Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Where Did The Light Come From?


Grigory taught [Smerdyakov] to read and write, and when he was twelve years old, began teaching him the Scriptures. But this teaching came to nothing. At the second or third lesson the boy suddenly grinned.

"What's that for?" asked Grigory, looking at him threateningly from under his spectacles.

"Oh, nothing. God created light on the first day, and the sun, moon and stars on the fourth day. Where did the light come from on the first day?"

Grigory was thunderstruck. The boy looked sarcastically at his teacher. There was something positively condescending in his expression. Grigory could not restrain himself. "I'll show you where!" he cried and gave the boy a violent slap on the cheek.


The Brothers Karamazov

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow!God sure knows how to make light.But,how? Answer:well,god is up in heaven,and he may be close to the sun.God takes part of the sun and makes light.

Anonymous said...

Except light is just electromagnetic fields, and VISIBLE light is only a certain wavelength of light were able to see. Idk it seemed light it was being implied you need the sun for light? Tell that boy to go to school.