Yule Rock @ NSP

Faith

Article below are taken from forwarded e-mail. Credits goes to "Anonymous"

INTERESTING CONVERSATION

An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem
science has with God, The Almighty.

He asks one of his new Christian students to stand and.....

Professor : You are a Christian, aren't you, son?
Student : Yes, sir.

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 fella. 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 it's 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.

Break Free

Break Free

By Hillsong

Verse 1

Would you believe me, would you listen if I told you that
There is a love that makes the way, it never holds you back


Verse 2

Who would have thought that God would give his one and only Son
Taken a stand upon the cross to show his perfect love


Pre-chorus
So would you break free, would you break free get up and dance, in His love


Chorus

His love never ends, yeah.
There's no escaping the truth, there's no mistaking its you
God forever we'll get up and dance, get up and dance and praise you
There's no escaping your love, there's no mistaking your light
Across the world we will get up and dance, get up and dance and praise you


Verse 3

Now is the time to take this freedom that has come our way
Offer our lives to see the glory of His name


Bridge

Never ? all our days
We are holy Lord, holding onto all your ways
We are holding on, holding on to all you've said and you've done
We are holding on to your love
Now we will dance

Palawan Tour

Palawan Tour


Good thing Cebu Pacific offers lots of promo like the Piso Fare, so "every Juan can fly".



At first we decided to have a trip to Cagayan de Oro but the time that Cebu Pacific offered this promo, they don't have yet direct flight to CDO, so our we go for Palawan.



Known as the "Last Frontier of the Philippines", Palawan has lot to offer. We arrived at Puerto Princesa Airport about lunch time. We just placed are baggage at the pension house where we stayed and right after we had our lunch. Then afterwards, we started our tour.



We had our city tour just by ourselves. We tought we could save a lot as compared to having a travel guide. So our first stop was the Butterfly Garden. What else should you expect for, of course, butterflies and lots of butterflies. Next stop, Baker's Hill. We tasted their Ube Hopia, Ham & Cheese Pandesal and Pianono. Among the three, my favorite is Ube Hopia. Then we go to the closest Rancho for site seeing. And our final stop for the city tour, the famous Crocodile Farm. You'll find different sizes of crocodile. And to end the day we had our dinner to one of the famous restaurant in the city, Ka Lui Restaurant.



On the second day, we had our underground river cruise on Puerto Princesa Palawan Subterranean River. It's an almost 8 KM navigable underground river, but only around 1-2 KM is open to public. Don't know, may be i was not listening when the guide was explaining. Lots of stalactites and stalagmites formation you can see inside the cave. Then we end the day by having our dinner at Kinabuchs Restaurant. I tried their tamilok (woodworm), but I was not able to eat all.

On our third day, we went island hopping at Honda Bay. Our first stop, Pandan Island. We had snorkeling on the island. Then we went to Snake Island, named after its shape "S". We had our lunch their and, the usual, snorkel again and fed the fish. Our final stop was the Starfish Island, named after because they say this island has lots of starfish, but amazingly, i found few. On our way back to the wharf, we passed by to Lu-Li Island short for Lulubog-Lilitaw.

It is very exciting to go to different places. My next stop. I don't know where, but for sure I will post it here.