Does Evil Exist?

A short dialog between a young student and his professor.

 

The dialog takes place in an 19th century school room and begins with the professor addressing the young students followed by a young boy questioning the professor.

Professor:        I’ll prove to you if God exists, then he is evil.   Did God create everything that exists?  If God created everything then he created the evil which means God is evil.

Student:          Excuse me, professor.  Does cold exist?

Professor:        What kind of question is this? Of course it exists.  Have you never been cold?

Student:          In fact sir, cold does not exist. According to the law of physics, what we consider cold is in reality the absence of heat.  Professor, does darkness exist?

Professor:        Of course it does.

Student:          You are wrong sir, darkness does not exist either.  Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light we can study, but not darkness.  Evil does not exist.  It is just like darkness and cold. God did not create evil.  Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God’s love present in his heart.

 

The young student was Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist, philosopher and author who is widely regarded as one of the most influential iconic scientists and intellectuals of all time. A German-Swiss Nobel laureate, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.

Credits:  Original author unknown.  Dialog transcribed from a posting on YouTube.  View HERE