God vs Science

(it's long but good!)

'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? Hmmm? 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 th e 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 smelled 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 up 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 t he 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 smelled 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.


The student was Albert Einstein. Albert Einstein did write a book titled
God vs. Science in 1921...

Boot Camp

I went on a 'boot camp' to Southern France last winter, which was about 2 weeks ago. The journey started from London and the team consisted of 11 people. 4 guys and 7 ladies.

First of all, our General (the one on the left).

A quiet, cold guy. Sometimes, he jokes when he doesn't intend to. But, when he's trying to joke, err.. *shiu shiu (cold wind blowing)*
Almost caused a mutiny with him trying to be funny.

Next, our captain.

He was quite cool initially. After a few days, the whole trip is full of his 'Oh MY GOd, yamyam, you dunno that?' and 'OMG, YamYam, DUN Touch Me, Ever'!! Yamyam and him are like cat and dog, OUr source of entertainment and laughter. His eyes always sparkle looking at kids playing in the christmas markets. gasp, a paedophile??!! hahaha..


Third person, our sergeant.

A hilarious dude. couldn't imagine how our trip would be without him. Very mischievous, always with this evil smirk. He craps too much that you dun even know when he's telling the truth.. and, he can't read maps. tsk tsk tsk...
Sergeant might sound and look quite man, but he's very feminine one... hehe!


Next, the corporal (the girl on the far left) and the one day lance corporal (the chap behind the red girl).

Corporal very hardworking, study every night and wakes up the earliest every morning. she's always reading the map and knows where we're heading to.. she strived hard and got promoted to be the corporal.
Lance corporal has his name given by sergeant. another quiet young boy with his mind full of sex. Honestly, i prefer him quiet....

K now, the privatesss..

two best friends.. Sergeant and Captain named them Maggie mee and Cintan mee.

Melissa, who benefited a lot from the femininity lessons in Eze. The fastest learner of all..

Our lucky charm who is supposed to keep us safe from General.. well, she did her job well..

YumYum/YamYam who got her nickname from sergeant, inspired by YumYum cafe in Luton Airport. Always avoiding walking uphill. she and i always walking in front the whole team, not knowing where are we going...

Captain: "YumYum, i know u're trying hard to be promoted. we can see your effort, trying hard to be funny and all, but... we won't even look at your file."

This winter trip is full of laughter, lots and lots of fun! missing you people!!

a saturday of good foood

Chicken rice has always been one of my favourite dishes.
It reminds me of the afternoons when papa dabau-ed for me, reminds me of the sunday lunches in Banting with one of my bestest friends, reminds me of the scorching hot day, on our roadtrip to Miri last summer when we had lunch in the tiny shed by the roadside in the middle of nowhere.
Thanks to maha's story about chicken rice that makes me suddenly craving for it. And, we actually cooked it. The first attempt turned out pretty well. honestly, it's brilliant! thanks to this online recipe and Maha of course..

Maha, again, is our main chef..

Snacks while cooking..

For the chicken stock, we're supposed to boil the chicken bones.. but, since we have limited number of chicken bones available and being lazy to remove the flesh from the bones, we just boiled the chicken and the chicken stock turned out to be pretty well..
AND, tada, our chicken rice~

*drool*
After the dinner, Maha and I baked a honey marble cake. It looks really pretty before it entered the oven..

This is how it looks with the choco icing.. it's super yummy. i rate it 4.5!!

This is the third cake baked in the house this week. Imagine the amount of butter and sugar we consumed.. must have some self-control in the coming week, or, like what maha said, we will need to sleep in the gym...

elfYourself

Gosh, this video is simply hilarious.
almost burst out laughing in the library PC cluster..
the video's available here.
Courtesy of Miss I-Wuen.

too bad that it's' only available till 15 of jan..

immunity and inflammation

Had the first two lectures on this new module today. The lecturer in charge is the one that sent us all asleep or yawning last year. but he's quite good looking, the only lecturer who has not yet shown signs of balding.
there's one bullet point that nearly cracked me up. it goes 'acne and depilation promote skin infections'. The lecturer even stressed the point that hair is still for a reason... haha, should report to our captain regarding the risk of waxing.. XD

Exam Vs Assignments

Countdown to Term 1 exam: 11 days!!
During the last two assignments, always have this monologue inside my head: i would rather have exam than essays.
But now, i think i prefer essays. Can hardly focus on my notes with my lappy just lying beside, with facebook and youtube waving enthusiastically at me...

Really looking forward to the last day of the term, have been planning a lot lately...

list of things to do once holiday commences:
1. Shopping and clubbing maybe with housies
2. Moonlight Resonance which i saved since the start of second year.
3. Season 4 of House!!
4. Rewatch F.R.I.E.N.D.S.. ma all time favourite!
5. Get a copy of Kite Runner

haih, how i wish it's 12th of december now....

a thousand apologies

i'm really really really and truly sorry.. sorry that i din think of the consequence of my act.. sorry that i din think twice.. sorry that i din think in your shoes.. sorry that i thought it would be fun.. sorry for being sooo immature.. sorry, really really sorry!
please, forgive me for being so silly and stupid..