Where is The Baby in Us?

Recently, I have the chance to go about interacting with kids. Some time last week, I went to do CIP in Toa Payoh Care Corner. It was really a fun experience, though some little girl called me something... :( Haha

What really struck me was that I was going there to teach them something. However, they taught me more than what I taught them. Seeing the kids there really make me see a different side of humans. The kids were around Lower Primary. They are in the stage of rooting, just like the sprouting of beans. By that, I mean that they are starting to face the realities of the world. We were all born pure and innocent. But as we start to grow, we start to acquire the traits of evil in us. I see kids fighting and the hatred glowing through their eyes. I see kids lying, thinking they can get their way through. I see kids backstabbing and sabotaging other kids. I see kids ostracizing other kids just because they are different. The amazing thing is that adults like us are doing things exactly the way these kids do things, just on a more destructive scale.

Just today, my cousin visited my family. Her kids were super cute. There was a baby that is around 1 year plus. His eyes were glowing with curiosity. His face was ever radiant with happiness, stranger to the harsh reality of the world. I can't bear to think that all of us were once like this before. Everyone, ranging from the top notch politician to the dark violent gangster. We were all pure. Where is the baby in us?

My church once taught us on a passage in the bible, which I can't recall where, that it is the people with the heart of a child will be able to enter the kingdom of God. I can now fanthom what it means. We were all so pure, all so cute, all so adorable. Yet, we are all so different now. This is a very sad fact.

But I believe that everyone has a baby in them. Lets just hope that we will be able to find that in us. Sometimes I look at my baby photos and I can't bear not to smile. Sometimes, I can't even believe it was me. Haha...


By the way, the photo is one of my baby photo taken with my sis. :)

Science or Religion?

Haha. Recently, I have been thinking about this rather weird question. Science and Religion, which is more powerful? I don't know why I have been thinking about this question but I have been thinking about it anyway. :)

Well, personally, I am a more religion supportive person. But I tried very hard to look at this question from a very logical point of view, which is not very me.

Firstly, we need to understand that both science and religion have equal influence around the world on many people. Science existed as early as religion did in the history of mankind. Our ancestor both knew how to light a fire and pray to a fire god. Ever wondered why both of them stayed on so long? Not that we were able to prove that they are useful, but more of being unable to disprove both parties.

From my point of view, science is an endless pursuit to search for the ultimate truth that can never be found. It is a hunger and desire that is encripted in our human genetics, a thirst that cannot be quenched by any means. We long for answers and we come out with new questions.It is a never ending search that is disguised under the name of improvement and progress. The reason that science cannot be disproved is due mainly to the clearly defined boundaries set by humans themselves. Everything is restricted by the human domain that defines our own world. Yet, we claim to be moving away from our own world when we found something in our own world. We claim to know another world better by revolving in our own world. What we see and do are based only on our human senses. There is a restriction. You can't go any further. Thus, in the human world, science can never be disproved because it is a system that humans encrypted themselves.

This brings me to the next point. If science can only work within our own domain, we stand a chance of disproving it in another world right? And we can't disprove that there is the possiblity of another world because we are simply stucked within our own world! That is where religion comes in.

Religion is based largely on the assumption that there is more to what we have in our own scope of observation. Though it is an assumption, we cannot say it is wrong or right as we assumed it in the first place. Science itself is based on an assumption that the system and notations that humans come up with is correct, where there is a high possibility that is flawed as I mentioned earlier.

Religion is able to explain the existence of two worlds. Both what is happening in the human world and what is happening in the other world, which is commonly referred to as God's dimension. For example, Christianity is able to explain why there is so much conflict and sins in the human world. Buddhism is also able to explain the reason for human's unrest. Also, they are both able to give an explanation of what will happen after we die. We cannot disprove them as none of us can remember going through the process of life after death.(I said remember because some religion believe in reincarnation) Science is unable to do that. Science can only explain what we see and draw conclusions that works only in our dimension. Try asking science to explain the root of human sin. They might start by saying, "Oh, there is a particular part of your brain called the pituclasis(fake name, haha, I crapped it), that is responsible for human impulsive behaviour. Chemical X and Chemical Y react to form a highly carcinogenic product that stimulates the pituclasis gland and blah blah blah. Then I will continue to ask, why will they react? They will rattle on the chemical structure... Then I will ask, where did the proton and electron come from. They would probably rattle on into the realm of quantum physics. And I will finally ask two simple questions, where do all these start and how sure are you that they all started this way? They would probably lose their patience and say, " Believe me or not? I can't be bothered with that! You are just a wimp with no idea what you are talking about and you can never succeed because you lack the thirst for knowledge. You are just a free rider in this world..." He will probably take a knife and chop me too! Haha.. Now that is sin.

Religion gives a simple and flawless answer( IN THE HUMAN DIMENSION), " You are born like this and a higher suprapersonel made you like this. Like it or not, you are what you are. Live with it. God made you weak so as to contrast His powers with you. God made you to love you. Simple. Sweet...

The problem with religion is that people can't phantom it. It goes beyond their senses. It goes beyond their observation scope, their domain. There is a saying, "Humans are habitual creatures, we don't like to venture away from our comfort zone." This is exactly the case. We can get out of our comfortable domain to trust and believe in religion. Thus, many people choose to disown the need for religion.

Because of all the above. I conclude that in the present case, religion overpowers science as it can come up with more answers to questions that science is speechless to. All these is through the careful logic that I come out with. But then again, logic is human based. We defined logic. My logic could be different from the logic of yours, or even a kid. Who knows, I could just be another screwed up person with a screwed up logic talking about a topic no one bothers. :P

The whole essay sound as though religion is good and science is bad. WRONG! I hold the view that both science and religion are equally important. Without religion, our spiritual life would be dry(That is assuming my screwed up logic of spirits exists :P). Without science, I won't be able to publish this to you. The problem with science is people distort its sole purpose. It is not for the search of the truth. It is to allow us to enjoy our walk of life on this earth. In my case, I believe that science is too glorify the miraculous God that created such wonderful carbon based creatures that are given the ablilty to manipulate. The truth is there, search no more. Knock... :P

To end off, let me tell you. I am a Christian( some may find me an irritating one after they read this. I AM SORRY! I CAN'T HELP IT! :P), who believes that science and religion and are coherent party that supplement each other. Faith and action is 2 different corelated things. I should use my action to uphold my faith. Science is one important avenue of executing my actions in upholding my faith. I love both and I need both...

The question then comes. Which is the right faith? I shall stop here and go no longer. I need to curb my endless passion of argueing. I will rattle on and on and one and even end up in jail. Opps.. Because my belief system is over running me now. Who says I am right? I don't know..

I pity your eyes and brain(pituclasis)......

DISCLAIMER: THIS ARTICLE REPRESENTS THE AUTHOR'S VIEW AND SHOULD NOT BE REGARDED AS ANY CONTROVESIAL ARTICLE. THIS COULB BE DUE TO THE HIGH PROBABILITY FOR ANY HUMAN BEING TO HAVE A SCREWED UP LOGIC. READ IT AT YOUR OWN LEVEL OF LOGIC.... :P

The Path That Lies Ahead:Scenic or Treacherous?

I took a picture of this painting in my house. Was actually trying my dad's new digital camera. It was a thought provoking painting I would say. At the first sight, this picture gave me the impression that it was very beautiful and scenic. However, upon a few more looks, I actually found it rather mysterious. A thin fog engulfs the path ahead, giving it a rather mysterious feeling.

I then started wondering, is the life that we are living one that has a bright future or one that brings about great turmoils ahead. Many a times, we choose the path we wish to take in life. We want a successful carreer. We want big houses and we want superb results. But where does all this leads to? Will it all turn out to be what we wanted? Is it too late to turn back when we find ourselves making the wrong choices? Will we be able to quench this undying thirst of desire in our hearts? The desire to acheive something in our shortlived life. We force ourselves to do things that we think will help acheive what we desire. But will the paths that we take bring us to the right desire? Is the desire in itself justifiable?

Life is filled with decisions that are commonly signified as the paths of our life. Let us have the correct destination in mind. Let us choose our paths correctly. Let us not be blinded by the foggy beauty of the paths ahead of us, for it could just be a tingling sensation that lures us into greater turmoil and bottomless pits. Temptation of life fills our lives. Be careful...

PS: I pray that God open the eyes of our hearts for each and everyone...

A New Beginning and A New Purpose

It has been a long time since I last made any ammendments to my blog. Well, I stopped posting for some time, basically I found my postings rather meaningless. I somehow find my postings lacking a little something, that is the purpose.

I now want to restart this blog of mine as one that has a purpose, that is an avenue for me to share my prespectives to others, and for others to share theirs. I don't want to make it a website that serve as a purpose of posting my rantings or what. Trust me, that is dumb and meaningless.

What I hope to bring out of this blog is one that can really spark the discussions for interesting questions that life has posted for us. I hope it can benefit me into becoming a more mature thinker and really understand the prespectives of others.

This site is not for delivering my meaningless rantings. This site is not for me to attack anyone that I don't like(though I never don't like anyone before). This site is not for me to publish meaningless post for the sake of readership. So, if I happen to do anything of the above, please kindly remind me by giving comments. I don't want to be a meaningless blogger. I want a purpose in everything I do. :)

So, I will be posting things that really make me want to reflect about this world and our lives, and about this interesting creature called Human. Some time or another, I might be posting Christian related post( I just can't help it! Hehe :P). Just really all of you come read with an open mind. I won't be posting if there is nothing I wish to post, so you all might see my site to go hiatus sometimes. But do drop by now and then, to check out whatever I write. I would also be more than happy if you can share your comments.

Haha, all that is said, just really hope that you all will drop by and read my postings and also post constructive comments. I hope to make this a nice little cosy blog for all of us, to come together and explore the different aspect of something called life. :)