Triplet

Many of us are amazed with that billionaire who had a triplet of grandchildren. Some said that it is not ethical to use an artificial means to create new life; other are more concerned with the psychological problems to be encountered by the three brothers who do not have a mother.

I have a simple opinion, but I shall give it in a slightly convoluted and very indirect manner.

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To begin with, many of you may have seen a clip on YouTube that described how the young Albert Einstein challenged his teacher on the existence of cold and darkness. (See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JgpARGvBnc)

If you prefer the written version, here it goes:

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The teacher challenged his students with this question: Does God create everything that exists?

A student bravely replied, "Yes, he did!"

The teacher answered, "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."

The student became quiet.

Another student raised his hand and said, "Can I ask you a question?"

"Of course", replied the teacher.

The student stood up and asked, "Sir, does cold exist?"

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

The child replied, "In fact, sir, cold does not exist. According to the laws of physics, what we consider cold is in reality the absence of heat. Cold does not exist. We have created this word to describe how we feel if we have too little heat." The student continued. "Sir, does darkness exist?"

The teacher responded, "Of course it does."

The student replied, "Once again you are wrong, sir. Darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Darkness is a term used by man to describe what happens when there is no light present." Finally the child asked the teacher, "Sir, does evil exist?"

Now uncertain, the teacher responded, "Of course, as I have already said. We see it every day. 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 on its own. 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 exist 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 was speechless.

And the child was later known as Albert Einstein.