Wednesday, February 11, 2009

No God or Know God?

Went through this article on one of the websites.. kind of liked it so much that wanna keep it for future reading...

An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem Science has with God, The Almighty। He asks one of his new students to stand and.....
Prof: So you believe in God?Student: Absolutely, sir
।Prof: Is God good?Student: Sure। Prof: Is God all-powerful?Student: Yes
Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him
Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill। But God didn't
How is this God good then? Hmm? (Student is silent।)
Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fellow
Is God good?
Student: Yes
Prof: Is Satan good ?
Student: No
Prof: Where does Satan come from?
Student: From...God
Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student: Yes.Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student: Yes.
Prof: So who created evil? (Student does not answer. )
Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?
Student: Yes, sir.
Prof: So, who created them? (Student has no answer.)
Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?
Student: No, sir.
Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?
Student: No, sir.
Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?
Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?Student:
Yes.Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.
Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.
Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Prof: Yes.Student: And is there such a thing as cold?
Prof: Yes.
Student: No sir. There isn't.
(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, But we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)
Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?
Student: You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light....But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?
Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument is going.)
Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavour, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?
(The class is in uproar.)
Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain?
(The class breaks out into laughter.)
Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face unfathomable. )Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.
Student: That is it sir... The link between man & god is FAITH. That is all that keeps things moving & alive.....


Source: internet

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

हमे तुमसे कितना प्यार है!

Stithi / Situation : एक लड़की अपने प्रेमी से kehti है...

तुम्हे क्या पता तुमसे कितना प्यार करती हूँ मैं,
सिर्फ़ तुम्हारे लिए अब यह जीवन जीती हूँ मैं,
तुम्हारा हर पल इंतज़ार करती हूँ मैं,
तुम्हारे इंतज़ार में आहें भरती हूँ मैं…

उठते बैठते, सिर्फ़ तुम्हारा ही ख्याल है,
जान हो तुम मेरी, तुम बिन जीना दुष्वार है,
तुम्हारी यादों में दिल बेकरार है,
हमसे मिलो तो jano, की हमें तुमसे कितना प्यार है...

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Who's Challenged? and Who's Normal??

Its been three days since I went through a post by name happiness on this blog " http://www.ssidhi.blogspot.com/" The author talks about a special kid and how he felt after meeting him. This story made me put down my feelings here.....

We generally go to meet these special kids (still called mentally challenged or physically challenged, even mentally retarded by most of our well literate friends) and try to show our love and affection to them. (which is by the way only pity by most of us) We cud see how they smile at us and leave us wondering as to even with a difficult life like that they are still smiling with a contended heart……

I have seen many kids like Palani. As the author described, its true that these kids dont know anything. They dont know, when to eat, what to eat, what to wear, how to hold something, how to say something, how to convey a pain and so on. They eat only what is served, they wear only what is chose by the care taker, they do only what someone else plans for them. They have a life but its been taken care (controlled) by someone else. But still, their innocence keeps them delighted with small things. You see them, looking at us and only smiling from their heart….

Imagine, if for a day we have to live a life like any one of them? Just take an example of a person who has a mobility issue, cannot move without a help. Will you and I be able to live like that even for a day?? No..... Absolutely not. You may contradict my thoughts for now. But I guess it is true that we (most of us) will get agitated, we will go crazy in just sometime, we shall lose our patience and even misbehave. But these kids, they are certainly God's favourite. God knew that we, the “so called normal’s” cannot handle a difficult life like theirs and hence he made us, the so called perfect. But he knew that these kids will handle these difficulties well Cos they have got immense tolerance, patience, courage, contentment (with the way things are) and so much of innocence...

We the “so called normal’s” can’t even imagine of living a life like them for a day and they have been living so, for years. WE lack all that they excel (patience, tolerance, courage, contentment (with the way things are) and innocence).
I guess they are far better human beings than us.

And now I know why they smile when we look at them with pity. Probably in their hearts they must be laughing that we the impatient, hasty humans can never be as good as them. Now you tell me, Who’s Challenged and Who’s Normal????

Monday, February 2, 2009

Passwords

I have been wondering how people manage to remember so many passwords.. In this digitised world, you have a login and password for everything. At office there is a password to log on to ur comp, then one to log on to your emails. And, now n number of social networks, passwords to each one of them, and yes to add on here comes, the blog... (Of course u can keep same passwords for all but that not a good idea for security reasons) Its been just an hour that i created a new id for this blog and guess wat - I FORGOT MY PASSWORDS
Here i wanted to post another blog about wat happened yesterday and i realise, i forgot my passwords. The account was new as well and i just could not remember wat i gave. Though i kind of remembered wat it was but still i could not log on..
God bless!!! the person, who thought of having forget password as an option.. and one more blessing to the one who thought of asking people to give alternative IDs. There i used this option and I received a mail on my alternative / secondary mail id. I quickly went throough it and noticed that the password is the same as i was feeding in.... Then my eyes went on the username.... after seeing it all i can do was curse myself for being so careless. I missed the last letter of my sur name.. my id is a combo of my firstname and surname.
I felt like hitting myself at that moment, but then now i am just smiling. I am smiling as to how careless i could be??? Had I noticed that mistake earlier, I cud have saved so much of time, and written what I wanted...
But then lets look at the brighter side.... had i not been so careless... then this post would ve never been typed... now thats wat i call being optimistic :-)

First Post

First blog post of mine and i am tired even before writing. I am not tired because its late in the night but because it took me almost an hour to create this blog. I am thinking why my parents named me with a name which is so common. that even though i tried different ways to create one account i could not.
And then, just like the twist in movies, I find this friend online, my saviour, one who I felt cud probably help me with a name. Then, we try out names in hindi, english, sanskrit and even a lil bit of tamil, only to realise..... they are already being used by someone....
and then deciding, not to use either my name nor any adjectives we come to the conclusion of this blogging name. Now thats about how we came to decide upon this name. And yes, as I promised my friend I am gonna thank him for the help he did.. So THANKS Dear :-)

But, wat made me think to blog????
Ya.. i know its among the latest and coolest things people do... but, thts not a reason y i am bloggin.. i ve been writing my diaries since nine years now... I think thats the best way one can relook at things you have come across. I ve enjoyed writing all these years... and wanna try the digitised wayof it.....I hope I enjoyin bloggin the same way I enjoy wiritng :-)
Good wishes to myself :)