Texas Truth Loc: Behind Enemy Lines

kenvrla Loc: East Tx Piney Woods

karpenter Loc: Headin' Fer Da Hills !!

“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 professor was quite pleased with himself and boasted to the students that he had proven once more that the Christian 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 degrees 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 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 not like faith, or love that exist just as does light and heat. 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.
The young man’s name — Albert Einstein.

This Urban Legend, attributed to Albert Einstein, illustrates how Democrats turning America from God is contributing to the increase of evil.

Texas Truth Loc: Behind Enemy Lines

I made a screw up and somehow my post ended up in the middle of Rylan wolves as opposed to underneath been a proper response.

jSmitty45 Loc: Fl born, lived in Texas 30 yrs, now Louisiana

Peewee, you are correct. Just as his word says, one day every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess, Jesus is Lord!
There will always be trouble, We can only have peace if we put our trust in him. There have been any times in my life, when he was all I had. He comforted me in my distress. I was sitting on my porch after my mom died, we had no flowers due to deer eating them, but out of nowhere, the sweetest fragrance filled my nostrils. I immediately realized that it was the precious presence of the Holy Spirit letting me know my mom was in the presence of the Lord. Seek him and you shall find him. I feel it won't be long before he comes to take us believers home. Hope some of these non believer's on opp will wake up before it is too late, time is short!

out of the woods Loc: to hell and gone New York State

Excellent reply!

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

You're right, Karpenter, this is an urban legend. Origins: For those looking for a quick answer to the question of whether this item is literally true, let it be stated up front that it is not. Nothing remotely like the account related above appears in any biography or article about Albert Einstein, nor is the account congruent with that scientist’s expressed views on the subject of religion (in which he generally described himself as an “agnostic” or a “religious nonbeliever”). Einstein’s name has simply been inserted into an anecdote created long after his death in order to provide the reading audience with a recognizable figure and thus lend the tale an air of verisimilitude(truth).

Texas Truth Loc: Behind Enemy Lines

You are absolutely correct. You have recognized the truth in God's word and have spoken it from the heart. God bless you Sister

rebob14

Fifty years ago I was driving through West Virginia and, around one AM, I stopped for a brief rest on a hill top in Mouth of Seneca. There was a scenic pull off so I parked and walked about a hundred yards into a grassy meadow on the hillside and lied down on my back staring at the moonless sky. After a very short time, I realized that I could actually feel the motion of the starkly visible solar system and feel the position of the Earth within it. It was such a powerful reality and sensation that I had to quell a sudden attack of fear of the immensity of creation and my place in it. I don’t know how long I remained in that state but I’ve retained that awareness of where I am all these years after. Had I not been alone and in that location on a moonless night, the experience would not have been possible.

“You have seen my creation, oh man, you have no excuse before me”.

Larry the Legend Loc: Not hiding in Milton

God did that, you say? I have another point of view. Mine is just as valid as yours. Both of our thoughts are based on a single photograph that, while disturbing in its allusion, has no context, therefore neither of our assertions can be empirically valid. If we had more information about the photo, maybe a more logical conclusion of the perpetrator would surface than simply jumping to the conclusion 'God did it'! For instance:

1. When was the photo taken?
2. Where was the photo taken?
3. Who took the photo?
4. Why did they take the photo, what was their stated purpose?
5. Who are the people in the photo?
6. Why are they (obviously) starving?
7. Why are they still there, instead of some place better suited to their general welfare?
8. Are these conditions still prevalent in that place today?

Once we have the answers to these questions, then we may (possibly) begin to apportion blame. Of course, answering these questions may just prompt even more questions. We have no way of knowing until we see the preliminary answers, that I am willing to bet a fair chunk of change you are unable to provide.

In the meantime, ponder this:

ghostgotcha Loc: The Florida swamps

Singularity

We experience the natural world in uniquely human ways.

If one where to assume, along with you, that this sensation of awe that humans experience in the presence of overwhelming beauty, symmetry, immensity, etc. were to be some "proof" the existence of God, the next step would be to determine to which of the thousands of magical deities described throughout mankind's history this "proof" applies. But that is a subject for a different thread.

However, the fact that various people in diverse religious belief systems, or no theistic leanings at all also experience this same sense of awe, and ascribe it as proof for their beliefs reveals this to be an incomplete argument. The further fact that the same sense of wonder is felt when listening to beautiful piece of music, contemplating an extraordinary piece of art or finally comprehending a particularly complicated and sticky scientific theoretical point by persons with no theistic attachments or beliefs, reveals it to be a universal human emotion, explainable by examining our evolutionary history.

In presenting this incomplete argument as a proof for the existence of your personal God, you are employing a logical fallacy, colloquially referred to as "making s*** up."

http://www.slate.com/bigideas/why-do-we-feel-awe/essays-and-opinions/kathryn-johnson-opinion.


Having experiencd the real world, without the sense of a deity breathing down my neck, I can only describe my experience as awesome.

karpenter Loc: Headin' Fer Da Hills !!

Yet All Your Blather Didn't Change A Thing

Carol Kelly

I find beauty wherever I look...the birds, the flowers, the trees, the grass, people who have love in their hearts for all mankind. The ever changing clouds in the sky, the stars at night. The ocean is magnificent. How can we see all this and more which the Lord has provided and not believe. Did I mention a shining horse running a race or just around a stable. Cows in the meadow. Fish in the lake, the river, the ocean. So much beauty all around us. Even the squirrels that are such a nuisance have their moments. I appreciate these things more and more as I grow older and hope and pray I'll grow a little older.

Larry the Legend Loc: Not hiding in Milton

Good point. I didn't think of that. Maybe we can start a whole new round of world wars based on just that question. Just the preposition 'OK it was created, not an accident' should be sufficient to light fires that burn for centuries.