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Thursday, February 23, 2012

I have lived in the United States of America as a legal immigrant since 1964 and I love this country as if it were my own. I am also a Christian. But I cannot stop myself from expressing my anger in response to the absolute stupidity and utter ignorance of our military in Afghanistan.

If after 10 years of occupation (for whatever reason we think we need to be there) we still do not undertand the significance of the Quran to the Muslims living there we deserve to be expelled by the justified oproar of the populace.

Are we so addicted to our lust for money - and oil for our gasoline slurping vehicles - that we could not possibly understand that there would be people who did not share our greed?

To burn the Holy Book of another civilization, aggravated by the addition of vulgar sex magazines in the fire, is such an act of incomprehensible ignorance that we should not be surprised that our (even most 'sincere') apologies will only add to the ever escalating level of protest and rejection of our continued presence in this region.

Question & Answer Section
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
At the end of an interfaith conference (Jewish, Muslim, Christian) a self-professed atheist told me the following:

If there is a God, he is (1) Incompetent ("I could accept that") or

(2) Indifferent ("This would make me very mad")

My response: (3) God loves you as if you were his only child!

There was very little time for continued discussion so I asked him to check this site occasionally over the next few months and I would try I to elaborate on this in more detail.


...TO BE CONTINUED ...
THE MUSIC OF CREATION
Tuesday, November 8, 2005

Q. Will there be sex in Heaven?  A. No

(1) There is no need for propagation
(2) The pleasures of Heaven will surpass anything

EID_UL_ADHA
 
Saturday, November 26, 2005 -- HoneyDEW

Q. What is Heaven like?

A. This can only be answered if we first consider the existence of God (without whom the concept of Heaven is void and without meaning). So let us consider this.

There were two scientists, astronomers by profession. They worked together, side by side, for many years. With their telescopes and electronic measurement instruments they explored as much as the universe as they could and discovered many new and astonishing facts concerning distant star systems and even more distant galaxies. Together they published several of their discoveries and during the televised interview of one of these occasions one reporter asked both of them the same question:

"In your research have you discovered any evidence of God?"

One of them spoke up immediately and said:

    "I have traveled through the entire universe and looked in every nook and cranny that I had access to with the most up to date technology at our disposal ... and I did not see God anywhere ...!"

Now everybody was looking at the second scientist and waited for him to speak. Then he spoke these words:

    "During these many years I was sitting right next to my esteemed colleague as we virtually traversed countless light years to reach even the most distant galaxies at the edge of the universe ... and I saw God everywhere ...!"

Now, if I may, I would like to interject a very recent piece of evidence of God's existence in my own life (a few minutes ago as a matter of fact). As I was thinking about the continuation of my answer I suddenly remembered a quote from a book I read many years ago about Time and Space. I only vaguely remembered the quote and thought that the book title might have the words "Arrow" and "Time" in it. I realized that I had lent it to my ex brother-in-law years ago and did not recall having received it back. I also knew that after my latest move many of my books were still in boxes in the garage and that any chance of finding the exact quote in a timely fashion was very small.

So I asked God to help me find the exact quote (if this would help in answering your question) and went upstairs to start looking for it in the only currently operational part of my 'library'. There, in a book case topically arranged by my brother who had helped me move into my new house more than a year ago, I found what I was looking for. On the third row from the top, the 9th book from the left, wedged between 'Reverse Time Travel' and Einstein's Legacy': ... 'The Arrow of Time' / 'A Voyage Through Science to Solve Time's Greatest Mystery' by Peter Coveney and Roger Highfield (ISBN 0-449-90630-2 / hard cover). I took it downstairs, back to my office, and began a random search of the many highlighted sections on just about every page left behind by my younger self in the early nineties. Suddenly, there is was, on page 263, 13 lines from the top.

    total elapsed time from ("God help me"): 4 minutes and 20 seconds.

In a paragraph concerning the problems posed by time in relation to 'a consistent fusion of quantum and relativity theories.'

    "In the short run, it is simpler for physicists to dismiss such (problems) - there are much easier pickings elsewhere. Indeed, the vast majority of physicists, pragmatists at heart, simply ignore the problems posed by time. They adopt the view expressed by Charles Lamb (1775-1834):

      'Nothing troubles me more than time and space; and yet nothing troubles me less, as I never think about them'"
    Over the years have come to understand that the existence of God cannot be proved by any method known to man; be it science, philosophy, existentialism or any other rational process. In order to find God you have to make a choice
    It just happened ...

    Bang ... and wait ...

Wednesday, October 30, 2002 Give me your Tired, your Poor?


(Inspired by Haitians jumping ship in Miami)

Of the 20,000-plus persons who are detained by the INS on any given day, about 3,000 are asylum seekers. They are not criminals; the most they could be accused of was having improper documentation or none. They are treated worse than persons incarcerated in US prisons for murder. They are not guaranteed access to a lawyer; they must find out by themselves how to get one. If they do not have a lawyer with them at the hearings, they are six times more likely to be denied asylum and "removed" that is, deported. Their access to telephones and visitors is strictly controlled; although there are federal regulations for minimum standards in this regard, they are not routinely kept.


The United Nations Human Rights Commission has specific rules about treatment of refugees and asylees, and the INS has disregarded all of them.

In the past 5 or 6 years treatment of persons seeking entrance to this country has become more and more punitive under national regulations. Last December in Oregon, the district office of the INS was exposed by a reporting team of The Oregonian as going beyond national guidelines in refusing entrance to Asians. Their treatment became so egregious that travel agencies in Japan were advising customers to choose any other destination than Portland. The district director was finally forced to resign, although he swore he was only following the rules. (Enforcing the rules is a matter of wide interpretation by INS officials, at the best of times.)


Tuesday, October 22, 2002 Why did Rome Fall?


It seems clear, then, that the causes of the collapse must, like hidden cancers, have been developing during Gibbon's period of happiness and prosperity. Some of the symptoms, at least, can be recognized. To take one example, in the first century of the empire there had still been a vigorous literature. But in the second century AD from Hadrian onward, apart from Suetonius' Biographies of the Emperors, the Metamorphoses of Apuleius, and the Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius, Latin literature is overcome by a sort of indolent apathy. The same apathy began to exhibit itself in municipal life. Financial burdens which were imposed on the local magistrates and senators. By the second century many cities had spent themselves into debt.


But there was no escape from the relentless regimentation, which pervaded all aspects of life. For regimentation was the end-result of the abdication of political freedom and of the pursuit of materialism. The welfare state had become despotism. This new and dreary type of empire still possessed sufficient power to hold the frontiers against the barbarians for another century.

10/22/02 7:57 PM – CPCC(17) – Anthropology (The Origin of Religion?)
Albert Einstein: “The Cosmos looks more and more like a great thought"


Could its mighty Army have saved Rome?


When one thinks of the Roman Empire, the first thing that may come to mind is the strength and stability provided by its army. It is widely held that the fortunes of Rome were directly tied to the prowess of her military. Many scholars have maintained that in the later period of the Empire, Rome's military might steadily declined for a variety of reasons. In the end it was this lack of security that allowed the barbarian hordes to topple what had once been the mightiest empire in the world


In essence, the Roman Empire crumbled due to insufficient economic power, which came about for a variety of reasons. It lacked the resources necessary to keep such a vast empire intact. The empire reached such a point that it could no longer support itself, becoming top heavy, and crashed down like a tower that had grown too high for its own foundation.

Sunday, April 28, 2001


Q. My girlfriend wants to wait until we get married before we engage in sexual relations. I think it is important that we check it out beforehand just in case we are not compatible.

A. For non-Christians, I am sure, your attitude would be the only solution to resolve any uncertainties and anxieties with respect to sexual 'compatibility'. However, in your letter you state that you go to church regularly and I assume, therefore, that you are, or are in the process of becoming, a Christian. Allow me then, to tell you about the wonderful consequence of God's response to our prayers that will remove any and all uncertainties and anxieties we might have, not only with respect to our future spouse, but anything else as well.

We are told by the Scriptures that our bodies are "temples of the Holy Spirit" (1 Corinthians 6:19-20) and in (Galatians 5:18-25) we are clearly warned to stay away from adultery and fornication. We all know what adultery is but some of us may be confused about fornication. Webster's Dictionary reveals a clear definition in plain English. This means that 'pre-marital' sex is clearly not the route that a Christian should consider!

Now for the good news: The Scriptures declare with absolute clarity that God will do everything to the good of 'those who love Him' and Jesus himself declares what it means to 'love Him' The evidence of our faith in God and our love for Him is reflected in our willingness to obey His commands.

So if you really love God, even if you have made the mistake of (pre-marital sex) already, your earnest intent not to continue (to offend God) and your fervent prayer for God to help you find a suitable mate will have wonderful results

Joyfully surrender to God's will and He will give you whatever you desire (when you really are 'born again' your desires will have changed).

As long as you insist on following your own rules of conduct, which inevitably will be influenced by the general consensus of (those who do not love God), there is great danger that you will yield to the desires of the flesh instead.

with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee ...