Friday, June 8, 2012
Perception
If two can look at a glass filled with water halfway and one can see that the glass is becoming fuller and the other can see the glass emptying, is that the only instance in life where one can perceive the same circumstances and come up with different conclusions and facts?
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Philisophical Thought
- Not taking credit for this story, but a good read
Professor: So, you believe in GOD ?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor: Is GOD all powerful ?
Student : Yes.
Professor: 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?
(Student was silent.)
Professor: You can’t answer, can you ? Let’s start again, young fella. Is GOD good?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Is satan good ?
Student : No.
Professor: Where does satan come from ?
Student : From … GOD …
Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
Student : Yes.
Professor: So who created evil ?
(Student did not answer.)
Professor: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them ?
(Student had no answer.)
Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son, have you ever seen GOD?
Student : No, sir.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?
Student : No , sir.
Professor: Have you ever felt your GOD, tasted your GOD, smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any sensory perception of GOD for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student : Yes.
Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.
Professor: Yes, faith. And that is the problem Science has.
Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as cold?
Professor: Yes.
Student : No, sir. There isn’t.
(The lecture theater became very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student : 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.
(There was pin-drop silence in the lecture theater.)
Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
Student : 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 its called darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, well you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man ?
Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain how?
Student : 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.
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?
Professor: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going.)
Student : 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?
(The class was in uproar.)
Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?
(The class broke out into laughter. )
Student : 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?
(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable.)
Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on faith, son.
Student : That is it sir … Exactly ! The link between man & GOD is FAITH. That is all that keeps things alive and moving.
Professor: So, you believe in GOD ?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor: Is GOD all powerful ?
Student : Yes.
Professor: 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?
(Student was silent.)
Professor: You can’t answer, can you ? Let’s start again, young fella. Is GOD good?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Is satan good ?
Student : No.
Professor: Where does satan come from ?
Student : From … GOD …
Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
Student : Yes.
Professor: So who created evil ?
(Student did not answer.)
Professor: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them ?
(Student had no answer.)
Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son, have you ever seen GOD?
Student : No, sir.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?
Student : No , sir.
Professor: Have you ever felt your GOD, tasted your GOD, smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any sensory perception of GOD for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student : Yes.
Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.
Professor: Yes, faith. And that is the problem Science has.
Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as cold?
Professor: Yes.
Student : No, sir. There isn’t.
(The lecture theater became very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student : 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.
(There was pin-drop silence in the lecture theater.)
Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
Student : 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 its called darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, well you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man ?
Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain how?
Student : 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.
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?
Professor: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going.)
Student : 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?
(The class was in uproar.)
Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?
(The class broke out into laughter. )
Student : 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?
(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable.)
Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on faith, son.
Student : That is it sir … Exactly ! The link between man & GOD is FAITH. That is all that keeps things alive and moving.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Another About Intelligence
Once again on the subject of intelligence being a direct correlation to atheism, I have another proposal, another viewpoint that might interest others. First off, the insults by atheists against monotheists that state the "idiocy" of believing in a higher being are pointless in the sense that in the long run it does not matter because according to the majority of these people, there is no after-life and therefore no point in trying to convince someone. On the other hand, for monotheists insulting atheists by saying they are bad people for simply not believing in something they do, it is extremely hypocritical. The majority of religions do not support judging people or spreading anger, and this is exactly what being accusatory and judgmental does. There is simply no reason why people can't have different beliefs and allow others to hold different beliefs without forcefully and hypocritically try to convince everyone else that they are wrong. ANYWAYS I digress. It is undoubtedly difficult for an intelligent person to not fully understand a subject because they often find themselves easily comprehending everything presented to them. Now obviously intelligent people will be offended that I am insulting their intelligence by saying they can't understand something, that in fact, no one can fully grasp something. Can there be something that does not have a beginning and an end? Of course there are people who claim to understand it, infinity is simple to understand in mathematics.... But is it? One can't fully wrap their mind around never not existing (apologies for the double negative). How about creation in general? Can something come from nothing? What is nothing? It is the definition of itself. It is similar to the concept of zero. You can describe nothing as the absence of something, but you need something to describe nothing. Quite ironic. What created the nothing? But then that means there was something. Physicists and various scientists can claim to explain the origin of the universe. But it is doubtful that anyone can fully grasp the concept of nothingness, of that nothingness magically turning into something. Maybe the old versions of Holy books are meant to be altered through time, I do not mean that in any blasphemous way. I support discovery and innovation as most humans do and ironically support peace and allowance of others to their own opinions while not interfering, all while at the same time I am creating a blog that is meant to bring about arguments. I will continue on these thoughts later because things are beginning to seem like a paradox.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Different Way of Looking at Things
Here's a video from a young man who has not just followed the Church but looks at things in a different way. As I believe with many things, although you may not agree with a viewpoint someone has given, there is always something to learn or consider from what is said.
Enjoy
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
A New Way to Look at Things
Many people find that math and God are difficult subjects to relate and intertwine. Many people struggle with the thought that God can exist forever. But on the other hand, it is widely accepted in the mathematics world that the value of infinity is a sound solution to a problem. If infinity can exist when it comes to numbers, why can infinity not exist when it comes to God?
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Pondering
Studies have shown that those with higher levels of intelligence are less likely to practice some form of religion (the general information on this can be viewed here on Wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religiosity_and_intelligence ) The information does state that those with higher intelligence levels tend to be more skeptical of ideas presented and do not merely accept things as often without large amounts of evidence. I have another spin on the reasoning to why those more intelligent may not believe in a higher being. What if the reason is merely that there is an underlying natural resistance to admitting that there is something more intelligent and ultimately superior to something other than ourselves? Do extremely intelligent people just not want to believe that there is something smarter than themselves? Is it just a matter of humans being too proud in themselves and unwilling to accept inferiority? Are the intelligent really more intelligent even on this matter, or just merely more conceded in their abilities? Just a different way of looking at things.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Irony
So.... a personal realization has occurred this past weekend due to experimental learning and review of events. 1. When one enters college, book knowledge increases. (If you go to any class at any time or read any type of book in college, your knowledge has increased... duh) 2. Common sense SIGNIFICANTLY decreases upon arrival and steadily over time (kind of like an exponent curve for a number between 0 and 1).
Here is how and why the realization took place. My friends and I had found a CD on the street that was produced by an artist named The Real Big Dre. It was severely damaged yet still managed to play flawlessly on our computers. Anyways, The Real Big Dre rapped about various activities such as recreational marijuana smoking, inhalation of cocaine, violation of women, dealing of illegal narcotics, etc. We decided, this is an unhealthy form of brainwashing and we should immediately destroy the CD as soon as possible (this is a false excuse used to verify the idiocy we were involved in). One suite mate of mine came up with the genius idea of putting it in the microwave because it makes "cool sparks" and "looks like lightning". Of course we all thought that was awesome and after the mentioning of the fact that Mythbusters did it, we dove right in!
Poor choice. After watching the CD put on its magical display, we soon realized the smell of burning plastic coming from the microwave. Oh my, that's not good (especially since we are in a small enclosed space). This is where our college intuition comes in.... The sequential bombarding of radiation on the CD, while awesome, heats the surrounding plastic on the disc. !Eureka! Burning of plastic can create toxic gases that cause potential short-term and long-term hazards from direct inhalation! !Eureka! We should probably push the air out of the room with a series of fans and air purifiers. And this is what we did. The irony of the event was that 'The Real Big Dre' was really smoking.
P.S. We have also destroyed our microwave because such gas particles cling to the surfaces of the interior of the microwave and sequentially will be introduced to the food cooked in there from then on out. Another health hazard. At least we had fun :)
Here is how and why the realization took place. My friends and I had found a CD on the street that was produced by an artist named The Real Big Dre. It was severely damaged yet still managed to play flawlessly on our computers. Anyways, The Real Big Dre rapped about various activities such as recreational marijuana smoking, inhalation of cocaine, violation of women, dealing of illegal narcotics, etc. We decided, this is an unhealthy form of brainwashing and we should immediately destroy the CD as soon as possible (this is a false excuse used to verify the idiocy we were involved in). One suite mate of mine came up with the genius idea of putting it in the microwave because it makes "cool sparks" and "looks like lightning". Of course we all thought that was awesome and after the mentioning of the fact that Mythbusters did it, we dove right in!
Poor choice. After watching the CD put on its magical display, we soon realized the smell of burning plastic coming from the microwave. Oh my, that's not good (especially since we are in a small enclosed space). This is where our college intuition comes in.... The sequential bombarding of radiation on the CD, while awesome, heats the surrounding plastic on the disc. !Eureka! Burning of plastic can create toxic gases that cause potential short-term and long-term hazards from direct inhalation! !Eureka! We should probably push the air out of the room with a series of fans and air purifiers. And this is what we did. The irony of the event was that 'The Real Big Dre' was really smoking.
P.S. We have also destroyed our microwave because such gas particles cling to the surfaces of the interior of the microwave and sequentially will be introduced to the food cooked in there from then on out. Another health hazard. At least we had fun :)
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