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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Seeing God



            I first received the following story in 1999. I have never seen it confirmed, so let’s call it a parable. It might have happened; it might not have happened. Either way, the story makes a nice point:

            A college student was in a philosophy class. The class was debating the existence of God. The professor argued, “Has anyone in this class heard God?”
            Nobody spoke.
            “Has anyone in this class touched God?”
            Again, nobody spoke.
            “Has anyone in this class seen God?”
            When nobody spoke for the third time, he simply stated, “Then there is no God.”            
            One student did not agree. He asked for permission to speak. The professor granted it.
            The student stood up and asked the following questions of his classmates: “Has anyone in this class heard our professor's brain?”
            Silence.
            “Has anyone in this class touched our professor's brain?”
            Absolute silence.
            “Has anyone in this class seen our professor's brain?”
            When nobody in the class dared to speak, the student concluded, “Then, according to our professor's logic, it must be true that our professor has no brain!”
            Disrespectful, perhaps, but the student received an “A” in the class.


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