人生何處不相逢

You are a Christian, aren’t you, son?

你是基督徒，對吧？年青人。

Yes, sir.

是的，教授。

So, you believe in GOD?

所以，你信神？

Absolutely, sir.

絕對相信。教授。

Is GOD good?

神是善良的嗎？

Sure.

那是當然。

Is GOD all powerful?

神是萬能的嗎？

Yes.

是的。

My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn’t. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?

我兄弟禱告求神醫治，最後，還是死於癌症。連我們都會試圖幫助那些在病痛中的人，神卻不願施以援手。這樣的神算是善良的嗎？嗯？

(Student was silent.)

（學生靜默不語）

You can’t answer, can you? Let’s start again, young fella. Is GOD good?

你無法回答，對吧？讓我們從頭開始。年青人，神是善良的嗎？

Yes.

是的。

Is Satan good?

撒旦（魔鬼）是善良的嗎？

No.

不。

Where does Satan come from?

是誰創造出撒旦？

From … GOD …

是神創造的。

That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?

對的。年青人，告訴我，這世上有邪惡嗎？

Yes.

有的。

Evil is everywhere, isn’t it? And GOD did make everything. Correct?

邪惡到處都是，不是嗎？神創造萬有，對吧？

Yes.

是的。

So who created evil?

那麼，是誰創造出邪惡？

(Student did not answer.)

（學生沒有回答）

Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?

有沒有疾病？不道德？仇恨？醜陋？全部這些可怕的事物都存在這個世界上！難道不是嗎？

Yes, sir.

是的，教授。

So, who created them?

那麼，是誰創造出他們的？

(Student had no answer.)

（學生無言以對）

Science says you have 5 Senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son, have you ever seen GOD?

科學說，我們用五種知覺來識別並觀察周遭的世界。年青人，告訴我，你見過神嗎？

No, sir.

沒有。教授。

Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?

告訴我們，你聽過神嗎?

No, sir.

沒有。教授。

Have you ever felt your GOD, tasted your GOD, smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any sensory perception of GOD for that matter?

你摸過神嗎？嚐過神嗎？聞過神嗎？你的感官知覺接觸過神嗎？

No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.

沒有。教授。我恐怕沒有。

Yet you still believe in Him?

然而，你還是信神？

Yes.

是的。

According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?

根據實證，推測及論證的方法，科學證明出你的神根本不存在。年青人，你有無可說的？

Nothing. I only have my faith.

沒有。我只有信心。

Yes, faith. And that is the problem Science has

對。信心。它是無法用科學來證實的。

Professor, is there such a thing as heat?

教授。熱存在嗎？

Yes.

是的。

And is there such a thing as cold?

冷存在嗎？

Yes.

是的。

No, sir. There isn’t.

不對。教授。冷並不存在。

(The lecture theatre became very quiet with this turn of events.)

（事情演變至此，演講廳內一片靜寂。）

Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.

教授。你可以有很多的熱能，更多的熱源，高於沸點的熱，巨大的熱，白熱，一點點的熱，或完全沒有熱。但是，冷並不存在。完全沒有熱的溫度是絕對零度，相當於華氏 零下458度。沒有比絕對零度再低的溫度。冷根本就不存在。冷只是一個字，用來描述缺少熱。我們無法測量冷。熱是能量。冷不是熱的相反。教授，冷只是缺乏熱。

(There was pin-drop silence in the lecture theater.)

（演講廳內靜的連掉根針在地上都聽得見。）

What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?

教授，黑暗又如何？黑暗存在嗎？

Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?

存在。若無黑暗，何來夜晚？

You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness 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 is called darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?

教授，你又錯了。黑暗只是缺少些什麼。你可以有微弱光，正常光，亮光，閃爍光。但是，你若一直沒有光，我們稱這種情況為黑暗，不是嗎？事實上，黑暗並不存在。如果黑暗存在，你有辦法將黑暗弄得更黑一些嗎？你不能吧？

So what is the point you are making, young man?

年青人，你的論點是什麼？

Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

教授，我的論點是你的邏輯思維是錯誤的。

Flawed? Can you explain how?

錯誤？你能解釋是如何的錯誤？

Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is 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.

教授，你的前提是二元論。你在辯解生命和死亡，好神和壞神。你把神看作是一個有限的神，有限到我們可以測量祂。教授，科學甚至無法解釋一個想法。科學使用電流和磁場，但是從未見過它們，對它們也還有很多不了解的地方。將死亡看成生命的相反，是忽略了死亡不能具體存在的事實。

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?

死亡不是生命的相反。死亡只是缺乏生命。教授，請告訴我，你在教學生人類是由猿猴進化而來的嗎？

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

如果你是指自然的進化過程，是的，我當然在教進化論。

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

教授，你親眼見過物種的進化嗎？

(The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going.)

（教授微笑地搖搖頭，開始知道接下來會爭論些什麼）

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 not a scientist but a preacher?

因為沒有任何人見過正在演變的進化，也無人能夠證明這種進化仍在持續進行。教授，你難道不是在傳授你個人的意見？你不是科學家嗎？你跟傳教士有何不同？

(The class was in uproar.)

（全班開始騷動起來）

Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?

班上有哪位同學看過教授的頭腦？

(The class broke out into laughter.)

（班上傳出笑聲）

Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? 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, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?

有哪位同學聽過教授的頭腦？感覺到？觸摸過？或聞過？很顯然，沒人曾經有過這些經驗。因此，根據實證，推測及論證的方法，科學證明教授，你根本沒有頭腦。教授，在完全尊重您的前提下，我們怎能相信你的演說？

(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable.)

（整個房間鴉雀無聲。教授凝視著學生，臉部表情莫測高深）

I guess you’ll have to take them on faith, son.

年青人，我想你們應該憑信心來相信我的教學。

That is it sir … Exactly! The link between man & GOD is FAITH.

教授，你說對了，完全正確！人也是憑藉著信心來與神連結。