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Feb 1st

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An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to...

Professor: You are a Christian, aren’t you, son? 
Student: Yes, sir. 
Professor: So, you believe in God? 
Student: Absolutely, sir. 
Professor: Is God good? 
Student: Sure. 
Professor: 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 God good, then? Hmm? 
 (Student was silent) 
Professor: You can’t answer, can you? Let’s start again, young fella. Is God good? 
Student: Yes. 
Professor: Is Satan good? 
Student: No. 
Professor: Where does Satan come from? 
Student: From.. God. 
Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world? 
Student: Yes. 
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it? And God did make everything. Correct? 
Student: Yes. 
Professor: So who created evil? 
 (Student didn’t answer) 
Professor: Is there sickness? Immortality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they? 
Student: Yes, sir. 
Professor: So, who created them? 
 (Student had no answer) 
Professor: 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. 
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your God. 
Student: No, sir. 
Professor: 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. 
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him? 
Student: Yes. 
Professor: 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. 
Professor: Yes, Faith. And that is the problem Science has. 
Student: Professor, is there such a thing as Heat? 
Professor: Yes. 
Student: And is there such a thing as Cold? 
Professor: Yes. 
Student: No, sir, there isn’t. 
 (The Lecture Theatre became 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 was a pon-drop silence in the Lecture Theatre) 
Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness? 
Professor: 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 it’s called Darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, You would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you? 
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man? 
Student: Sir, my point is, your Philosophical Premise is flawed. 
Professor: 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? 
Professor: 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 shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was 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 endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher? 
 (The class was in uproar) 
Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain? 
 (The class broke 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 and Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures? 
 (The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable) 
Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on Faith, son. 
Student: That is it, sir.. exactly! The link between man and God is Faith. That is all that keeps things alive and moving! 
 The student's name was Albert Einstein. Brilliant.

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Aug 8th

Woot! New white blackberry bold 9000!

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Jul 28th

Exam

OMG summer school is almost finally over! My exam is today and I didn’t study one bit last night… But that’s ok because I don’t give a crap abt this course… Wish me luck anyways :)

Jul 28th

Heading off to church retreat!! Woot!! This is going to be sick! Jackson’s Point here I come!!

Jul 23rd

Woot new blackberry curve 8520!!

Jul 22nd

I think I have a serious addiction to Kijiji and Craigslist… help me.

Jul 22nd

Jul 21st

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Jul 21st

Natural High and Good Vibes. ♥♥:... →

People are getting robbed like there’s no tomorrow. Stalking houses so they know when the family isn’t home, throwing rocks to break windows, stacking bricks to climb into houses, and now using chainsaws to get in? What the fuck is this. Nobody is safe here now more than ever. I hear news about… crazy shit going on right now

Jul 19th

Farewell grandpa

Well my grandpa left back to Hong Kong today real early in the morning. It was nice having him over for a few months, getting to spend some time with him. I just pray that he’ll arrive safely as he is still on the plane as I’m posting this… just hope that he has a smooth trip back. Love you dude…

Jul 19th

Jul 18th

“You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”

– Joker

Jul 17th

Bio Test #2

Just finished my second test, which was easy relative to the first one we did a few days ago. I think our teacher realised that if she doesn’t make our test easier, we’d all fail and drop the course after this test… haha. The days are going by faster than days before, though still very long and gueling… I can’t wait for this to be over!

Jul 16th

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Summerschool Rant

This sucks so hard… taking biology in summer school was prob the worse choice i made in 2010! I waste close to a month of my summer break, which is half of it! Damn piss me off… we don’t do jack shit here, but read the textbook and take notes off the overhead. We don’t even have assignments, just a test every 3 days. I could have taken this online and finish the course in...

Jul 15th

Grand re-opening

Hey guys, I havn’t posted anything here since November 8th 2009, which has been like 3/4 of a year. I think I will start blogging again since I am in summer school and it’s boring as hell here. I’ll see you all soon :)

Jul 15th

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Oct 30th

Channel 63 TOMORROW NIGHT!

Watch our volleyball highlights from today on channel 63 (if you live in RH) tomorrow night! Watch our highlights from our game against Bayview S.S. We beat St. Theresa and Bayview today!! 4-0-0 babyy!!!

Oct 21st