dimossi

I received this in an e-mail from some fundie today. Anyone care to help me systematically destroy this illogical argument? Thanks in advance, Dimo.

THE E-MAIL:

Now here is something to think about.

At a certain college, there was a professor with a reputation for being tough on Christians. In the first class every semester, he asked if anyone was a Christian and proceeded to degrade and mock those who professed their faith.

One semester, he asked if anyone was a Christian and in response, a young man raised his hand. The professor asked, "Did God make everything, young man?" "Yes, he did sir." the young man replied.

The professor responded, "If God made everything, then God made evil, and if we can only create from within ourselves, then God is evil." The student didn't have a response and the professor was happy to have once again proved the Christian faith to be a myth.

Then another man raised his hand and asked, "May I ask you something, sir?"

"Yes, you may," responded the professor.

The young man stood up and said, "Sir, is there such thing as cold?" "Of course there is, what kind of a question is that? Haven't you ever been cold?"

The young man replied, "Actually, sir, cold does not exist. What we consider to be cold, is really only the absence of heat. Absolute zero is when there is absolutely no heat, but cold does not really exist. We have only created that term to describe how we feel when heat is not present."

The young man continued, "Sir, is there such thing as dark?" Once again, the professor responded "Of course there is." And once again, the student replied "Actually, sir, darkness does not exist. Darkness is really only the absence of light. Darkness is only a term man developed to describe what happens when there is no light."

Finally, the young man asked, "Sir, is there such thing as evil?" The professor responded, "Of course. We have rapes, murders, and all sorts of violence everywhere in the world, these things are evil."

The student replied, "Actually, sir, evil does not exist. Evil is simply the absence of God. Evil is a term man developed to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is simply the state where God is not present, like cold without heat or darkness without light."

The professor had nothing to say.