MY teenage children love to listen to Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" very much.
I viewed the video a few times too. Gaga's performance was creative and brilliant. It's seems 98% harmless, only 2% of shocking dance steps and words like "I want your psycho...your vertical stick...want you in my rear window..."
Do you find this video shocking too?
Just like to compare this video with what we are bombarded today...
We face false teachings, false reasonings and false prophets today. The tricky part is that we can hardly tell whether they are True or False, Good or Evil. You see, even evil is camouflaged by 98% harmless, and we may miss the 2% harmful !!!
Saturday 28 November 2009
Friday 27 November 2009
Humans will always feel for God
Whether in a modern society, or in a tribal society, humans feel for God even if they do not acknowledge Him or they reject Him.
These 2 quotes summarise the human longing:
"I don't believe in God, but I miss him." Julian Barnes, writer
"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him." VOLTAIRE
These 2 quotes summarise the human longing:
"I don't believe in God, but I miss him." Julian Barnes, writer
"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him." VOLTAIRE
Tuesday 17 November 2009
Christ's Second Coming -- Too many false alarm !
"In the days after that time of trouble the sun will grow dark, the moon will no longer shine, the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers in space will be driven from their courses. The Son of Man will appear, coming in the clouds with great power and glory. He will send the angels out to the four corners of the earth to gather God's chosen people from the end of the world to the other. ... In the same way, when you see these things happening, you will know that the time is near, ready to begin. Remember that all these things will happen before the people now living have all died." Mark 13:24-30.
Throughout history, too many people had claimed 'divine predictions' on the second coming of Christ.
The most famous of which is case of William Miller (1782-1849). (Wikipedia on William Miller, Seventh-Day Adventist Movement) Miller was born in 1782 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and though coming from a Christian ome, he became a skeptic and rejected the Bible as divine revelation. However in 1816, he was converted from his skepticism and began to study the Bible intensively. Two years later, he came to the conclusion that the world would come to an end in 1843!
When the year came and the Lord did not return, there was intense disappointment among Miller and his followers. Samuel Snow, one of the leaders with Miller later came up with the conviction that the 2300 days in Daniel 8:14 will end on 22 Oct 1844. As 22 Oct approached, there was great excitement but Christ did not return on that day.
There were hundreds more predictions - all came to nothing.
As for me, I believe Christi's second coming will take place some time in the far far future. But it will not take place in my lifetime.
So I will not be physically present to welcome and to meet Christ in His Second Coming.
Most likely, I would be dead, cremated or buried by then.
Throughout history, too many people had claimed 'divine predictions' on the second coming of Christ.
The most famous of which is case of William Miller (1782-1849). (Wikipedia on William Miller, Seventh-Day Adventist Movement) Miller was born in 1782 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and though coming from a Christian ome, he became a skeptic and rejected the Bible as divine revelation. However in 1816, he was converted from his skepticism and began to study the Bible intensively. Two years later, he came to the conclusion that the world would come to an end in 1843!
When the year came and the Lord did not return, there was intense disappointment among Miller and his followers. Samuel Snow, one of the leaders with Miller later came up with the conviction that the 2300 days in Daniel 8:14 will end on 22 Oct 1844. As 22 Oct approached, there was great excitement but Christ did not return on that day.
There were hundreds more predictions - all came to nothing.
As for me, I believe Christi's second coming will take place some time in the far far future. But it will not take place in my lifetime.
So I will not be physically present to welcome and to meet Christ in His Second Coming.
Most likely, I would be dead, cremated or buried by then.
Tuesday 10 November 2009
What is Purgatory! (General Knowledge)
"Eternal Truths" are part of the doctrine of eschatology, or the study of Last Things. Eschatology is a branch of theology concerned with the end of the world and the final destination of a soul after death.
Death, judgment, heaven and hell are the four "eternal truths" sometimes referred to as the four Last Things.
[The Catholic Church, being the oldest Church of 2000 years, and a mega-scale organisation, has lots of ideas and teachings written down, but not taught to the average church-goers. If you are interested in a certain topic, you need to seek an expert and ask.]
The Catholic Church believes in and teaches the doctrines of heaven, hell and purgatory.
Heaven is described as the happiness of the just, who will one day be with Christ.
Hell, by contrast, is the eternal punishment of the unrepentant sinner, deprived of the sight of God.
Purgatory is the possibility of purification for repentant sinners before they see God. This purification is very different from the punishment of the unrepentant sinner in hell.
... Just a bit of general knowledge...
Death, judgment, heaven and hell are the four "eternal truths" sometimes referred to as the four Last Things.
[The Catholic Church, being the oldest Church of 2000 years, and a mega-scale organisation, has lots of ideas and teachings written down, but not taught to the average church-goers. If you are interested in a certain topic, you need to seek an expert and ask.]
The Catholic Church believes in and teaches the doctrines of heaven, hell and purgatory.
Heaven is described as the happiness of the just, who will one day be with Christ.
Hell, by contrast, is the eternal punishment of the unrepentant sinner, deprived of the sight of God.
Purgatory is the possibility of purification for repentant sinners before they see God. This purification is very different from the punishment of the unrepentant sinner in hell.
... Just a bit of general knowledge...
Wednesday 4 November 2009
Western Medicine, Chinese Medicine, Integration
What cause diseases?
In Western medicine, germs and viruses are the primary causes.
In Chinese medicine, the causes are divided into 3 categories:
1st: External causes, namely wind, cold, summer heat, dampness, dryness and fire.
2nd: Internal causes, namely the 7 emotions, joy, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear, shock.
3rd: fatigue and foods.
Traditional Chinese medicine has grown out of common human experience of over 2,000 years. The concept of germs and viruses are not used at all. Instead, the main focus is on other factors familiar in human experience.
We are faced with 2 very different approaches to diseases and healing!
I am writing this to demonstrate that human thinking and experience could be as diverse as East and West. The twine never meet as they started from completely different starting points.
So are religious ideologies. They would never meet.
But today, Western medicine and TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) are sometimes used together for some illnesses. Trying hard to integrate, right?
So too are religious ideologies - there are people who try to integrate them. Trying very hard!
In Western medicine, germs and viruses are the primary causes.
In Chinese medicine, the causes are divided into 3 categories:
1st: External causes, namely wind, cold, summer heat, dampness, dryness and fire.
2nd: Internal causes, namely the 7 emotions, joy, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear, shock.
3rd: fatigue and foods.
Traditional Chinese medicine has grown out of common human experience of over 2,000 years. The concept of germs and viruses are not used at all. Instead, the main focus is on other factors familiar in human experience.
We are faced with 2 very different approaches to diseases and healing!
I am writing this to demonstrate that human thinking and experience could be as diverse as East and West. The twine never meet as they started from completely different starting points.
So are religious ideologies. They would never meet.
But today, Western medicine and TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) are sometimes used together for some illnesses. Trying hard to integrate, right?
So too are religious ideologies - there are people who try to integrate them. Trying very hard!
Monday 2 November 2009
Be Very Suspicious of 'New Revelations'
Hebrews 1:1-2 says "Then, after speaking in many and varied ways through the prophets, now at last in these days God has spoken to us in His Son..."
God sent His Son, the Eternal Word, who enlightens all men, so that He might dwell among men and tell men of the innermost being of God (John1:1-18). Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh, was sent to us." He "speak the words of God", and completes the work of salvation which His Father gave Him to do. To see Jesus is to see His Father(John 14:9).
For this reason Jesus has perfected revelation by fulfilling it through his work of making Himself present, and manifesting Himself: through His words and deeds, through His death and glorious resurrection from the dead. And finally He sent us the Holy Spirit to lead and guide us.
So when someone, or some sects or groups, including self-proclaimed yoga groups, tell us 'New Revelations' about Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, and when these 'New Revelations' conflict with what the Bible says, then we must be wary and suspect heresies.
To tell the difference between Divine Revelations and Non-Divine Revelations, read http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651118_dei-verbum_en.html
God sent His Son, the Eternal Word, who enlightens all men, so that He might dwell among men and tell men of the innermost being of God (John1:1-18). Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh, was sent to us." He "speak the words of God", and completes the work of salvation which His Father gave Him to do. To see Jesus is to see His Father(John 14:9).
For this reason Jesus has perfected revelation by fulfilling it through his work of making Himself present, and manifesting Himself: through His words and deeds, through His death and glorious resurrection from the dead. And finally He sent us the Holy Spirit to lead and guide us.
So when someone, or some sects or groups, including self-proclaimed yoga groups, tell us 'New Revelations' about Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, and when these 'New Revelations' conflict with what the Bible says, then we must be wary and suspect heresies.
To tell the difference between Divine Revelations and Non-Divine Revelations, read http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651118_dei-verbum_en.html
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