im gonna take mice steps here now. a quick update would bring me to the second entry of the new year. nay, rather, this year. the year doesnt seem new anymore. why? cause maybe everyone has fitted in so well we're just having the blast of a time and nobody really cares which year we are in, as long as its a new beginning, a new start to do new things and be a new person. well for me it gets more exciting than all of the above. i really really wanna challenge myself and see where life takes me when i put my mind to the limit. this is me, now.
orientation was fun. period. there are no words to describe it. alright, i admit im just lazy cuz ive lost all the prim details to embellish my entry here but really i couldnt imagine life in rj without having orientation. the funnest 5 days in so long. really well spent. we met new pple, bonded as OGs and played lotsa fun games and danced and sang and basically had a fantabulous time. i guess the memories will remain in our minds but on the other hand i really really really regret not having done a day by day recap or week by week report on the happenings. really lost so much there. when u dont write something down u forget abt it and then when u do rmbr u realize that along with that precious bit that came sneeking back, there's a whole lot more treasure waiting to be rediscovered. well, with that said, i cannot undo anything i only wish i could turn back time and relive the spirit of k'predorus once again. invigorating and action packed i must say. i enjoyed every single moment of it, from the stoning to the goldmember/free styler shazea dance to Onite the big night wow wow wow wow wow...unimaginable magic happening. i actually experienced something so refreshing it brought me out of the past and returned me to what's really important- the present. and yes that was the orientation theme, basically abt the past, present and future. i found it greatly symbolic of what i was going through. meant so much to me. everything was retro
verses future and the hype and synergy was simply amazing. whoo! those memories....ahhhh the new faces and awkward moments, rediscovering yourself in the process, how priceless is that? gosh gosh gosh im gahh-ing over the trance i was in but yeah hafta face it things happen and pass and before we knew it orientation was over. sigh. its ok, the smashing thing is knowing we have the whole JC life ahead of us to embrace. like in sec 4 i was real soppy and all abt having to leave behind all those well spent years....the delicious years haha even now when i speak of it or think of it i miss it but yeah, knowing that now we're really like sec 1s, at the start of a new phase...its really inspiring u know. the phrase and mindset of "carpe diem!" means so much now. there's really so much to take in to inhale its coming so fast we cant breathe but we love it. well at least i do. im using the victorian WE. :) it feels good to be in good company. the people are fun and hopefully we will all become good friends and have lasting friendships and all...a new beginning, out of the blue like delta goodrem once sang...WOW the ccas to join the lectures and tutorials and homework to do for us humans students essays to complete and books to read and stuff to appreciate around us. elite man. shhhweeet! like a sugary donut with blueberry yumm yumms dripping from the golden brown rims....perfection...yeah! that's it. perfect, like a blank piece of canvas. and now we're the artists waiting to do a new masterpiece all over again. what we gonna do? which colours? which brush? what? why? whatever for? u know...that feeling that u get to redeem yourself. you get to try out new stuff and experiment with new ideas and take the path less travelled by. woohooo. mental orgasm!
so im full of anticipation im quite sure everyone else is too. all i hope for is that we do not become jaded. the pple here are mostly enthu and extroverted! cool! even if they're not, they're realy nice pple im sure. i dont care abt how i viewed certain others last time cuz now im really different in my thinking. im giving others a chance so hopefully i get a chance to. to start anew in everyone's minds. im so thankful things have worked out this way. in this i have no particular faith to turn to but i do know inside my heart some force i believe in, the force that makes things happen for a reason and so far the reasons are good and really kind to me and all i love so thanks for all these thanks so much i am just HIGH.
so many things have happened erm i really really cannot summarize it haha cuz as i type i am correcting typos then looking at the clock cuz i wanna sleep....another long day tomorrow. aaaaa. but hey, im gonna try :) right now life i beautiful i dont wanna screw it up. i forsee downs but if we dont cherish the ups there isnt anything to look forward to then...
erm. alright. orientation. metano'ia! you guys RAWK. period okay. erm lemme try to name all of you. kevin, ivee, bryant, nicholas, weijie, michelle koo, inka, michelle low, chuan yue, shang, zhi perng (hale), yii wen, zhao jing, zhao ke, li zhan, de hui, qiao qi, yiling, dawnie, soon hock, weiping and myself i hope i didnt forget anyone this is so sucky if i do but really if i did its becuase i was thinking of you ahaha. oh well. thanks u ppeps for the good times shared. do always always return to the cosy k'cove and never forget how we all had a change of heart. keep the k'lam going! and as for Alves! you go dude! alves rocked big time im sorry but xdfy wasnt cool enough haha....right or not retro....................
bla bla bla maybe i will fill this place in with more stuff some other time but its highly unlikely but tilll then i cherish those classic OG moments spent together. the disastrous k'floo decoration, the untangling game, the grand slams we had, our metano'ia and kick ass cheers, erm our times at dinner, the amazing race (it was more bonding than a race really), the tsunami fund raising day (yayy zhiperng and i probably raised the most thats smthing to be proud of totally cool!)...and O night, buying the cloth at Spotlight ahaha so glad i went along even tho i was tired or i wldve missed out on all those fun stuff. yeah...and bertram and shihui my my dont u two make a lovely couple...ahaha ok fine i shall be quiet but well...u two make a great OGL duo thanks for making metano'ia so spirited. i only hope we can go out more often and bond more tightly. try to break to cliques hopefully. just thankful for all of u guys....
okkk. so i really miss my OG but my class rawks too! 1A01A! i was always on the fence abt sci or humans and thank god i got the scholarship (hopefully it lasts) so glad i take humans the teachers are great the pple are fun and we want breakfast so we rawk and you dont and u lose wwe win ahaha ok im going hyper sniper but yeah this is showtime! hopefully things work out. i wanna be as successful as anyone can possibly be in life i really wanna :) ok why did i just say that? insecurities of taking arts maybe but heck its FUN. and yeah its the road less travelled by so i dont mind at least i made a choice. hopefully my results for Os show me worthy of continuing here. i dont even guarantee myself a place in rj forever (fingers crossed may the heavens bless all of us pleaseeeee). was talking to mrs koh today sigh really miss her and all the other teachers i hope they dont forget us...miss ri...so near yet so far...
ok. silas marner. othello. french revolution. fiscal policy. inequalities. just some of the stuff coming up in our lives. im glad more pple are opening up this is so great- the feeling that ur enthusiasm is being reciprocated ahaha. yeap. week 1 orientation. week 2 slack lectures and crashings...week 3 which is now erm starting on heavy lesson layouts but still loving every single moment of it...yayyy. christine warned me that my drive for enthusiasm must not come from my fear of regret. well...i dunno. maybe it is. but im surely trying to avoid that. at least i know im conscious. so this is cool. and yeah. sorry for the loyal taggers for not updating ahaha. ok play along with me im a super star yeah? so all u fans...thank you so much for believing in me...finally- a golden globe!!! ahaha. finally. a golden globe which i cld appreciate fully. wish i cld watch all the shows in there love them...what milllion dollar baby, hotel rwanda, finding neverland, closer, the aviator, iron jawed angels, sideways etc. etc. lalala ccc reminded me of the show life is beautiful damn i love that show its the most BEAUTIFUL show on earth. nothing can match its beauty. miss it. love life. lets all love life for what its worth!
i think the tsunami of events from the past few weeks has stopped and awaits my continuity. the tsunami of the human spirit someone once said in response to the tragedy. indeed. now my life has stopped here when i look back on all those times and recall them from not too long ago. now i move on from here. finally. fulfilled obligation of blogging. hahaha. yep. we're all having fun. the science guys are cool. sorry once again to jonK. my fault. but we're cool now i hope? erm, alan yayy. i dunno. im just saying yayy. u seem much approachable now. maybe its the girls....(ok i didnt say anything...but i gather is true...u just attract them lah) and yeah i went for chorale auditions still awaiting results. drama feste auditions was a crazy experience but kinda expected it at the same time ahaha. nash, dont ever be depressed again. its not worth it. take it from me. i hope u and also junyi find the strength to see what;s really impt- thats yourself. go for yourself. yeap. so drama feste seems fun doesnt it. lalala. why do i keep saying this. lalala. wonder when it all started anyway. hmmm. aha i havent forgotten! ok i dunno.
yeah lotsa good songs around nowadays. and now im kinda done i really wanna sleep now that the mojo is back so to speak i guess im back in business. tv is kicking of into hot season too with apprentice, charmed, american idol, amazing race all splashing down on us. lalala. and now im a freak for movies. ccc! u better organize a movie screening at ur house or smthing...those precious flicks. ok that sounded porn or smthing. but NO! i shall only watch nice innocent shows. really, whats the point of corrupting the mind? well, im in no position to speak, says both the angel and devil in me. i have sinned says my soul. and my heart says yes, i have sinned. but to myself i say, i will change. mark my WORDS.
ok...erm delirious as u can see...shall leave with this thought provoking story i found at some other blog. before i get sued. i give the copyright owner any right to warn me before persecuting me. ok. this is good for sharing. im for no side. im a free thinker. so take what u make of it :) gdnite.
"Let me explain the problem science has with Jesus Christ." The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand.
"You're a Christian, aren't you, son?
"Yes sir," the student says.
"So you believe in God?"
"Absolutely."
"Is God good?"
"Sure! God's good."
"Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?"
"Yes."
"Are you good or evil?"
"The Bible says I'm evil."
The professor grins knowingly. "Aha! The Bible!" He considers for a moment.
"Here's one for you. Let's say there's a sick person over here and you can cure him. You can do it. Would you help him? Would you try?"
"Yes sir, I would."
"So you're good...!"
"I wouldn't say that."
"But why not say that? You'd help a sick and maimed person if you could.Most of us would if we could. But God doesn't."
The student does not answer, so the professor continues.
"He doesn't, does he? My brother was a Christian who died of cancer, eventhough he prayed to Jesus to heal him. How is this Jesus good? Hmmm? Can you answer that one?"
The student remains silent."No, you can't, can you?" the professor says. He takes a sip of water from a glass on his desk to give the student time to relax.
"Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?"
"Er...yes," the student says.
"Is Satan good?"The student doesn't hesitate on this one.
"No."
"Then where does Satan come from?"
The student falters. "From...God..."
"That's right. God made Satan, didn't he? Tell me, son. Is there evil in thisworld?"
"Yes, sir."
"Evil's everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything, correct?"
"Yes."
"So who created evil?"
Again, the student has no answer.
"Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness. All these terrible things, do they exist in this world?"
The student squirms on his feet.
"Yes."
"So who created them?"
The student does not answer again, so the professor repeats his question.
"Who created them?"
There is still no answer.
Suddenly the lecturer breaks away to pace in front of the classroom. Theclass is mesmerized.
"Tell me," he continues onto another student. "Do you believe in Jesus Christ, son?"
The student's voice betrays him and cracks. "Yes, professor. I do."
The old man stops pacing. "Science says you have five senses you use toidentify and observe the world around you. Have you ever seen Jesus?"
"No sir. I've never seen Him."
"Then tell us if you've ever heard your Jesus?"
"No, sir. I have not."
"Have you ever felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelt your Jesus? Haveyou ever had any sensory perception of Jesus Christ, or God for that matter."
"No, sir, I'm afraid I haven't."
"Yet you still believe in him?"
"Yes."
"According to the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, sciencesays your God doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?"
"Nothing," the student replies. "I only have my faith."
"Yes, faith," the professor repeats. "And that is the problem science has with God. There is no evidence, only faith."
The student stands quietly for a moment, before asking a question of His own."Professor, is there such thing as heat?"
"Yes," the professor replies. "There's heat."
"And is there such a thing as cold?"
"Yes, son, there's cold too."
"No sir, there isn't."
The professor turns to face the student, obviously interested. The roomsuddenly becomes very quiet. The student begins to explain.
"You can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, whiteheat, 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; otherwise we would be able to go colder than -458 degrees. You see, sir, cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure in thermal units because heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it."
Silence across the room. A pen drops somewhere in the classroom, sounding like a hammer.
"What about darkness, professor. Is there such a thing as darkness?"
"Yes," the professor replies without hesitation. "What is night if it isn'tdarkness?"
"You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something; it 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 it's called darkness, isn't it? That's the meaning we use to define the word. In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?"
The professor begins to smile at the student in front of him. This will be a good semester.
"So what point are you making, young man?"
"Yes, professor. My point is, your philosophical premise is flawed to startwith and so your conclusion must also be flawed."
The professor's face cannot hide his surprise this time. "Flawed? Can you explain how?"
"You are working on the premise of duality," the student explains. "You argue that there is life and then there's 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 froma monkey?"
"If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young man, yes, ofcourse I do."
"Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?"The professor begins to shake his head, still smiling, as he realizes where the argument is going.A very good semester indeed.
"Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you now not a scientist, but a preacher?"The class is in uproar.
The student remains silent until the commotion has subsided.
"To continue the point you were making earlier to the other student, let me give you an example of what I mean."The student looks around the room. "Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the professor's brain?" The class breaks out into laughter. "Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor's brain, felt the professor's brain, touched or smelt the professor's brain? 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, with all due respect, sir. So if science says you have no brain, how can we trust your lectures, sir?"
Now the room is silent.
The professor just stares at the student, his face unreadable.Finally, after what seems an eternity, the old man answers. "I guess you'll have to take them on faith."
verses future and the hype and synergy was simply amazing. whoo! those memories....ahhhh the new faces and awkward moments, rediscovering yourself in the process, how priceless is that? gosh gosh gosh im gahh-ing over the trance i was in but yeah hafta face it things happen and pass and before we knew it orientation was over. sigh. its ok, the smashing thing is knowing we have the whole JC life ahead of us to embrace. like in sec 4 i was real soppy and all abt having to leave behind all those well spent years....the delicious years haha even now when i speak of it or think of it i miss it but yeah, knowing that now we're really like sec 1s, at the start of a new phase...its really inspiring u know. the phrase and mindset of "carpe diem!" means so much now. there's really so much to take in to inhale its coming so fast we cant breathe but we love it. well at least i do. im using the victorian WE. :) it feels good to be in good company. the people are fun and hopefully we will all become good friends and have lasting friendships and all...a new beginning, out of the blue like delta goodrem once sang...WOW the ccas to join the lectures and tutorials and homework to do for us humans students essays to complete and books to read and stuff to appreciate around us. elite man. shhhweeet! like a sugary donut with blueberry yumm yumms dripping from the golden brown rims....perfection...yeah! that's it. perfect, like a blank piece of canvas. and now we're the artists waiting to do a new masterpiece all over again. what we gonna do? which colours? which brush? what? why? whatever for? u know...that feeling that u get to redeem yourself. you get to try out new stuff and experiment with new ideas and take the path less travelled by. woohooo. mental orgasm!
so im full of anticipation im quite sure everyone else is too. all i hope for is that we do not become jaded. the pple here are mostly enthu and extroverted! cool! even if they're not, they're realy nice pple im sure. i dont care abt how i viewed certain others last time cuz now im really different in my thinking. im giving others a chance so hopefully i get a chance to. to start anew in everyone's minds. im so thankful things have worked out this way. in this i have no particular faith to turn to but i do know inside my heart some force i believe in, the force that makes things happen for a reason and so far the reasons are good and really kind to me and all i love so thanks for all these thanks so much i am just HIGH.
so many things have happened erm i really really cannot summarize it haha cuz as i type i am correcting typos then looking at the clock cuz i wanna sleep....another long day tomorrow. aaaaa. but hey, im gonna try :) right now life i beautiful i dont wanna screw it up. i forsee downs but if we dont cherish the ups there isnt anything to look forward to then...
erm. alright. orientation. metano'ia! you guys RAWK. period okay. erm lemme try to name all of you. kevin, ivee, bryant, nicholas, weijie, michelle koo, inka, michelle low, chuan yue, shang, zhi perng (hale), yii wen, zhao jing, zhao ke, li zhan, de hui, qiao qi, yiling, dawnie, soon hock, weiping and myself i hope i didnt forget anyone this is so sucky if i do but really if i did its becuase i was thinking of you ahaha. oh well. thanks u ppeps for the good times shared. do always always return to the cosy k'cove and never forget how we all had a change of heart. keep the k'lam going! and as for Alves! you go dude! alves rocked big time im sorry but xdfy wasnt cool enough haha....right or not retro....................
bla bla bla maybe i will fill this place in with more stuff some other time but its highly unlikely but tilll then i cherish those classic OG moments spent together. the disastrous k'floo decoration, the untangling game, the grand slams we had, our metano'ia and kick ass cheers, erm our times at dinner, the amazing race (it was more bonding than a race really), the tsunami fund raising day (yayy zhiperng and i probably raised the most thats smthing to be proud of totally cool!)...and O night, buying the cloth at Spotlight ahaha so glad i went along even tho i was tired or i wldve missed out on all those fun stuff. yeah...and bertram and shihui my my dont u two make a lovely couple...ahaha ok fine i shall be quiet but well...u two make a great OGL duo thanks for making metano'ia so spirited. i only hope we can go out more often and bond more tightly. try to break to cliques hopefully. just thankful for all of u guys....
okkk. so i really miss my OG but my class rawks too! 1A01A! i was always on the fence abt sci or humans and thank god i got the scholarship (hopefully it lasts) so glad i take humans the teachers are great the pple are fun and we want breakfast so we rawk and you dont and u lose wwe win ahaha ok im going hyper sniper but yeah this is showtime! hopefully things work out. i wanna be as successful as anyone can possibly be in life i really wanna :) ok why did i just say that? insecurities of taking arts maybe but heck its FUN. and yeah its the road less travelled by so i dont mind at least i made a choice. hopefully my results for Os show me worthy of continuing here. i dont even guarantee myself a place in rj forever (fingers crossed may the heavens bless all of us pleaseeeee). was talking to mrs koh today sigh really miss her and all the other teachers i hope they dont forget us...miss ri...so near yet so far...
ok. silas marner. othello. french revolution. fiscal policy. inequalities. just some of the stuff coming up in our lives. im glad more pple are opening up this is so great- the feeling that ur enthusiasm is being reciprocated ahaha. yeap. week 1 orientation. week 2 slack lectures and crashings...week 3 which is now erm starting on heavy lesson layouts but still loving every single moment of it...yayyy. christine warned me that my drive for enthusiasm must not come from my fear of regret. well...i dunno. maybe it is. but im surely trying to avoid that. at least i know im conscious. so this is cool. and yeah. sorry for the loyal taggers for not updating ahaha. ok play along with me im a super star yeah? so all u fans...thank you so much for believing in me...finally- a golden globe!!! ahaha. finally. a golden globe which i cld appreciate fully. wish i cld watch all the shows in there love them...what milllion dollar baby, hotel rwanda, finding neverland, closer, the aviator, iron jawed angels, sideways etc. etc. lalala ccc reminded me of the show life is beautiful damn i love that show its the most BEAUTIFUL show on earth. nothing can match its beauty. miss it. love life. lets all love life for what its worth!
i think the tsunami of events from the past few weeks has stopped and awaits my continuity. the tsunami of the human spirit someone once said in response to the tragedy. indeed. now my life has stopped here when i look back on all those times and recall them from not too long ago. now i move on from here. finally. fulfilled obligation of blogging. hahaha. yep. we're all having fun. the science guys are cool. sorry once again to jonK. my fault. but we're cool now i hope? erm, alan yayy. i dunno. im just saying yayy. u seem much approachable now. maybe its the girls....(ok i didnt say anything...but i gather is true...u just attract them lah) and yeah i went for chorale auditions still awaiting results. drama feste auditions was a crazy experience but kinda expected it at the same time ahaha. nash, dont ever be depressed again. its not worth it. take it from me. i hope u and also junyi find the strength to see what;s really impt- thats yourself. go for yourself. yeap. so drama feste seems fun doesnt it. lalala. why do i keep saying this. lalala. wonder when it all started anyway. hmmm. aha i havent forgotten! ok i dunno.
yeah lotsa good songs around nowadays. and now im kinda done i really wanna sleep now that the mojo is back so to speak i guess im back in business. tv is kicking of into hot season too with apprentice, charmed, american idol, amazing race all splashing down on us. lalala. and now im a freak for movies. ccc! u better organize a movie screening at ur house or smthing...those precious flicks. ok that sounded porn or smthing. but NO! i shall only watch nice innocent shows. really, whats the point of corrupting the mind? well, im in no position to speak, says both the angel and devil in me. i have sinned says my soul. and my heart says yes, i have sinned. but to myself i say, i will change. mark my WORDS.
ok...erm delirious as u can see...shall leave with this thought provoking story i found at some other blog. before i get sued. i give the copyright owner any right to warn me before persecuting me. ok. this is good for sharing. im for no side. im a free thinker. so take what u make of it :) gdnite.
SCIENCE AND GOD
"Let me explain the problem science has with Jesus Christ." The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand.
"You're a Christian, aren't you, son?
"Yes sir," the student says.
"So you believe in God?"
"Absolutely."
"Is God good?"
"Sure! God's good."
"Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?"
"Yes."
"Are you good or evil?"
"The Bible says I'm evil."
The professor grins knowingly. "Aha! The Bible!" He considers for a moment.
"Here's one for you. Let's say there's a sick person over here and you can cure him. You can do it. Would you help him? Would you try?"
"Yes sir, I would."
"So you're good...!"
"I wouldn't say that."
"But why not say that? You'd help a sick and maimed person if you could.Most of us would if we could. But God doesn't."
The student does not answer, so the professor continues.
"He doesn't, does he? My brother was a Christian who died of cancer, eventhough he prayed to Jesus to heal him. How is this Jesus good? Hmmm? Can you answer that one?"
The student remains silent."No, you can't, can you?" the professor says. He takes a sip of water from a glass on his desk to give the student time to relax.
"Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?"
"Er...yes," the student says.
"Is Satan good?"The student doesn't hesitate on this one.
"No."
"Then where does Satan come from?"
The student falters. "From...God..."
"That's right. God made Satan, didn't he? Tell me, son. Is there evil in thisworld?"
"Yes, sir."
"Evil's everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything, correct?"
"Yes."
"So who created evil?"
Again, the student has no answer.
"Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness. All these terrible things, do they exist in this world?"
The student squirms on his feet.
"Yes."
"So who created them?"
The student does not answer again, so the professor repeats his question.
"Who created them?"
There is still no answer.
Suddenly the lecturer breaks away to pace in front of the classroom. Theclass is mesmerized.
"Tell me," he continues onto another student. "Do you believe in Jesus Christ, son?"
The student's voice betrays him and cracks. "Yes, professor. I do."
The old man stops pacing. "Science says you have five senses you use toidentify and observe the world around you. Have you ever seen Jesus?"
"No sir. I've never seen Him."
"Then tell us if you've ever heard your Jesus?"
"No, sir. I have not."
"Have you ever felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelt your Jesus? Haveyou ever had any sensory perception of Jesus Christ, or God for that matter."
"No, sir, I'm afraid I haven't."
"Yet you still believe in him?"
"Yes."
"According to the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, sciencesays your God doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?"
"Nothing," the student replies. "I only have my faith."
"Yes, faith," the professor repeats. "And that is the problem science has with God. There is no evidence, only faith."
The student stands quietly for a moment, before asking a question of His own."Professor, is there such thing as heat?"
"Yes," the professor replies. "There's heat."
"And is there such a thing as cold?"
"Yes, son, there's cold too."
"No sir, there isn't."
The professor turns to face the student, obviously interested. The roomsuddenly becomes very quiet. The student begins to explain.
"You can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, whiteheat, 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; otherwise we would be able to go colder than -458 degrees. You see, sir, cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure in thermal units because heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it."
Silence across the room. A pen drops somewhere in the classroom, sounding like a hammer.
"What about darkness, professor. Is there such a thing as darkness?"
"Yes," the professor replies without hesitation. "What is night if it isn'tdarkness?"
"You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something; it 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 it's called darkness, isn't it? That's the meaning we use to define the word. In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?"
The professor begins to smile at the student in front of him. This will be a good semester.
"So what point are you making, young man?"
"Yes, professor. My point is, your philosophical premise is flawed to startwith and so your conclusion must also be flawed."
The professor's face cannot hide his surprise this time. "Flawed? Can you explain how?"
"You are working on the premise of duality," the student explains. "You argue that there is life and then there's 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 froma monkey?"
"If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young man, yes, ofcourse I do."
"Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?"The professor begins to shake his head, still smiling, as he realizes where the argument is going.A very good semester indeed.
"Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you now not a scientist, but a preacher?"The class is in uproar.
The student remains silent until the commotion has subsided.
"To continue the point you were making earlier to the other student, let me give you an example of what I mean."The student looks around the room. "Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the professor's brain?" The class breaks out into laughter. "Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor's brain, felt the professor's brain, touched or smelt the professor's brain? 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, with all due respect, sir. So if science says you have no brain, how can we trust your lectures, sir?"
Now the room is silent.
The professor just stares at the student, his face unreadable.Finally, after what seems an eternity, the old man answers. "I guess you'll have to take them on faith."