would if we could. But God doesn't."

The student does not answer, so the professor continues. "He doesn't, does he? My brother was a Christian who died of cancer, even though he prayed to Jesus to heal him. How is this Jesus good? Hmmm? Can you answer that one?"

The student remains silent.

"No, you can't, can you?" the professor says. He takes a sip of water from a glass on his desk to give the student time to relax.

"Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?"

"Er...yes," the student says.

"Is Satan good?"

The student doesn't hesitate on this one. "No."

"Then where does Satan come from?"

The student falters. "From God"

"That's right. God made Satan, didn't he? Tell me, son. Is there evil in this world?"

"Yes, sir."

"Evil's everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything, correct?"

"Yes."

"So who created evil?" The professor continued, "If God created everything, then God created evil, since evil exists, and according to the principle that our works define who we are, then God is evil."

Again, the student has no answer. "Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things, do they exist in this world?"

The student squirms on his feet. "Yes."

"So who created them?"

The student does not answer again, so the professor repeats his question. "Who created them?" There is still no answer. Suddenly the lecturer breaks away to pace in front of the classroom. The class is mesmerized. "Tell me," he continues onto another student. "Do you believe in Jesus Christ, son?"

The student's voice betrays him and cracks. "Yes, professor, I do."

The old man stops pacing. "Science says you have five senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Have you ever seen Jesus?"

"No sir. I've never seen Him."

"Then tell us if you've ever heard your Jesus?"

"No, sir, I have not."

"Have you ever felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelt your Jesus? Have you ever had any sensory perception of Jesus Christ, or God for that matter?"

"No, sir, I'm afraid I haven't."

"Yet you still believe in him?"

"Yes."

"According to the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your God doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?"

"Nothing," the student replies. "I only have my faith."

"Yes, faith," the professor repeats. "And that is the problem science has with God. There is no evidence, only faith."

The student stands quietly for a moment, before asking a question of His own. "Professor, is there such thing as heat?"

"Yes," the professor replies. "There's heat."

"And is there such a thing as cold?"

"Yes, son, there's cold too."

"No sir, there isn't."

The professor turns to face the student, obviously interested. The room suddenly becomes very quiet. The student begins to explain. "You can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, unlimited heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat, but we don't have anything called 'cold'. We can hit up to 458 degrees below zero, which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold; otherwise we would be able to go colder than the lowest -458 degrees."

"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 (-458 F) is the total absence of heat. You see, sir, cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure in thermal units because heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it."

Silence across the room. A pen drops somewhere in the classroom, sounding like a hammer.

"What about darkness, professor. Is there such a thing as darkness?"

"Yes," the professor replies without hesitation. "What is night if it isn't darkness?"

"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, wouldn't you?"

The professor begins to smile at the student in front of him. This will be a good semester. "So what point are you making, young man?"

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

The professor's face cannot hide his surprise this time. "Flawed? Can you explain how?"

"You are working on the premise of duality," the student explains. "You argue that 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 can't even explain a thought."

"It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. 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, just the absence of it."

"Now 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 begins to shake his head, still smiling, as he realizes where the argument is going. A very good semester, indeed.

"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 preacher?"

The class is in uproar. The student remains silent until the commotion has subsided.

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

The student looks around the room. "Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the professor's brain?" The class breaks out into laughter.

"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. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, with all due respect, sir."

"So if science says you have no brain, how can we trust your lectures, sir?"

Now the room is silent. The professor just stares at the student, his face unreadable.

Finally, after what seems an eternity, the old man answers. "I guess you'll have to take them on faith."

"Now, you accept that there is faith, and, in fact, faith exists with life," the student continues. "Now, sir, is there such a thing as evil?"

Now uncertain, the professor responds, "Of course, there is. We see it every day. 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."

The professor sat down.

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Pete here again.... I used to agree w/ the student, but now I wonder this:

The Bible says Satan/devil exists. It was not created to be evil, but is now our epitome of evil. Is this because It chose to be absent from God or because It became evil? Furthermore in the Garden of Eden myth wasn't the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good & evil? If so, then is not the definition of evil more than the absence of God since God made the tree?...

I DO NOT use the word myth to mean a fanciful untrue story. I use it to mean a culture's story that explains creation, natural phenomenon, and gods & their personalities.

But if we as a culture decide that the Satan/devil is just an extended symbol/metaphor for evil in the Garden of Eden myth, or just the absence of God as in this story, then does that not make the Final Battle /Armageddon at best just metaphorical too?

and then there is the worldwide multi-religion belief in demons who are often described as Satan/devil helpers....

Social scientists have a basic rule for viewing validity:
If something occurs in similar form in a wide variety of cultures that are separated by time and or space, then one of two things must be true:
1.) It must have been real
( using this reasoning there are indeed good basis for "The Flood," angels, ghosts, ESP & UFO's being real)
2.) There is something in the human personality that makes us need to create such a thing.

So, it could generally be agreed that there is indeed some sort of God figure. Though the atheistic & agnostic crowds do seem to be growing, they are not yet the majority of humans. Even some of them agree that there is a power/force/energy that seems to create the "answered prayer" & "coincidence" phenomenon.

But this devil/Satan figure.... that keeps being debated even among those that do believe in God... Well, most cultures have a "bad guy" or "guys" of some sort. Many are just "tricksters," or a competing god who gets jealous or angry. The devil/Satan is one of the biggest, baddest images out there, but It is not a god. So anyway, if It is not real as this student/professor analogy says, then why do we create It? Do we just need to be able to sometimes say, "The Devil made me do it" because we can not accept responsibility for our own actions? or ????

hmmm.... just some thinking going on here.... watch ya think there?
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Let\x27s say there\x27s a sick person over here and you can cure him. You can do it. 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Most of us would if we could. But God doesn\x27t.\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3eThe student does not answer, so the professor continues. \x26quot\x3bHe doesn\x27t, does he\x3f My brother was a Christian who died of cancer, even though he prayed to Jesus to heal him. How is this Jesus good\x3f Hmmm\x3f Can you answer that one\x3f\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3eThe student remains silent.\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bNo, you can\x27t, can you\x3f\x26quot\x3b the professor says. 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God made Satan, didn\x27t he\x3f Tell me, son. 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style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bSo who created them\x3f\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp 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Suddenly the lecturer breaks away to pace in front of the classroom. The class is mesmerized. \x26quot\x3bTell me,\x26quot\x3b he continues onto another student. \x26quot\x3bDo you believe in Jesus Christ, son\x3f\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3eThe student\x27s voice betrays him and cracks. \x26quot\x3bYes, professor, I do.\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3eThe old man stops pacing. \x26quot\x3bScience says you have five senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Have you ever seen Jesus\x3f\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bNo sir. I\x27ve never seen Him.\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bThen tell us if you\x27ve ever heard your Jesus\x3f\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bNo, sir, I have not.\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bHave you ever felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelt your Jesus\x3f Have you ever had any sensory perception of Jesus Christ, or God for that matter\x3f\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bNo, sir, I\x27m afraid I haven\x27t.\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bYet you still believe in him\x3f\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bYes.\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bAccording to the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your God doesn\x27t exist. What do you say to that, son\x3f\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bNothing,\x26quot\x3b the student replies. \x26quot\x3bI only have my faith.\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bYes, faith,\x26quot\x3b the professor repeats. \x26quot\x3bAnd that is the problem science has with God. There is no evidence, only faith.\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3eThe student stands quietly for a moment, before asking a question of His own. \x26quot\x3bProfessor, is there such thing as heat\x3f\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bYes,\x26quot\x3b the professor replies. \x26quot\x3bThere\x27s heat.\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bAnd is there such a thing as cold\x3f\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bYes, son, there\x27s cold too.\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bNo sir, there isn\x27t.\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3eThe professor turns to face the student, obviously interested. The room suddenly becomes very quiet. The student begins to explain. \x26quot\x3bYou can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, unlimited heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat, but we don\x27t have anything called \x27cold\x27. We can hit up to 458 degrees below zero, which is no heat, but we can\x27t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold\x3b otherwise we would be able to go colder than the lowest -458 degrees.\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bEvery 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 \x28-458 F\x29 is the total absence of heat. You see, sir, cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure in thermal units because heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3eSilence across the room. A pen drops somewhere in the classroom, sounding like a hammer.\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bWhat about darkness, professor. Is there such a thing as darkness\x3f\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bYes,\x26quot\x3b the professor replies without hesitation. \x26quot\x3bWhat is night if it isn\x27t darkness\x3f\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bYou\x27re wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something\x3b 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\x27s called darkness, isn\x27t it\x3f That\x27s the meaning we use to define the word.\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bIn reality, darkness isn\x27t. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn\x27t you\x3f\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3eThe professor begins to smile at the student in front of him. This will be a good semester. \x26quot\x3bSo what point are you making, young man\x3f\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bYes, professor. My point is, your philosophical premise is flawed to start with, and so your conclusion must also be flawed.\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3eThe professor\x27s face cannot hide his surprise this time. \x26quot\x3bFlawed\x3f Can you explain how\x3f\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bYou are working on the premise of duality,\x26quot\x3b the student explains. \x26quot\x3bYou argue that there is life and then there\x27s death\x3b a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can\x27t even explain a thought.\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bIt uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. 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, just the absence of it.\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bNow tell me, professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey\x3f\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bIf you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young man, yes, of course I do.\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bHave you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir\x3f\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3eThe professor begins to shake his head, still smiling, as he realizes where the argument is going. A very good semester, indeed.\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bSince 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\x3f Are you now not a scientist, but a preacher\x3f\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3eThe class is in uproar. The student remains silent until the commotion has subsided.\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bTo continue the point you were making earlier to the other student, let me give you an example of what I mean.\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3eThe student looks around the room. \x26quot\x3bIs there anyone in the class who has ever seen the professor\x27s brain\x3f\x26quot\x3b The class breaks out into laughter.\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bIs there anyone here who has ever heard the professor\x27s brain, felt the professor\x27s brain, touched or smelt the professor\x27s brain\x3f No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, with all due respect, sir.\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bSo if science says you have no brain, how can we trust your lectures, sir\x3f\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3eNow the room is silent. The professor just stares at the student, his face unreadable.\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3eFinally, after what seems an eternity, the old man answers. \x26quot\x3bI guess you\x27ll have to take them on faith.\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x26quot\x3bNow, you accept that there is faith, and, in fact, faith exists with life,\x26quot\x3b the student continues. \x26quot\x3bNow, sir, is there such a thing as evil\x3f\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3eNow uncertain, the professor responds, \x26quot\x3bOf course, there is. We see it every day. It is in the daily example of man\x27s inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil.\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3eTo this the student replied, \x26quot\x3bEvil 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\x27s love present in his heart. It\x27s like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light.\x26quot\x3b\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3eThe professor sat down.\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e___________________________________________________________\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3ePete here again.... I used to agree w\x2f the student, but now I wonder this\x3a\u00a0 \x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3eThe Bible says Satan\x2fdevil exists.\u00a0 It was not created to be evil, but is now our epitome of evil.\u00a0 Is this because\u00a0It chose to be absent from God or because\u00a0It became evil\x3f\u00a0 Furthermore in the Garden of Eden myth wasn\x27t the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good \x26amp\x3b evil\x3f\u00a0 If so, then is not the definition of evil more than the absence of God since God made the tree\x3f... \x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3eI DO NOT use the word myth to mean a fanciful untrue story.\u00a0 I use it to mean a culture\x27s story that explains creation, natural phenomenon, and gods \x26amp\x3b their personalities.\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3eBut\u00a0if we as a culture\u00a0decide that the Satan\x2fdevil is just an extended symbol\x2fmetaphor for evil in the Garden of Eden myth, or just the absence of God as in this story, \u00a0then does that not make the Final Battle \x2fArmageddon at best just metaphorical too\x3f\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cp class\x3d\x22EC_EC_EC_EC_MsoNormal\x22\x3e\x3cfont face\x3d\x22Times New Roman\x22 size\x3d3\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-size\x3a12pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3cfont face\x3dTahoma\x3e\x3cspan style\x3d\x22font-family\x3aTahoma\x22\x3e\x3c\x2fspan\x3e\x3c\x2ffont\x3e\x3c\x2fp\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3eand then there is the worldwide \u00a0multi-religion belief in demons who are often described as Satan\x2fdevil helpers....\u00a0\u00a0 \x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3eSocial scientists have\u00a0a basic rule for\u00a0viewing validity\x3a\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3eIf something occurs in similar form in a wide variety of cultures that are separated by time and or space, then one of two things must be true\x3a\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1.\x29\u00a0 It must have been real\u00a0 \x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\x28 using this reasoning there\u00a0are indeed\u00a0good basis for \x26quot\x3bThe Flood,\x26quot\x3b angels, ghosts, ESP \x26amp\x3b UFO\x27s being real\x29\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02.\x29\u00a0 There is something in the human personality that makes us need to create such a thing.\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3eSo, it could generally be agreed that there is indeed some sort of God figure.\u00a0 Though the atheistic \x26amp\x3b agnostic crowds do seem to be growing, they are not yet the majority of humans.\u00a0 Even some of them agree that there is a power\x2fforce\x2fenergy that seems to create the \x26quot\x3banswered prayer\x26quot\x3b\u00a0 \x26amp\x3b \x26quot\x3bcoincidence\x26quot\x3b phenomenon.\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3eBut this devil\x2fSatan\u00a0 figure.... that keeps being debated even among those that do believe in God... Well, most cultures have a \x26quot\x3bbad guy\x26quot\x3b or \x26quot\x3bguys\x26quot\x3b of some sort.\u00a0 Many are just \x26quot\x3btricksters,\x26quot\x3b or a competing god who gets jealous or angry.\u00a0\u00a0The devil\x2fSatan is one of the biggest, baddest\u00a0images out there, but It is not a god.\u00a0So anyway,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0if It is not real as this student\x2fprofessor analogy says, then why do we create It\x3f\u00a0 Do we just need to be able to sometimes say, \x26quot\x3bThe Devil made me do it\x26quot\x3b because we can not accept responsibility for our own actions\x3f or \x3f\x3f\x3f\x3f\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3e\u00a0\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x0d\x0a\x3cdiv style\x3d\x22margin-bottom\x3a3pt\x22\x3ehmmm.... just some thinking going on here.... watch ya think there\x3f\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x3c\x2fdiv\x3e\x3c\x2fblockquote\x3e\x3c\x2fblockquote\x3e\x3c\x2fblockquote\x3e\x0d\x0a';