Got myself an 80GB, 5400rpm, 8mb cache Fujitsu hard disk at SITEX at $210 with casing. What a bargain. As usual, i went to all the stalls making sure that i looked through all available options before i decided which to get. I'm happy with my portable hard disk because it's very very slim and can even fit into some shirt pockets. I love it.
Next thing i need to get is a notebook AND a desktop. The notebook would be for church work while the desktop would be for playing games..kekeke. Ok, that means all in all it would be 4k. Hmm...maybe i'll be able to get them in January.
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Memories
In our lives there are certain things we can't forget. not because we choose to remember them but because we can't dislodge it from our minds. These memories can be good or bad and usually the ones that leave an imprint in our minds are those that have impacted our lives greatly. And it is through such experiences that our character, behaviour and mindsets are molded and shaped upon. A bad accident you had in your life can leave you with a spiteful attitude or provide motivation to take control of your own life and change it for the better. There are some memories that i have that can't go away easily(not that i want to let them go) but it seems like i'm reminded of it in my daily living and i just think, if only it could have been better.
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Friday, November 11, 2005
What we don't know and What we do know
What we don't know and What we do know
anonymous
What we don’t know for Certain?
1. We don't know for certain if non-living things gave rise to living material, i.e. spontaneous generation.
2. We don't know for certain how the a cell with all it's complexities could evolve.
3. We don't know with any certainty that any form of evolution has ever taken place outside of micro-evolution.
4. We don't know with any certainty that transitional forms (missing links) have been or will ever be found.
5. We don't know with any certainty exactly how the fossil column was formed. Did it take millions of years or is it a result of mass burial in catastrophic form?
What we do know for certain?
1. We do know for certain that by Pliny Younger (62-c.115), a Roman proconsul in Bithynia wrote a letter to The Roman Emperor, Trajan about AD 110 complaining of a new sect called Christians, who had been founded by "their leader Christ". The historical proof is found in letter 97 of book 10 of "Letters".
2. We do also know for certain that Tacitus (AD. 56– 117), a Roman Historian wrote Nero (AD 37– 68), of his contempt of Christians who he said got their name from a man know as "Christ Jesus." Tacitus went of to name exact names and events all found in the modern day bible. You can read about this your self in Tacitus' work Annual (book 15, chapter 44).
3. We do know for certain that in AD 180 Celsus wrote his famous work attacking Christians yet admitting their growth had become ramped all ready by this date.
4. We do know for certain the Talmud (ancient Jewish historical source) makes mentions of a Teacher or Rabi named Yeshu (Jesus) who died young on the cross.
Rev. I. B. Pranaitis revealed in The Talmud Unmasked that Jesus is also maligned as a false teacher:
5. We do know for certain there was a Historical Jesus. That he really lived, that he really walked the earth, and He really claimed to be the Son of God. We know this because of the abundance of unquenchable historical proof.
BUT... do we know if this Historical Jesus was the living Son of God?
That is harder to answer. However, Math offers scientific evidence that Jesus is the Living Son of GOD!
Jesus fulfilled over 60 old testament Messianic prophecies. However, Author Josh McDowell calculated the odds of Jesus fulfilling only eight of the Messianic prophecies as 1 out of 1017 (a one followed by 17 zeros). This is equivalent to covering the entire state of Texas with silver dollars two feet deep, marking one of them, mixing them all up and having a blind-folded person select the marked one at random the first time.
Conclusion:
Evolution maybe a highly recognized answer to the question of the origins of life and certainly much effort and thought has been put into it, however, there is still much left to be proved or disproved. That is not to say one day more evidence may not make it seem even more likely, it is just to say that in its current state it lacks much empirical evidence that still cannot be proved.
However, Jesus Christ did live and walk upon the earth for certain. This is not just the claims of believing Christians and their so called bible; this is in fact a Scholarly and Historically known certainty. If Jesus lived, and he full filled all the prophecies written for more then 4 thousand years before his birth about him, it is a mathematical and logical assumption that he is indeed The Living Son of God. If Jesus is the Living Son of God, and the creator of the entire Universe. Then evolution is just a nice bed time fable.
You decide, who holds the most researchable and provable evidence? Go a head check the facts yourself, become converted.
anonymous
What we don’t know for Certain?
1. We don't know for certain if non-living things gave rise to living material, i.e. spontaneous generation.
2. We don't know for certain how the a cell with all it's complexities could evolve.
3. We don't know with any certainty that any form of evolution has ever taken place outside of micro-evolution.
4. We don't know with any certainty that transitional forms (missing links) have been or will ever be found.
5. We don't know with any certainty exactly how the fossil column was formed. Did it take millions of years or is it a result of mass burial in catastrophic form?
What we do know for certain?
1. We do know for certain that by Pliny Younger (62-c.115), a Roman proconsul in Bithynia wrote a letter to The Roman Emperor, Trajan about AD 110 complaining of a new sect called Christians, who had been founded by "their leader Christ". The historical proof is found in letter 97 of book 10 of "Letters".
2. We do also know for certain that Tacitus (AD. 56– 117), a Roman Historian wrote Nero (AD 37– 68), of his contempt of Christians who he said got their name from a man know as "Christ Jesus." Tacitus went of to name exact names and events all found in the modern day bible. You can read about this your self in Tacitus' work Annual (book 15, chapter 44).
3. We do know for certain that in AD 180 Celsus wrote his famous work attacking Christians yet admitting their growth had become ramped all ready by this date.
4. We do know for certain the Talmud (ancient Jewish historical source) makes mentions of a Teacher or Rabi named Yeshu (Jesus) who died young on the cross.
Rev. I. B. Pranaitis revealed in The Talmud Unmasked that Jesus is also maligned as a false teacher:
"… He[Jesus] is referred to in the Talmud as Otho Isch- "That man," i.e. the one who is known to all. In the tract Abhodah Zarah, 6a, we read: "He is called a Christian who follows the false teachings of that man […] "The one who was hanged" (on the cross)…" 2.
5. We do know for certain there was a Historical Jesus. That he really lived, that he really walked the earth, and He really claimed to be the Son of God. We know this because of the abundance of unquenchable historical proof.
BUT... do we know if this Historical Jesus was the living Son of God?
That is harder to answer. However, Math offers scientific evidence that Jesus is the Living Son of GOD!
Jesus fulfilled over 60 old testament Messianic prophecies. However, Author Josh McDowell calculated the odds of Jesus fulfilling only eight of the Messianic prophecies as 1 out of 1017 (a one followed by 17 zeros). This is equivalent to covering the entire state of Texas with silver dollars two feet deep, marking one of them, mixing them all up and having a blind-folded person select the marked one at random the first time.
Conclusion:
Evolution maybe a highly recognized answer to the question of the origins of life and certainly much effort and thought has been put into it, however, there is still much left to be proved or disproved. That is not to say one day more evidence may not make it seem even more likely, it is just to say that in its current state it lacks much empirical evidence that still cannot be proved.
However, Jesus Christ did live and walk upon the earth for certain. This is not just the claims of believing Christians and their so called bible; this is in fact a Scholarly and Historically known certainty. If Jesus lived, and he full filled all the prophecies written for more then 4 thousand years before his birth about him, it is a mathematical and logical assumption that he is indeed The Living Son of God. If Jesus is the Living Son of God, and the creator of the entire Universe. Then evolution is just a nice bed time fable.
You decide, who holds the most researchable and provable evidence? Go a head check the facts yourself, become converted.
Sunday, November 06, 2005
Friday, November 04, 2005
The Original Really Useful Gift Catalog 2006
Have you been giving to charity? If yes, where do you think your money goes to? What is it used for EXACTLY? Whenever i see students holding those tin boxes during flag day i just drop some money into it without thinking where it's going to. Now i've found something different.
ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief Agency) has come up with the 2006 gift catalog. It's called The Original Really Useful gift catalog because these gifts are for those who have very little and sometimes literally nothing at all but the clothes on their back. Gifts range from $0.25 to $500. Here's some of the gifts that are available.
- To Feed One Infant One Hot Meal a Day in Bangladesh ($0.25)
- Pay for One HIV Test for One Person in Burundi ($1.00)
- Save One Girl From Sexual Exploitation in Thailand ($100)
- Feed One Person Living With HIV or AIDS in Namibia for One Year ($200)
- Give One Single Mother in Ethiopia a Future ($200)
- Clean a Shallow Well for a Village of 40 Families in Somalia ($300)
- Provide 1,000 People With Medicines for Three Months! ($350)
- Provide One Portable Solar Barber Kit in Somalia ($375)
- Train and Equip One Traditional Birth Attendant in Zambia ($600)
For me, i'll be making sure i save one girl from sexual exploitation in Thailand in December. Then in January i'll probably buy one cow for a Vietnamese Family.
The website is so cool you gotta see it!
ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief Agency) has come up with the 2006 gift catalog. It's called The Original Really Useful gift catalog because these gifts are for those who have very little and sometimes literally nothing at all but the clothes on their back. Gifts range from $0.25 to $500. Here's some of the gifts that are available.
- To Feed One Infant One Hot Meal a Day in Bangladesh ($0.25)
- Pay for One HIV Test for One Person in Burundi ($1.00)
- Save One Girl From Sexual Exploitation in Thailand ($100)
- Feed One Person Living With HIV or AIDS in Namibia for One Year ($200)
- Give One Single Mother in Ethiopia a Future ($200)
- Clean a Shallow Well for a Village of 40 Families in Somalia ($300)
- Provide 1,000 People With Medicines for Three Months! ($350)
- Provide One Portable Solar Barber Kit in Somalia ($375)
- Train and Equip One Traditional Birth Attendant in Zambia ($600)
For me, i'll be making sure i save one girl from sexual exploitation in Thailand in December. Then in January i'll probably buy one cow for a Vietnamese Family.
The website is so cool you gotta see it!
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
I just replied to a mailing list from someone who asked what's all this about spirit/soul/body and blah blah. After that i realised my answer was very mathematical.
At the creation of man:
From there we form the equation: Dust + Breath of life = Soul - (equation 1)
When man dies:
We see another equation: Soul - Spirit = Dust (dead body) - (equation 2)
To prove that equation 1 is the same as equation 2, we need to establish that spirit and breath are interchangeable.
From these texts, you'll gather that spirit = breath of God(or breath of life) - (equation 3)
Substituting equation 3 into 2 we get: Soul - breath of life = Dust - (equation 4)
Therefore, equation 1 = equation 4.
In words, we are living souls/dust. We live because we have the breath of life. If that breath is taken away, we become dust.
At the creation of man:
"And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Gen 2:7
From there we form the equation: Dust + Breath of life = Soul - (equation 1)
When man dies:
"Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it." Ecc 12:7
We see another equation: Soul - Spirit = Dust (dead body) - (equation 2)
To prove that equation 1 is the same as equation 2, we need to establish that spirit and breath are interchangeable.
"The spirit [ruach] of God has made me, and the breath [neshamah] of the Almighty gives me life." Job 33:4
"As long as my breath [neshamah] is in me, and the spirit [ruach] of God is in my nostrils; my lips will not speak falsehood" (Job 27:3).
"If he [God] should take back his spirit [ruach] to himself, and gather to himself his breath [neshamah], all flesh would perish together, and man would return to the dust" (Job 34:14-15).
From these texts, you'll gather that spirit = breath of God(or breath of life) - (equation 3)
Substituting equation 3 into 2 we get: Soul - breath of life = Dust - (equation 4)
Therefore, equation 1 = equation 4.
In words, we are living souls/dust. We live because we have the breath of life. If that breath is taken away, we become dust.
" By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return." Gen 3:19
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