The Absence
April Challenge - Plot Plucks
Hey, so I recently heard a story that I decided to use for the April Challenge Plot Plucks. Unfortunately I don't have enough room to write everything on here but I'll summarize it to the fullest. :)
One day a professor challenged his class with this question, "Did God create everything?" No one answers for a little bit, then a student does. "Yes sir, God created everything." The professor asks, "Does evil exist?" The student hesitantly says yes. "Because he created everything then he created evil and according to the principal that our works define who we are then God is evil." Silence fills the room. Then he asks, "Does cold exist?" The professor replies, "Well of course, have you never been cold?" The student then says, "Cold does not exist it is the absence of heat. Does darkness exist?" The professor replies, "Yes." The student replies, "Once again you are wrong sir, darkness is the absence of heat. Does evil exist?" After thinking this through the professor says yes because we see evil every day in the world so it must be real. "Evil does not exist sir. 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 exists 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 says nothing after this. The young man, is Albert Einstein.
Again, this is a very short version because if I add more I'll add too much and run out of room. So here is a link to the full in depth story, please read.
https://honestuniverse.com/2012/04/18/an-imaginary-einstein-and-the-problem-with-faith/
For the challenge the instruments represent -
- Piano (A young man)
- Cello (Student)
- Tuba (Professor)
- Kajibals
One day a professor challenged his class with this question, "Did God create everything?" No one answers for a little bit, then a student does. "Yes sir, God created everything." The professor asks, "Does evil exist?" The student hesitantly says yes. "Because he created everything then he created evil and according to the principal that our works define who we are then God is evil." Silence fills the room. Then he asks, "Does cold exist?" The professor replies, "Well of course, have you never been cold?" The student then says, "Cold does not exist it is the absence of heat. Does darkness exist?" The professor replies, "Yes." The student replies, "Once again you are wrong sir, darkness is the absence of heat. Does evil exist?" After thinking this through the professor says yes because we see evil every day in the world so it must be real. "Evil does not exist sir. 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 exists 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 says nothing after this. The young man, is Albert Einstein.
Again, this is a very short version because if I add more I'll add too much and run out of room. So here is a link to the full in depth story, please read.
https://honestuniverse.com/2012/04/18/an-imaginary-einstein-and-the-problem-with-faith/
For the challenge the instruments represent -
- Piano (A young man)
- Cello (Student)
- Tuba (Professor)
- Kajibals
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