Mr. Spock runs the science department at Arizona State University folks!
The scientific theory of Parallel Universes suggests that there really isn't such thing as reality.
On the run with their wild theories, man will come up with anything not to face the truth. But if reality doesn't exists, even less the idea that any real truth exists. Check out this funny Nat-Geo video.
Can you imagine the implications of this type of thinking if everyone who was taught this in school starting from first grade through university level? ... Generations of young people would be indoctrinated into believing that their actions would have no consequences and nothing really matters. Haven't we had enough school kids bring high-powered assault weapons and shoot up whole schools? Did we ever figure out what brought on that amazing coincidence of sudden repeat violence in the schools? Did we blame it on bullying and stop there? No, it's no wonder that the indoctrination that goes on in our society is what brings on these episodes of cultural anomalies. Not every kid that watches porn becomes a rapist or one who plays voilent video games, shoots up a school... But out of millions that do, it only takes common sense to know that a small percentage of that population would. But unfortunately for us in a population of millions, that minority percentage is still way too high. Statistics aren't going to reveal the truth. Sometimes you don't need statistics to arrive at a common sense conclusion. Bias always hides the truth within statistics; we all know that. In my old experimental psychology class we were quickly introduced to the "garbage in, garbage out" concept. This means that adding skewed information to an experiment will always give you skewed information as a result.
And so any of the many "scientific" theories that gain popularity and is then taught in our schools that suggests that we as humans have less control over our own thinking, our actions, our future will eventually reap the negative influences of those theories. "You are what you eat".. or rather, "You do what you believe".
Consider this: The Truth does exist and it doesn't cease to exist simply because we decide not to believe it. Truth exists whether we believe or not. However, finding the truth is still the grand persuit of human beings and we all only have a limited amount of time to find it.
Jesus said...."I am the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE".
Although the person who first came up with this theory in quantum physics didn't experience the most welcoming reception from the scientific community, it nevertheless is still out there to be considered as a theory which is a lot more than what modern scientists will consider the idea of a creator.
There is proof that the universe continues to expand and become cooler. The sustaining life conditions that postulate the universe being millions of years old doesn't measure up therefore, one can never say that the universe always was. However, the idea of a universe creator who has no origin is too much to accept today even as a theory.
For more on Parellel Universe theory,
http://www.manyuniverses.com/indexH.htm
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
A right to child abuse -
Another child abuse case. The increasing news of child abuse or people outright abusing their own children is popping up in the news every day more and more. I often think about how many more cases don't hit the 6 O'clock news and even when those cases do, they're often forgotten about within 24 hrs.
These abuses along with the growing abuse of our senior citizens getting robbed and raped in their own homes seem to be coming up in the news every day.
Are there people out there who refuse to become conditioned with the repetition of these atrocities??
I get furious when a news report like this is followed up with a sports report, a food recipe or something related to hollywood celebrities.
Click on the title link above and read about this recent child abuse case of a Brooklyn mother who got charged for dumping her baby boy down an 8th fl trash shute. This comes 2-weeks after another case in Queens of a mother who dumped her newborn daughter into a bathroom garbage bin. Also in April, a toddler, Louis Dwayne Mosely (18 months) was beaten to death by a 19 year old man who was dating the child's foster mother.
These things are happening folks every day more and more.
When our nation sanctions the illmination and genocide of our own children and diminishes the sanctity of life by allowing 50 million abortions since 1973, that sends out a pretty disturbing message to it's citizens and says... "Get rid of them, it's your child, it's your RIGHT.. and nobody else's business"! The next generation of killers can only get more and more ruthless on their own children.
These abuses along with the growing abuse of our senior citizens getting robbed and raped in their own homes seem to be coming up in the news every day.
Are there people out there who refuse to become conditioned with the repetition of these atrocities??
I get furious when a news report like this is followed up with a sports report, a food recipe or something related to hollywood celebrities.
Click on the title link above and read about this recent child abuse case of a Brooklyn mother who got charged for dumping her baby boy down an 8th fl trash shute. This comes 2-weeks after another case in Queens of a mother who dumped her newborn daughter into a bathroom garbage bin. Also in April, a toddler, Louis Dwayne Mosely (18 months) was beaten to death by a 19 year old man who was dating the child's foster mother.
These things are happening folks every day more and more.
When our nation sanctions the illmination and genocide of our own children and diminishes the sanctity of life by allowing 50 million abortions since 1973, that sends out a pretty disturbing message to it's citizens and says... "Get rid of them, it's your child, it's your RIGHT.. and nobody else's business"! The next generation of killers can only get more and more ruthless on their own children.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Stephen Hawking: "afterlife is a fairy story"
Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking recently explained his belief that there is no God and that humans should therefore seek to live the most valuable lives they can while on Earth.
Guardian writer Ian Sample asked Hawking if he feared death in a story published yesterday. This was his response:
I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first. I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.
Hawking's 1988 book "A Brief History of Time" sold 9 million copies, and in it Hawking referenced God metaphorically as the force that could fully explain the creation of the universe.
But in 2010, Hawking told Diane Sawyer that "science will win" in a battle with religion "because it works."
"What could define God [is a conception of divinity] as the embodiment of the laws of nature. However, this is not what most people would think of that God," Hawking told Sawyer. "They made a human-like being with whom one can have a personal relationship. When you look at the vast size of the universe and how insignificant an accidental human life is in it, that seems most impossible."
Hawking's latest book, "The Grand Design," challenged Isaac Newton's theory that the solar system could not have been created without God. "Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the Universe exists, why we exist. It is not necessary to invoke God to ... set the Universe going," he writes.
Hawking was diagnosed with the degenerative Lou Gehrig's disease at the age of 21. He lost his power of speech and for decades has talked through an electronic speech synthesizer. The device has allowed him to continue his research and attain a top Cambridge research post, which was previously held by Newton. His most famous theory explains how black holes emit radiation, according to The Guardian.
So if everyone is destined to power-down like computers at the end of their lives, what should humans do to lend meaning to their experience?
"We should seek the greatest value of our action," Hawking told the paper.
(Hawking in China in 2006: Elizabeth Dalziel/AP)
How tragic especially for someone who has dedicated so much to his work. Too bad in all his intelligence he's unable to see God by way of His creations (with all he's been able to see and study) but instead sees them as accidents and unexplained phenomenons. Many scientists would even venture into hypothesis of the metaphysical rather than to see God in His creation. The laws of "nature" that he refers to is quite literally the grace of God that holds things together. Today, the argument that "something is created from nothing" is just sad and absurd even by many scientists measure. The idea that we're all just accidents and that we should be arrogant to think that we're so special doesn't lead to much human self esteem for the continuation of scientific discoveries either. If anything, it fosters future generations of apathy and lack of motivation.
Fact is that life here on Earth is indeed short and looking out into the universe we see that eternity does also exist.. therefore, it's a sad indictment of those who would miss that relationship btwn this life and the next. Lets continue to pray for Mr. Hawking. (Romans 1:20)
Guardian writer Ian Sample asked Hawking if he feared death in a story published yesterday. This was his response:
I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first. I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.
Hawking's 1988 book "A Brief History of Time" sold 9 million copies, and in it Hawking referenced God metaphorically as the force that could fully explain the creation of the universe.
But in 2010, Hawking told Diane Sawyer that "science will win" in a battle with religion "because it works."
"What could define God [is a conception of divinity] as the embodiment of the laws of nature. However, this is not what most people would think of that God," Hawking told Sawyer. "They made a human-like being with whom one can have a personal relationship. When you look at the vast size of the universe and how insignificant an accidental human life is in it, that seems most impossible."
Hawking's latest book, "The Grand Design," challenged Isaac Newton's theory that the solar system could not have been created without God. "Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the Universe exists, why we exist. It is not necessary to invoke God to ... set the Universe going," he writes.
Hawking was diagnosed with the degenerative Lou Gehrig's disease at the age of 21. He lost his power of speech and for decades has talked through an electronic speech synthesizer. The device has allowed him to continue his research and attain a top Cambridge research post, which was previously held by Newton. His most famous theory explains how black holes emit radiation, according to The Guardian.
So if everyone is destined to power-down like computers at the end of their lives, what should humans do to lend meaning to their experience?
"We should seek the greatest value of our action," Hawking told the paper.
(Hawking in China in 2006: Elizabeth Dalziel/AP)
How tragic especially for someone who has dedicated so much to his work. Too bad in all his intelligence he's unable to see God by way of His creations (with all he's been able to see and study) but instead sees them as accidents and unexplained phenomenons. Many scientists would even venture into hypothesis of the metaphysical rather than to see God in His creation. The laws of "nature" that he refers to is quite literally the grace of God that holds things together. Today, the argument that "something is created from nothing" is just sad and absurd even by many scientists measure. The idea that we're all just accidents and that we should be arrogant to think that we're so special doesn't lead to much human self esteem for the continuation of scientific discoveries either. If anything, it fosters future generations of apathy and lack of motivation.
Fact is that life here on Earth is indeed short and looking out into the universe we see that eternity does also exist.. therefore, it's a sad indictment of those who would miss that relationship btwn this life and the next. Lets continue to pray for Mr. Hawking. (Romans 1:20)
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Christian apologies???....
I recently saw a documentary about a Christian who traveled around apologizing to people of alternative lifestyles (homosexuals, transgenered, lesbians, etc). He set up a booth with a camera and indivdually apologized to people as they curiously entered for what he called "Christian persecution" of these people over Christian history. Not all of these people recieved his message favorably but I couldn't help notice that greater emphasis was on those that did appreciate his apologies and the whole documentary seemed to hindge on these.
But not once did this guy back up anything he was doing with biblical scripture which does indeed (and clearly) state that homosexuality is an abominiation before God (as is murder, lying, stealing, adultery, etc). Personally, I wasn't surprised he didn't get more people feeling patronized than anything else.
I felt that he needed to make a distinction between those that would persecute anyone and true Christianity and I didn't notice him make that distinction. The message needs to be clear that although the Bible is clear on God's judgements, true Christians don't persecute people for their sins because we're all sinners and need repentance.
The makers of this documentary failed to make these clear distinctions and highlight that their true intentions weren't to acomidate a sinful lifestyle but to make a distinction between true and false Christianity.
As a result of this the film makers in my opinion only added insult to injury to this population. The film makers motive and message should keep anyone in a fuzzy cloud of confusion. Bottom line, what's the apology for if the film makers still believes that these people are under God's condemnation? The only apology is not for what's written in the Bible but how some so-called Christian might have passed on that message in a evil-spirited way; and this is what the film makers failed to do.
The messages found within the scriptures have been consistant for thousands of years. There shouldn't be any apologies for what has always been there. The Bible states that God is the same today, tomorrow and always. If society changes as a result of disobedience to God, what are we apologizing for? One either believes the Bible or one doesn't. The only wrong is when people misinterpret the Bible or behave in ways that are not acceptable or unGodly - and that there is human error not Biblical error. Human history has proven that man destroyes everything he touches and religion (relationship with God) is no different.
But the standard is indeed already set. It's only when we decide to be disobedient to that Godly standard and step out of the Word and God's law that we inevitably make mistakes. We inevitably allow ourselves to be guided by our own agendas, passions, impulses and opinions... But since the standard is already set, we have no excuse. The Word of God is that standard and anyone who keeps their eyes fixed on Jesus Christ whole heartedly will indeed stay on that straight and narrow path of His truth.
But not once did this guy back up anything he was doing with biblical scripture which does indeed (and clearly) state that homosexuality is an abominiation before God (as is murder, lying, stealing, adultery, etc). Personally, I wasn't surprised he didn't get more people feeling patronized than anything else.
I felt that he needed to make a distinction between those that would persecute anyone and true Christianity and I didn't notice him make that distinction. The message needs to be clear that although the Bible is clear on God's judgements, true Christians don't persecute people for their sins because we're all sinners and need repentance.
The makers of this documentary failed to make these clear distinctions and highlight that their true intentions weren't to acomidate a sinful lifestyle but to make a distinction between true and false Christianity.
As a result of this the film makers in my opinion only added insult to injury to this population. The film makers motive and message should keep anyone in a fuzzy cloud of confusion. Bottom line, what's the apology for if the film makers still believes that these people are under God's condemnation? The only apology is not for what's written in the Bible but how some so-called Christian might have passed on that message in a evil-spirited way; and this is what the film makers failed to do.
The messages found within the scriptures have been consistant for thousands of years. There shouldn't be any apologies for what has always been there. The Bible states that God is the same today, tomorrow and always. If society changes as a result of disobedience to God, what are we apologizing for? One either believes the Bible or one doesn't. The only wrong is when people misinterpret the Bible or behave in ways that are not acceptable or unGodly - and that there is human error not Biblical error. Human history has proven that man destroyes everything he touches and religion (relationship with God) is no different.
But the standard is indeed already set. It's only when we decide to be disobedient to that Godly standard and step out of the Word and God's law that we inevitably make mistakes. We inevitably allow ourselves to be guided by our own agendas, passions, impulses and opinions... But since the standard is already set, we have no excuse. The Word of God is that standard and anyone who keeps their eyes fixed on Jesus Christ whole heartedly will indeed stay on that straight and narrow path of His truth.
Comedian, Bill Maher: Really sad...
Perhaps one of the most current attackers of the Christian faith is Comedian and HBO talkshow host, Bill Maher. Maher denies being an atheist but has been extremely outspoken about his synicism and hate of religion, it's history and anything symbolic of faith.
As a comedian and a talk show host, he's able to reach a large audience to spread his attacks by way of the media. He claims religion is the foundation of lies, and that it hinders rational thinking and scientific development, and the cause of social and worldwide violence over the course of our human history.
To an extent, I agree with him.
Religion is a by-product of mankind's expressions of faith and unfortunately that doesn't exclude people's inperfections, passions and anything that encompasses their opionions and ideologies. People create religion and people then interpret those beliefs out of their passions and their personal interpretations of their religion.
Maher fails to understand that outside of religion, people are always going to be likely to create their faiths (whether they call it faith or not) based on personal opinions, politics, etc. There is enough history to prove that wars and the worlds evils have also be the result of Godless ideologies and tyrants who lashed out against religion ,and embrased evolution - based thinking like Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, etc.
These Tyrants lashing out against faith-based beliefs didn't do much to bring peace on Earth let alone for their own people.
But worst, a Godless ideology is only open to conform to who knows what ... and perhaps more evil.. because people will open themselves up to anything according to their relative morality.
But the point is that religion and non religion will always be carried out by human interpretation and human passions.
It's no coincidence that people by the billions have a need to worship something. They're either going to worship themselves or something else (again, whether we know it or not). It's innate within humanity to worship and the need to fill a void inside of us that will give us comfort and answers to life's questions.
I believe the evidence of this is that we as humans just cannot get it together with or without religions. It's a human problem not a problem of religion. And this is what Maher just doesn't understand. He's as synical as they come.
Maher mocks people of faith and takes comedic shots at them for not being able to prove what they believe in their hearts.
But perhaps the biggest challenge to the Christian faith however, is not synical non believers like Bill Maher but instead people who themselves consider themselves to be Christian yet misrepresent the Christian faith by their lack of Biblical knowledge and their exaggerated zeal for it.
People say America is a "Christian" nation but this is just not true. America is a Christian Idealistic nation and even that is rapidly changing. Most Americans don't read their Bibles and most Americans are willing to push Christian principles without being able to biblically defend those principles. It's when the foundations of the faith are destroyed that the ideals will fade with time.
So when Bill Maher makes fun of Christianity, sometimes I feel that in most cases, it's only inevitable especially when some so-called Christians are burning down abortion clinics and others are burning korans... pure nonsense. This is not Christianity, this is over-zealousness and people interpreting Christianity to suit their own agendas.
The Bible states that we should strive to enter through the "narrow gate" because it's the true way and very few will be that find it. When we sway away from the truth (the Bible) or add to the truth to accomadate our own passions and opinions outside of God's will, all we have is religion and anything is up for grabs in terms of whatever mankind can muster up with their creativity and ideologies, etc.
People like Maher can always criticise even true Christianity as they rebel from the Truth of God's Word but people's religiosity will always give sceptics soemthing to point at. The Bible states that as true Christians, we have to examine ourselves by God's Word to make sure we're in God's will. Anything less than a true relationship with Christ is religiosity and a stumbling block to non believers and other Chrsitians alike.
Jesus stated that one will know who you are by your fruits. Those fruits he mentioned are the fruits of the spirit; love, peace, dicipline, long suffering and obedience.
Although some people might find comfort in saything they're "religious" or "spritiual", outside of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ one can never measure up because Jesus Himself said "their works are as filthy rags". Whatever good is done outside of Christ is done for self or done in some other name and for some other motive.
As a comedian and a talk show host, he's able to reach a large audience to spread his attacks by way of the media. He claims religion is the foundation of lies, and that it hinders rational thinking and scientific development, and the cause of social and worldwide violence over the course of our human history.
To an extent, I agree with him.
Religion is a by-product of mankind's expressions of faith and unfortunately that doesn't exclude people's inperfections, passions and anything that encompasses their opionions and ideologies. People create religion and people then interpret those beliefs out of their passions and their personal interpretations of their religion.
Maher fails to understand that outside of religion, people are always going to be likely to create their faiths (whether they call it faith or not) based on personal opinions, politics, etc. There is enough history to prove that wars and the worlds evils have also be the result of Godless ideologies and tyrants who lashed out against religion ,and embrased evolution - based thinking like Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, etc.
These Tyrants lashing out against faith-based beliefs didn't do much to bring peace on Earth let alone for their own people.
But worst, a Godless ideology is only open to conform to who knows what ... and perhaps more evil.. because people will open themselves up to anything according to their relative morality.
But the point is that religion and non religion will always be carried out by human interpretation and human passions.
It's no coincidence that people by the billions have a need to worship something. They're either going to worship themselves or something else (again, whether we know it or not). It's innate within humanity to worship and the need to fill a void inside of us that will give us comfort and answers to life's questions.
I believe the evidence of this is that we as humans just cannot get it together with or without religions. It's a human problem not a problem of religion. And this is what Maher just doesn't understand. He's as synical as they come.
Maher mocks people of faith and takes comedic shots at them for not being able to prove what they believe in their hearts.
But perhaps the biggest challenge to the Christian faith however, is not synical non believers like Bill Maher but instead people who themselves consider themselves to be Christian yet misrepresent the Christian faith by their lack of Biblical knowledge and their exaggerated zeal for it.
People say America is a "Christian" nation but this is just not true. America is a Christian Idealistic nation and even that is rapidly changing. Most Americans don't read their Bibles and most Americans are willing to push Christian principles without being able to biblically defend those principles. It's when the foundations of the faith are destroyed that the ideals will fade with time.
So when Bill Maher makes fun of Christianity, sometimes I feel that in most cases, it's only inevitable especially when some so-called Christians are burning down abortion clinics and others are burning korans... pure nonsense. This is not Christianity, this is over-zealousness and people interpreting Christianity to suit their own agendas.
The Bible states that we should strive to enter through the "narrow gate" because it's the true way and very few will be that find it. When we sway away from the truth (the Bible) or add to the truth to accomadate our own passions and opinions outside of God's will, all we have is religion and anything is up for grabs in terms of whatever mankind can muster up with their creativity and ideologies, etc.
People like Maher can always criticise even true Christianity as they rebel from the Truth of God's Word but people's religiosity will always give sceptics soemthing to point at. The Bible states that as true Christians, we have to examine ourselves by God's Word to make sure we're in God's will. Anything less than a true relationship with Christ is religiosity and a stumbling block to non believers and other Chrsitians alike.
Jesus stated that one will know who you are by your fruits. Those fruits he mentioned are the fruits of the spirit; love, peace, dicipline, long suffering and obedience.
Although some people might find comfort in saything they're "religious" or "spritiual", outside of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ one can never measure up because Jesus Himself said "their works are as filthy rags". Whatever good is done outside of Christ is done for self or done in some other name and for some other motive.
Monday, May 9, 2011
The end of a hateful heart: Osama Bin Laden
As we look and anylize the recent death of Bin Laden, we come to realize the symbol of what this means to us as Americans.
Indeed this man had to be stopped and it was a good thing that he finally was because it's only obvious that he wouldn't stop his gestures of hate nor would his hateful influence cease. The fact that we needed the closure after the hundreds of people he murdered only comes second in priority. But although his being stopped is a good symbol to Americans I'm sure we know that one gesture of justice (or revenge) can never squash deep rooted hatred. Real deep rooted hatred is a desease that has existed since the beginning of the world and will continue until God Himself intervenes and "makes all things new" - just like He promises in the Holy scriptures.
Througout recorded human history, we've seen real deep rooted hatred in the tyrants of the past like Hitler, Pol pot, Ivan the Terrible, Stalin, Idi Amin, Attila The Hun, etc, etc. Anything that generates enough callousness, or indifference towards human life is deep rooted hatred and a byproduct of real evil.
Indeed this man had to be stopped and it was a good thing that he finally was because it's only obvious that he wouldn't stop his gestures of hate nor would his hateful influence cease. The fact that we needed the closure after the hundreds of people he murdered only comes second in priority. But although his being stopped is a good symbol to Americans I'm sure we know that one gesture of justice (or revenge) can never squash deep rooted hatred. Real deep rooted hatred is a desease that has existed since the beginning of the world and will continue until God Himself intervenes and "makes all things new" - just like He promises in the Holy scriptures.
Througout recorded human history, we've seen real deep rooted hatred in the tyrants of the past like Hitler, Pol pot, Ivan the Terrible, Stalin, Idi Amin, Attila The Hun, etc, etc. Anything that generates enough callousness, or indifference towards human life is deep rooted hatred and a byproduct of real evil.
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