Money or Serving God?

Today, one of the headlines in Singapore is one employee of The New Creation Church was paid at least S$500,000 for 2009. Money and religion is always a sticky issue, more so when there is a recession, most people earn less than S$50K a year, and these are the people who contribute to the high pay of such 'religious' people. The statement by the church is that this guy is responsible for the growth of the church - I think what the church means is that since the income has gone into millions of dollars, what is $500,000? Sounds very close to what happened to the Kidney Foundation in Singapore a few years ago.

But what I wish to ask is,
1. is church growth due to a person's effort, or is it God's credit?
2. if this guy is not paid so much, will he continue working for the church (or working for God, for that matter)? would he strive so hard to get more money for the church?
3. the church members earn much less per person, and they gave with the belief that the money would be put to good use; is paying one person so much putting the money to good use?,etc.

As I have mentioned in my earlier posts, religion today is just a front for some people to make more money. Look at all the rich leaders of temples, churches, cults, etc. I am of the conviction that a true man seeking God would know deep down in his heart that even if money does come into his life, he would make full use of it for the work of the God he believes in, and not for personal benefits. If he wants money, go into business and stop using the hard-earned money of the church members.

As Jesus has said, beware of wolves in sheep's clothings.

In the 1970s
I was very impressed in those days by the many testimonies of Christian missionaries. The central theme was their sacrifice of life to serve the God they believed in. They had no place to call home and usually had to stay in a member's home wherever they went. One missionary shared that he was so poor that he could not even afford a bra for his wife. Many had to go hungry. These were no useless people who were outcasts of society. On the contrary, many of them were of the calibre to make it good in society if they had joined in the rat race. I was a Christian then. I am no more one as I saw how church after church were more interested in making money, building huge buildings, buying the best sound systems, etc. God is no more to be found.

Jesus also said that there will be many false prophets who will use his name for their personal gains. These people will end in hell.

The Aluminium Wedge of Aiud

A mysterious piece of artifact was found in 1974 on Romania. It was a wedge-shaped metal piece. It was not until 20 years later that it was analyzed. It weighed 5 pounds, and dimensions were 8.25 X 5 X 2.75 inches. It was found to be composed of 89% aluminium, and 11 other minor metals.

The mystery is that aluminium is not a natural metal, but manufactured. Mankind only begun producing it in the middle of the 19th century. This piece of metal was estimated to be about 20,000 years old.

So who could have made this aluminium block, and what was it used for? Surely the question crops up again - an intelligent race of beings, whether human or alien, must have existed at the time this block was made.

Well, our great scientists of course react in an expected manner - it is a fake. So we can see that whatever the scientists cannot explain, they brush them aside. It is their ego and pride of not admitting that they do not know all?

Read more, with photo, here.

Foundation of Science and Evolution Shaken - Again

I had been of the opinion that science cannot be taken to be the end-all of knowledge, as there are still many unexplored areas in the universe. Hence, all theories that we have till today may, or probably will be, challenged by new discoveries as mankind discovers more and more of its past.

Today, there is a report that the remains of a feathered dinosaur in China has shocked scientists, as they had been limited in their thinking that dinosaurs did not have feathers based on what they have discoverd till yesterday. Now, their evolution theories are completely in disarray. This dinosaur has been named 'Tianyulong', meaning 'dragon of the open sky' in Chinese. It is 70cm long.

I am convinced that till the day we die, we will never be able the know the complete truth of anything in this universe. Agree?

Disc of Sabu

Here is another mysterious artifact that has baffled mankind. Known as the disc of Sabu.

Read about it here.

Camera in Your Eye?

Now we are seriously moving closer to an amazing future.

A camera in the form of an eye-socket is now avaialble. It can take the place of your lost eyeball. That means as you move around, you can capture video into this camera. How will this affect us and the whole world? I cannot imagine! Maybe a new website called "EyeTube" will be launched soon? Robots that can see and record events will be among us soon?...

Read the details here.