Sunday, December 30, 2007
Well, so now I know what the OG Yuli was ranting about means. And yes, I didn't bother to ask what it stands for, for fear of receiving the reaction "Oh my, that girl is entering jc in less than two days, and she doesn't know what OG means?!"
Who knew that it would stand for Orientation Group???
A rather conspicuous lack of originality and creativity wouldn't you agree? On a more personal note though, HI JIAMIN! We can sign friends foreva on my non-existent autograph book, and I can tear the page out once we end up in different classes! Oh seriously (slaps thyself and thy useless mouth), SHALOM JIAMIN.
Now to what I really intended to blog about. Despite my failed attempts at qt recently, I would strongly recommend all youths to read the student edition of "
The Case for Creator"...
When you reach my age (oh so now I will sink into menopause), and you are painfully aware that physics is the bane of the female existence, you will hate what I am about to say.
After reading the book, this is what I feel: You know gravity? The fact we can walk on flat surfaces without strapping ourselves to the floor, or the fact that when we jump off a raised platform, we do a faceplant in the ground? Yes gravity. It's something we all take for granted. Not that I see many of you waking up in the morning and crying out "Oh Lord, thank You for gravity!" No, I don't even see most of you in the morning.
From the book:
Right now, the force of gravity is set precisely at a certain point along this incredibly long continuum. As a result, life on earth can flourish. But pretend the dial setting for the force of gravity were to be moved by just one single, solitary inch.
Immediately, the impact on life in the universe would be catastrophic! Animals anywhere near the size of human beings would be instantly crushed. Even insects would need thick legs to support themselves, and animals much larger couldn't survive. And that's just from moving the dial setting a mere inch compared to the width of the entire universe!
"As you can see," said Collins, "gravity has an incomprehensibly narrow range for life to exist. Of all the possible settings on the dial, from one side of the universe to the other, it happens to be situated in the exact right fraction of an inch to make our universe capable of sustaining life.Amazing isn't it? Such fine-tuning, detailed design of creation screams RUBBISH! at random chances of big bang, and insteads points proudly towards the mind of a Creator.
The author of this book, Lee Strobel, was convinced initially by science that God didn't exist. It is written here how he went about researching and discovering more about science, that he had no choice at all in the end, but to acknowledge that the universe was really designed by a supreme creator, God.
If you still hate gravity after what I've just typed, this book also handles issue on DNA, molecular machines, Darwinism and the origin of life. Do you know that despite what Darwin insists.. to date.. scientist still cannot find the link between reptiles and birds? Do you know that the Java man was just a skull, a femur (thigh bone), three teeth, and a great deal of imagination? And did you know that the Archaeopteryx was proved by a Chinese paloentologist that it was merely a dinosaur tail glued to a primitive bird?
Don't ask me what a paloentologist is. I have absolutely no idea.
But read the book. It will blow your mind.
I think I will go read up on Wikipedia about the origin of christmas trees now.
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