Having studied religions in my search for the true God, I am quite amused that many people show low-mentality symptoms. I just received an email with the following contents:
Before Bro Joseph Wee found the True Light, he was a trainee monk and
fervently sought for truth from his mentor, a Sri Lankan chief monk. He
devoted all his spare time to the service of a temple. The Sri Lankan
chief monk trained him thoroughly as he wanted to appoint him to take over
his role on his return to Sri Lanka. But as Joseph went deeper into the
Buddhist study, he became more empty and desperate for answers. Bring your
Buddhist friends and relatives who are also seeking for the True Light to
listen to this fascinating testimony of Bro Joseph Wee!
It is not peculiar to Christians. Rather, it is evident in every religion. But I should say that Christians are more prone to such bahavior. My question is, does a monk switching belief to Christianity make Christianity any more real or true, and vice versa? Must a true belief be confirmed by such incidents?
I think it is more of a sense of insecurity in one's god and beliefs that would spur a person to such an act.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Saturday, January 26, 2008
The Celtic Cross
The Celtic Cross is a sacred symbol of some Churches. Wikipedia says,
"In Ireland, it is a popular myth that the Celtic cross was introduced to the island by Saint Patrick during his time converting the pagan Irish. It is believed that he combined the symbol of Christianity, a cross, with the symbol of the sun, to give pagan followers an idea of the importance of the cross by linking it with the idea of the life-giving properties of the sun"
But a Scottish researcher somehow discovered that this cross was no more than an instrument used for sea nagivation by people long long ago!! Read more about this at this site:
From my own research, it seems that more and more evidence keep coming that suggest that religion is no more than beliefs in some kind of advanced technology which was seen by the ancient people, who then treated them as sacred symbols of god as they did not understand the technology used. I have tried to show how this is true in the Bible in my previous posts.
The nagging question is, why is it that we do not see something today that makes us think that there is a God?
The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript
The Voynich Manuscript is the name of a book discovered in 1912 by an American antique book dealer and collector, Wilfrid M. Voynich. It is written in an unknown language (some think it is a hoax), and contain information which are largely unknown to mankind, such as plants, charts, astronomical objects, recipes, etc. It is written in a language that is not found elsewhere on earth (so far?). Not even the use of our supercomputers can decipher this language.
Take a look at the manuscript for yourself at this site:
http://highway49.library.yale.edu/photonegatives/SetsSearchExecXC.asp?srchtype=ITEM
Whenever I read of new unsolved mysteries, it tickles my mind and causes me to wonder how such issues affect the my belief or disbelief in the existance of a Supreme God. Christians take the Bible as their end-all in their beliefs, so they tend to ignore such facts or attribute it to the devil.
Could it be the language of an advanced alien race?
Take a look at the manuscript for yourself at this site:
http://highway49.library.yale.edu/photonegatives/SetsSearchExecXC.asp?srchtype=ITEM
Whenever I read of new unsolved mysteries, it tickles my mind and causes me to wonder how such issues affect the my belief or disbelief in the existance of a Supreme God. Christians take the Bible as their end-all in their beliefs, so they tend to ignore such facts or attribute it to the devil.
Could it be the language of an advanced alien race?
Friday, January 4, 2008
A joke about hell - good one
The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term exam paper:
"Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat), or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Support your answer with a proof."
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools off when it expands and heats up when it is compressed) or some variant thereof. One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So, we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.
As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since, there are more than one of these religions, and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all people and all souls go to Hell.
With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell, because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
If we accept the postulate given to me by Ms. Krissy Jones during my Freshman year that "it will be a cold night in Hell before I sleep with you" and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then (2) cannot be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic.
This student got the only A.
"Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat), or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Support your answer with a proof."
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools off when it expands and heats up when it is compressed) or some variant thereof. One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So, we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.
As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since, there are more than one of these religions, and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all people and all souls go to Hell.
With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell, because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
If we accept the postulate given to me by Ms. Krissy Jones during my Freshman year that "it will be a cold night in Hell before I sleep with you" and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then (2) cannot be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic.
This student got the only A.
Heaven and Hell - What Buddhists Believe
Read the Buddhist's teachings on heaven and hell for a comparison.
Click here.
In short, Buddhist believe in a temporal heaven as reward and hell as punishment, but not permanent damnation like what the Christians believe. The aim in life is not to live out of the fear of hell, but to aim at living a good life and keep developing in the positive direction. Human weakness is taken into consideration.
Click here.
In short, Buddhist believe in a temporal heaven as reward and hell as punishment, but not permanent damnation like what the Christians believe. The aim in life is not to live out of the fear of hell, but to aim at living a good life and keep developing in the positive direction. Human weakness is taken into consideration.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
7 Youths Who Saw Hell
Read this article here.
I find it unbelievable! 1000 times worse than what an imperfect human being can imagine!
How can a God of Love, Jesus Christ who loves the world, allow such atrocities to happen ???
I just wonder...
I find it unbelievable! 1000 times worse than what an imperfect human being can imagine!
How can a God of Love, Jesus Christ who loves the world, allow such atrocities to happen ???
I just wonder...
"23 Minutes in Hell" -Bill Wiese
This person Bill Wiese claims that as a non-Christian, he experienced hell and came back, then decided to believe in the Bible.
His book is here online. Pl note this from the pdf file:
Transcribed from the Audio CD, NOT from his book. For the most complete story, please purchase his book! This was from a
convention in Kansas City, KS called “Kansas City for America”. The experience in Hell happened on November 23, 1998.
(I wonder again why we must purchase the book and someone makes the money? Without money can the world come to know Jesus and be saved? If hell is that terrible, why is he worried about money? )
Summary of the file
As he makes a lot of quotes from the Bible in between his narration and adds a lot of other thot, I will summarise his actual experience here in point form to that it won't sound so sensational.
1. He (or his soul, as he was out of his body) was dropped into a prison cell one day, at 3am.
2. He felt very hot , but the Lord was with him. (I thot he was not a Christian yet?)
3. There were 4 horrible looking, 12 feet tall creatures with him in the cell. They were cursing God.
4. One of them picked him up and threw him around, then bit his flesh off.
5. The place smelled very very bad, rotten.
6. The cell became pitch black.
7. He manage to crawl out of the cell.
8. He heard billions of people screaming.
9. He felt fear.
10. He realised that he was naked.
11. He could not find water.
12. One of the demons pulled him back into the cell. Someone (now he says it is the Lord) pulled him back out.
13. He saw people being burned and tormented in the fire.
14. You need sleep in hell but cannot do it.
15. He somehow know that hell is in the centre of the earth, 3700 miles down.
16. He saw many types of demon, including huge rats, spiders, etc.
17. He then began to ascend upwards.
18. The people were begging another chance but got none. (a forgiving Bible-god?)
19. Suddenly Jesus showed up, in the form of a man.
20. He was overwhelmed by the love of Jesus.
21. Jesus asked him to tell the world "I am coming very soon".
22. Then he saw all the demons become small as ants.
23. He left hell with God at this side, up a tunnel, out of earth atmosphere and saw earth from above.
24. He flew back to California and home, saw his body and entered it.
That is the gist of his story. After that he believed in Jesus.
At the end, again he asked the reader to purchase his book!
I wonder why his hell experience did not give him the urgency to reach the world and forget about money? It costs US10.39 at Amazon.com
Questions
1. I wonder also, that if such an experience had happened to someone in China, would that person decide that it was Jesus, and not Buddha?
2. When out-of-body experiences were first publiscised by researchers, they were immediately condemned by Christians as coming from the devil. But today, Christians embrace them just because of people like Bill who said they saw Jesus.
3. Again it happened to one person. No witnesses.
4. Now Bill is famous and making money from his book and sermons.
5. He mentioned on the website that he is also in Real Estate business, but not for the money. Amazing! Not for the money? Then why not go into full-time ministry? I thot Jesus commanded him to tell the world of hell, and he still has time for business!???
Judge for yourself.
His book is here online. Pl note this from the pdf file:
Transcribed from the Audio CD, NOT from his book. For the most complete story, please purchase his book! This was from a
convention in Kansas City, KS called “Kansas City for America”. The experience in Hell happened on November 23, 1998.
(I wonder again why we must purchase the book and someone makes the money? Without money can the world come to know Jesus and be saved? If hell is that terrible, why is he worried about money? )
Summary of the file
As he makes a lot of quotes from the Bible in between his narration and adds a lot of other thot, I will summarise his actual experience here in point form to that it won't sound so sensational.
1. He (or his soul, as he was out of his body) was dropped into a prison cell one day, at 3am.
2. He felt very hot , but the Lord was with him. (I thot he was not a Christian yet?)
3. There were 4 horrible looking, 12 feet tall creatures with him in the cell. They were cursing God.
4. One of them picked him up and threw him around, then bit his flesh off.
5. The place smelled very very bad, rotten.
6. The cell became pitch black.
7. He manage to crawl out of the cell.
8. He heard billions of people screaming.
9. He felt fear.
10. He realised that he was naked.
11. He could not find water.
12. One of the demons pulled him back into the cell. Someone (now he says it is the Lord) pulled him back out.
13. He saw people being burned and tormented in the fire.
14. You need sleep in hell but cannot do it.
15. He somehow know that hell is in the centre of the earth, 3700 miles down.
16. He saw many types of demon, including huge rats, spiders, etc.
17. He then began to ascend upwards.
18. The people were begging another chance but got none. (a forgiving Bible-god?)
19. Suddenly Jesus showed up, in the form of a man.
20. He was overwhelmed by the love of Jesus.
21. Jesus asked him to tell the world "I am coming very soon".
22. Then he saw all the demons become small as ants.
23. He left hell with God at this side, up a tunnel, out of earth atmosphere and saw earth from above.
24. He flew back to California and home, saw his body and entered it.
That is the gist of his story. After that he believed in Jesus.
At the end, again he asked the reader to purchase his book!
I wonder why his hell experience did not give him the urgency to reach the world and forget about money? It costs US10.39 at Amazon.com
Questions
1. I wonder also, that if such an experience had happened to someone in China, would that person decide that it was Jesus, and not Buddha?
2. When out-of-body experiences were first publiscised by researchers, they were immediately condemned by Christians as coming from the devil. But today, Christians embrace them just because of people like Bill who said they saw Jesus.
3. Again it happened to one person. No witnesses.
4. Now Bill is famous and making money from his book and sermons.
5. He mentioned on the website that he is also in Real Estate business, but not for the money. Amazing! Not for the money? Then why not go into full-time ministry? I thot Jesus commanded him to tell the world of hell, and he still has time for business!???
Judge for yourself.
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