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As we get ready for summer the only thing I can ask is that your student refresh their mind during our break, and be prepared for next year.

Next year we will be focusing on organization and note taking while in class.  So parents this is something that you can help with at home during the summer. 

I will also be doing a review day each week which will test the students knowledge of facts that were learned in previous years.  Students today don't believe that they must retain information from one year to the next (sometime from one day to the next).

Thank you so much for the opportunity to work with your student this year and I am looking forward to next year. If you need me for any questions you can call the above number and I will answer as soon as I can. 

 

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God vs. Science

'Let me explain the problem science has with religion.' The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand.

'You're a Christian, aren't you, son?'

'Yes sir,' the student says.

'So you believe in God?'

'Absolutely. '

'Is God good?'

'Sure! God's good.'

'Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?'

'Yes'

'Are you good or evil?'

'The Bible says I'm evil.'

The professor grins knowingly. 'Aha! The Bible! He considers for a moment. 'Here's one for you. Let's say there's a sick person over here and you can cure him. You can do it. Would you help him? Would you try?'

'Yes sir, I would.'

'So you're good!'

'I wouldn't say that.'

'But why not say that? You'd help a sick and maimed person if you could. Most of us would if we could. But God doesn't.'

The student does not answer, so the professor continues. 'He doesn't, does he? My brother was a Christian who died of cancer, even though he prayed to Jesus to heal him. How is this Jesus good? Can you answer that one?'

The student remains silent. 'No, you can't, can you?' the professor says. He takes a sip of water from a glass on his desk to give the student time to relax. 'Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?'

'Er..yes,' the student says.

'Is Satan good?'

The student doesn't hesitate on this one. 'No.'

'Then where does Satan come from?'

The student falters. 'From God'

'That's right. God made Satan, didn't he? Tell me, son. Is there evil in this world?'

'Yes, sir..'

'Evil's everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything, correct?'

'Yes'

'So who created evil?' The professor continued, 'If God created everything, then God created evil, since evil exists, and according to the principle that our works define who we are, then God is evil.'

Again, the student has no answer. 'Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things, do they exist in this world?'

The student squirms on his feet. 'Yes.'

'So who created them?'

The student does not answer again, so the professor repeats his question. 'Who created them?' There is still no answer. Suddenly the lecturer breaks away to pace in front of the classroom. The class is mesmerized. 'Tell me,' he continues onto another student. 'Do you believe in Jesus Christ, son?'

The student's voice betrays him and cracks. 'Yes, professor, I do.'

The old man stops pacing. 'Science says you have five senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Have you ever seen Jesus?'

'No sir. I've never seen Him.'

'Then tell us if you've ever heard your Jesus?'

'No, sir, I have not..'

'Have you ever felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelt your Jesus? Have you ever had any sensory perception of Jesus Christ, or God for that matter?'

'No, sir, I'm afraid I haven't.'

'Yet you still believe in him?'

'Yes'

'According to the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your God doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?'

'Nothing,' the student replies.. 'I only have my faith.'

'Yes, faith,' the professor repeats. 'And that is the problem science has with God. There is no evidence, only faith.'

The student stands quietly for a moment, before asking a question of His own. 'Professor, is there such thing as heat? '

Yes.

'And is there such a thing as cold?'

'Yes, son, there's cold too.'

'No sir, there isn't.'

The professor turns to face the student, obviously interested. The room suddenly becomes very quiet. The student begins to explain. ' You can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, unlimited heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat, but we don't have anything called 'cold'. We can hit d own to 458 degrees below zero, which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold; otherwise we would be able to go colder than the lowest -458 degrees. 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 (-458 F) is the total absence of heat. You see, sir, cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure in thermal units because heat is energy. Cold Is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.'

Silence across the room. A pen drops somewhere in the classroom, sounding like a hammer.

'What about darkness, professor. Is there such a thing as darkness?'

'Yes,' the professor replies without hesitation. 'What is night if it isn't darkness?'

'You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something; it is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light, but if you have no light constantly you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? That's the meaning we use to define the word. In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?'

The professor begins to smile at the student in front of him. This will be a good semester. 'So what point are you making, young man?'

'Yes, professor. My point is, your philosophical premise is flawed to start with, and so your conclusion must also be flawed.'

The professor's face cannot hide his surprise this time. 'Flawed? Can you explain how?'

'You are working on the premise of duality,' the student explains. 'You argue that there is life and then there's death; a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought.' 'It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it.' 'Now tell me, professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?'

'If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young man, yes, of course I do.'

'Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?'

The professor begins to shake his head, still smiling, as he realizes where the argument is going. A very good semester, indeed.

'Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you now not a scientist, but a preacher?'

The class is in uproar. The student remains silent until the commotion has subsided. 'To continue the point you were making earlier to the other student, let me give you an example of what I mean.' The student looks around the room. 'Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the professor's brain?' The class breaks out into laughter. 'Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor's brain, felt the professor's brain, touched or smelt the professor's brain? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, with all due respect, sir.' 'So if science says you have no brain, how can we trust your lectures, sir?'

Now the room is silent. The professor just stares at the student, his face unreadable. Finally, after what seems an eternity, the old man answers. 'I Guess you'll have to take them on faith.'

'Now, you accept that there is faith, and, in fact, faith exists with life,' the student continues. 'Now, sir, is there such a thing as evil?' Now uncertain, the professor responds, 'Of course, there is. We see it everyday. 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 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.

If you read it all the way through and had a smile on your face when you finished, mail to your friends and family with the title 'God vs. Science'

PS: the student was Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein wrote a book titled God vs. Science in 1921

 

For Fun!

Some of Mr. Stocks' favorite quotes

 

 

Veteran - whether active duty, retired, National Guard, or Reserve - is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to: "The United States of America," for an amount of: "up to and including their life."  That is honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it.
                                             -- Author Unknown

 

 

 

Men who have offered their lives for their country know that patriotism is not the fear of something; it is the love of something.

                                              Adlai Stevenson

 

One man with courage makes a majority.

                                              Andrew Jackson

 

Duty, honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought yo be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.

                                              General Douglas MacArthur

 

Deeds Not Words

                                              Twenty-second Infantry Regiment

 

But we …shall be remembered; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he today that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother.

                                              William Shakespeare

 

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces, but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.

                                              John F. Kennedy

 

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

                                              Calvin Coolidge

 

The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional as to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation.

                                              George Washington

 

If a man had done his best, what else is there?

                                              General George Patton

 

Let me not mourn for the men who died fighting, but rather, let me be glad that such heroes have lived.

                                              General George Patton

 

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.

                                              Beverly Sills

 

You have to set new goals every day.

                                              Julie Krone

 

When you’re not practicing, remember that someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win.

                                              Ed Macauley

 

People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.

                                              Franklin Roosevelt

 

In basketball, you can be the greatest player in the world and lose every game, because a team will always beat an individual.

                                              Bill Walton

 

Above all, challenge yourself. You may well surprise yourself at what strengths you have, what you can accomplish.

                                              Cecile Springer

 

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.

                                              Tommy Lasorda

 

Team spirit is what gives so many companies an edge over their competitors.

                                              George Clements

 

If you can dream it, you can do it.

                                              Walt Disney

 

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

                                              Vince Lombardi

                                                           

The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war." 

General Douglas MacArthur

 

What a cock-eyed world it is in which, as the needs for mathematics become greater and more universal, the smaller is the percentage of high school students studying it.
                                              Harl R. Doyle of the University of Colorado, 1943.

And Last:

 

If we were supposed to talk more than we listen.  Then God would have made us with 2 mouths and 1 ear.

 

Never let yesterday's disappointments overshadow tomorrow's dream.

 

If we learn from losing we become winners in the end.

 

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