Relativities...
At the turn of the 20th century, during a conference, a professor of the University of Berlim challenged his audience with this question:
- Did God create everything which exists?
A student answered with certainty:
- Yes! He did...
- Did God create everything? He asked again...
- Yes! Sir... Repeated the youngster.
Then, the professor asked:
- If God created everything, then, God created the evil? Because, evil exists, and by knowing that our work is a reflection of ourselves, in that case, God is evil.
The boy was silent and the professor, assertively, was content for having proved, once again, that faith was waste of time.
Another student, raising his hand said:
- May I ask you a question?
- Of course! Answered the professor.
Standing up, he asked:
- Professor, does "cold" exists?
- What kind of question is that? Of course there is "cold". Or you never felt cold in your life?
With assurance, the young boy answered:
- In reality, Sir, "cold" does not exists. According to the laws of physics, what we call "cold" is,
in practical terms, the absence of heat. Every body or object can be studied when has or
transmits energy. The heat is responsible for the warmth or energy in this body. The absolute 32
degrees Fahrenheit is the absence total and absolute of heat. In this case, every body, stands still,
incapable of reaction but, there is no "cold". We created that definition only to describe how we feel
with no "heat".
- What about "darkness", professor? Does the absolute "dark" exists?
The professor, fearing of what was about to come, answered:
- Yes! It does....
The student continued:
- Again, you are wrong, Sir... There is no "darkness" either. The "darkness" is nothing else than the
absence of light. Light can be studied. "Darkness" can't! There is even Nichol's Prism to separate
white light into the several colors by which it is composed, with different color waves... You cannot
do the same with "darkness". A single ray of light, penetrate the dark and lit up to a certain space...
How can you tell how dark is a space if there is nothing to be seen? "Darkness" is a definition
created by man to describe the absence of light.
Finally, the boy asked to the professor:
- Sir, does evil exists?
Assured that the student would have no explanation, he answered:
- Of course "evil" exists... As I said in the beginning, we see rape, crimes, violence everywhere...
All this things come from "evil".
With a smile in his face, the boy said:
- "Evil" does not exists, Sir. At least, not on his own. "Evil" is nothing else than lack of
"goodness". It is just like in the other cases... "Evil" is a definition created by man to describe the
absence of God. God did not create "evil". It is not like faith, or love, which exists, like "the heat"
or "the light". "Evil" is the result of lack of God in human's hearts. It is what happen with
"cold", when there's no "heat", or "darkness" when there's no "light".
Amazed by all that knowledge, the audience gave the young student a standing ovation at the same time, the professor stood there, quiet in silence and awe...
At the end of the event, the principal of the University came towards that young boy and said to him:
- Congratulations young man... I was impressed with your knowledge, your common sense, on how
well you presented your theory and defended your case... While you're lecturing I was concentrated
in your words, in your demeanor. It is a privilege for us to have a brilliant student such as
yourself ... By the way, what's you name?
- Albert Einstein, Sir!.
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