Logic no Kami-sama
Why is it, that people resist logic when it makes perfect sense, is supported fully by evidence, and yet choose to believe blindly in certain religious teachings that have been proven fallacious?!
I am talking about my mother. The very woman whose blood i share. Yet it is hard to believe we share the same blood. I am not saying that i despise my mother. In fact i thank her much for bringing me into this world and making me study the multiplication table up to 12, yet not bothered to explain to me what it is and what it is for. I was disciplined into just learning by force and by heart, 2X1=2, 2X2=4, 2X3=6.... and so on. Mistakes come with scolding and caning. And by the end of it, i was able to remember a whole lot of rubbish without knowing what it was for, until half a year later, when in school, we were taught multiplication in school.
Of course, bad teaching aside, i was always amazed at how badly my mom is when it comes to thinking. An settling arguments of course. take for example, when she once cut in through a queue of cars, i told her "If no one cuts, traffic would be much faster, and when u cut, u slow traffic down, cos cars have to give way to u, and ur response time is not blazing fast at all." The reply i got was "It will be slow if u wait, so u should cut, since it will be slow anyway." and further exchanges have her equating it to being "streetwise", whatever that means.
Ah, putting those aside, today, in the chinese newspapers, there was a section on Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code, which in my opinion, is actually badly over-rated. That aside as well, the point is that, many historical and biblical truths have been tampered with. Much as it is with the canonical bible, there are the gnostic gospels and unpublished books from the dead sea scrolls and all. Some not yet deciphered, some undergoing doctrine-oriented editing maybe. With even the authorities admitting that they have edited, and thus also translated and put the bible's original manuscript thru many intepretation, my mother, has refused to accept this as a truth. In fact, she has insisted with much trouble in justification, that the bible was written by God, and has always been in its original form (even when its in Chinese, while we know, Jesus did not speak chinese).
And furthermore, the known fact that Jesus' Birthday was nowhere near December, and was more towards march, is widely known, if not widely publicized (something Dan Brown got correct). Yet, my mom insists, that it MUST be on 25 December!! With what as evidence? Sadly, she cites that it must be true since we celebrate Christmas on that day, why else if not on that day? (and the evidence explaining that, was already clearly explained in Dan's book, although it wasnt a book specialising on history). Her evidence is that, it must be so, since it cannot be otherwise ("and why can it not be otherwise?" "because we celebrate xmas on that day!!") is purely crap and bull.
It is boring, to endure such unintellectual a relative, and try to explain with much patience the facts and truths, that contradict so much with the absolution of one's basis of believe. And the divinity of Jesus really depends on the truth surrounding his circumstances of birth, life, death and resurrection. If even the truth surrounding our saviour's life cannot be verified empirically or by archival research, then how are we to believe in something so farfetched? It is just like asking me to believe in UFOs based on eyewitness accounts, but with no real pics or evidence.
I dont get it, what is the difference between superstition and other religions if we believe blindly without seeking evidence, and truth? What is this when we do not demand the whole truth and nothing but the truth, in its unadulterated form? At least, even translated, in its raw form? Yet, my mother disagrees, saying that God's words, and the Bible, are so absolute, that they were the same, and there are no such things as missing books. It MUST be some crap story that Dan Brown invented. You cant fool me!!
Rubbish. To believers like these, i say, doom and destruction to the church and to christianity loom in the near horizon. No way we will progress further than superstition. It is just like how the catholic church places emphasis on tradition, and while traditions were put in place for practical reasons over religious practice (think communion) they cannot be changed for the same reason now. No. The tradition that has long been outdated shall stay even if it is not practical (think the current communion).
So in the end, hypocrisy abounds, superstition prevails and God is nowhere to be found. I do not plan to challenge his existence. I just plainly do not see it. "Ask and u shall receive!" (if I am in a good mood?) God is Just and Loves all Men!! (but i shall choose the Jews as the chosen race, yeah~ and u cant say i am biased can u? I m ultimately Just!!)
Oh well, i guess, the christians who are so stupid to believe in all that crap they receive every sunday, they must be kinda happy. To be able to live in such a pretentious naive live. Too bad for those who think and ask for proof, for verification. Too bad for me. Even most peers and leaders and pastors cant answer the most basic questions i put forward. And from what i remember, God did not drop any letters from the sky.
Putting that aside, I managed to get my hands on Asian Kung-fu Generation's album, Sol-fa. The music is cool, and its rather steady to the beat, good vocals, nice instruments. I would say my other favourite now is Orange Range's Hana. Quite interesting. I would picture it as a good slow dance song for occasions like Asean Dance.
All this has to end somewhere, sometime. In hoping that my mother, my dear sweet mother gets some wisdom, and not just decay with age, I also hope that she can at least think like one of us. Use her brain for all its worth. I see only decay within the church, and its members. I see her weaken and soften and think less every passing sunday. I am also furious that she had the nerved to ask me to type out the hymns she needs the next sunday. Do it yourself!! If not, do NOT volunteer to do it!! (and expect me to take up the job?)
Ah well, all this has to end on a happier note. So yeah, i did enjoy Some new songs today. Thank my buddy, chea hui, who was so nice to lend me some space and bandwidth, and i finally found a channel #aznmp3 that ripped and released Steve Conte's album - Bleed Together.
I am talking about my mother. The very woman whose blood i share. Yet it is hard to believe we share the same blood. I am not saying that i despise my mother. In fact i thank her much for bringing me into this world and making me study the multiplication table up to 12, yet not bothered to explain to me what it is and what it is for. I was disciplined into just learning by force and by heart, 2X1=2, 2X2=4, 2X3=6.... and so on. Mistakes come with scolding and caning. And by the end of it, i was able to remember a whole lot of rubbish without knowing what it was for, until half a year later, when in school, we were taught multiplication in school.
Of course, bad teaching aside, i was always amazed at how badly my mom is when it comes to thinking. An settling arguments of course. take for example, when she once cut in through a queue of cars, i told her "If no one cuts, traffic would be much faster, and when u cut, u slow traffic down, cos cars have to give way to u, and ur response time is not blazing fast at all." The reply i got was "It will be slow if u wait, so u should cut, since it will be slow anyway." and further exchanges have her equating it to being "streetwise", whatever that means.
Ah, putting those aside, today, in the chinese newspapers, there was a section on Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code, which in my opinion, is actually badly over-rated. That aside as well, the point is that, many historical and biblical truths have been tampered with. Much as it is with the canonical bible, there are the gnostic gospels and unpublished books from the dead sea scrolls and all. Some not yet deciphered, some undergoing doctrine-oriented editing maybe. With even the authorities admitting that they have edited, and thus also translated and put the bible's original manuscript thru many intepretation, my mother, has refused to accept this as a truth. In fact, she has insisted with much trouble in justification, that the bible was written by God, and has always been in its original form (even when its in Chinese, while we know, Jesus did not speak chinese).
And furthermore, the known fact that Jesus' Birthday was nowhere near December, and was more towards march, is widely known, if not widely publicized (something Dan Brown got correct). Yet, my mom insists, that it MUST be on 25 December!! With what as evidence? Sadly, she cites that it must be true since we celebrate Christmas on that day, why else if not on that day? (and the evidence explaining that, was already clearly explained in Dan's book, although it wasnt a book specialising on history). Her evidence is that, it must be so, since it cannot be otherwise ("and why can it not be otherwise?" "because we celebrate xmas on that day!!") is purely crap and bull.
It is boring, to endure such unintellectual a relative, and try to explain with much patience the facts and truths, that contradict so much with the absolution of one's basis of believe. And the divinity of Jesus really depends on the truth surrounding his circumstances of birth, life, death and resurrection. If even the truth surrounding our saviour's life cannot be verified empirically or by archival research, then how are we to believe in something so farfetched? It is just like asking me to believe in UFOs based on eyewitness accounts, but with no real pics or evidence.
I dont get it, what is the difference between superstition and other religions if we believe blindly without seeking evidence, and truth? What is this when we do not demand the whole truth and nothing but the truth, in its unadulterated form? At least, even translated, in its raw form? Yet, my mother disagrees, saying that God's words, and the Bible, are so absolute, that they were the same, and there are no such things as missing books. It MUST be some crap story that Dan Brown invented. You cant fool me!!
Rubbish. To believers like these, i say, doom and destruction to the church and to christianity loom in the near horizon. No way we will progress further than superstition. It is just like how the catholic church places emphasis on tradition, and while traditions were put in place for practical reasons over religious practice (think communion) they cannot be changed for the same reason now. No. The tradition that has long been outdated shall stay even if it is not practical (think the current communion).
So in the end, hypocrisy abounds, superstition prevails and God is nowhere to be found. I do not plan to challenge his existence. I just plainly do not see it. "Ask and u shall receive!" (if I am in a good mood?) God is Just and Loves all Men!! (but i shall choose the Jews as the chosen race, yeah~ and u cant say i am biased can u? I m ultimately Just!!)
Oh well, i guess, the christians who are so stupid to believe in all that crap they receive every sunday, they must be kinda happy. To be able to live in such a pretentious naive live. Too bad for those who think and ask for proof, for verification. Too bad for me. Even most peers and leaders and pastors cant answer the most basic questions i put forward. And from what i remember, God did not drop any letters from the sky.
Putting that aside, I managed to get my hands on Asian Kung-fu Generation's album, Sol-fa. The music is cool, and its rather steady to the beat, good vocals, nice instruments. I would say my other favourite now is Orange Range's Hana. Quite interesting. I would picture it as a good slow dance song for occasions like Asean Dance.
All this has to end somewhere, sometime. In hoping that my mother, my dear sweet mother gets some wisdom, and not just decay with age, I also hope that she can at least think like one of us. Use her brain for all its worth. I see only decay within the church, and its members. I see her weaken and soften and think less every passing sunday. I am also furious that she had the nerved to ask me to type out the hymns she needs the next sunday. Do it yourself!! If not, do NOT volunteer to do it!! (and expect me to take up the job?)
Ah well, all this has to end on a happier note. So yeah, i did enjoy Some new songs today. Thank my buddy, chea hui, who was so nice to lend me some space and bandwidth, and i finally found a channel #aznmp3 that ripped and released Steve Conte's album - Bleed Together.
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