Friday, July 29, 2005
HAPPY BDAY SINGAPORE
Sing to "We are Singapore"
There was a time when Richard said
That TT Durai didn't do it, but he did
There was a time when Richard said
That NKF didn't do it, but they did
They built NKF, strong and rich, reaching out together
For more and more money
Chorus 1:
It is our money, it is our blood,
It is our kindness, it is our tears,
Don't take our money, to be your bonus
Don't cheat Singapore, Singaporeans
Sing to "One people, one nation, one Singapore"
We've built NKF with our brains
With educated people from a rich lands
Strangers when we first began, now we're all con man
Let's reach out for Singapore, join our hands forevermore
Chorus:
Con people, con nation, con Singapore
That's the way that we believe forevermore
Every dollar and every cent, every woman and every man
Con people, con nation, con Singapore
And when the time comes for the trial
Say nothing, give only denials
We'll be united, hand in hand
We'll show the world just where we stand
And reach out for Singapore, join our hands forevermore
(Repeat Chorus twice)
Con people, con nation, con Singapore
Sing to "A Placein My Heart"
Verse 1:
It doesn't matter where I fly from
It doesn't matter what I do
It doesn't matter what I believe in
It only matters how secret it is
Bridge:
It only matters I fly in business class
Upon each single flight I take
It only matters I keep it a secret
Enjoying up in the sky
Chorus:
Conscience has no place in my heart
I will always fly first class
Every mile I fly every secret I keep
There's nothing I can't overcome
Conscience has no place in my heart
I will always fly first class
If I'm sued and exposed I'm not worried
I know Choo Leng will always be there with open arms
Verse 2:
I'll always treasure those happy moments
I can remember all the flights
It doesn't matter I'm cheating
It only matters how secret it is
RepeatBridge& Chorus
~I would have you smile, not grief for those whose time has come
Thursday, July 28, 2005
i was looking for a quote from LOTR but apprarently i have lost connection with the book cause i can't seem to recall which chapter was it from...
i bet faith's gonna kill me for staying up so late in the night for writing some useless entry but felt the need to write something
3.47am.....
everything around me seems so stupid... i can't believe i'm romantically linked to my "brother" but who cares since i can't be bothered... just that it can get abit weird sometimes... haix...
it has been very depressing for me cause i keep seeing my sec school classmates look alike around the school... the no. of times seem to have increased and i wonder if i'm just losing my insanity...
3.50am....
i have this urge to fling away all my responsibilities and run away..... somewhere... somewhere....
i'm tired of working and working and working....
3.51am....
i keep asking myself if everything is fine, if i'm taking the stress well... i dun sense any form of stress... more like i'm avoiding something.... then when suddenly someone comes up and remind me how much i have not done, i become extremely depressed and stressed up... most of the times, i just feel tired....
3.54am.....
i want to find this picture.... this very picture of life on a thin line... life and death... it appeared on someone elses blog but it's not perfect enough for me... it's too fake... it doens't bring out my emotions fully... i wanna express something... i'm finding it..... i'm still finding...
3.56am....
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
TO DAN THE MYSTERIOUS TAGGER II
dan: does anyone on the internet have a face? or identity for that matter? pardon me, but i did not come here to start an argument, i just felt certain things you've said in your entires highly offensive
dan: i also apologise if i have offended you, but that is absolutely not my intention. i don't think that sarcasm and sardonism is really called for.
hmmm... my sincere apologies if my previous entry has offended u in anyway but it was never my intention to offend any one as in ur case where u didn't intent to offend me or to start an argument in my blog. just in case u r nt aware, i have pasted more offensive materials in this site before regarding christianity & i did add my own comment saying tt these things posted here were nvr meant to offend but it's because i've shown interest in the article or agree to SOME EXTENT on what the author has written & i hope tt my christian friends who read this will nt be offended by what is said abt their religion. thankfully they've been very very understanding & have nt hit out at me for my "lack of faith" but have instead corrected me on my many misconceptions on their religion & have been open minded in discussing the issue of religion with me as well.
"i don't think that sarcasm and sardonism is really called for."
maybe i wld like to make this clear to you then, this is (in case it doesn't get into ur head) MY blog & MY blog is also equals 2 MY beliefs & MY aims in life. if u know me well enough 2 b my friend or told me frankly tt u were offended by what i have pasted on my blog, i would gladly have apologised sincerely & took down the offensive content since religion is after all a sensitive issue. however, u, who have no or little understanding of my life & my beliefs, u, whom i don't even know ur name or ur face started 2 tag my board with such a strong sense of sarcasm tt even an illiterate wld have detected it, and even went on 2 accuse me of my lack of faith.
hmm... why not let's think the other way round, if someone came up to u & slapped u for being a christian, wouldn't u be angered or offended tt ur beliefs are being taken so lightly?
ha! & u think that the sarcasm & sardonism wasn't really called for. like sining said, had u been more receptive, had u been more open minded to what others thought of ur holy religion, u wouldn't be here puking crap & dirtying my blog with ur waste.
i always believed tt "do not do unto others what u would not do unto urself." most christians however seem to lack this belief & i see tt u r one of those as well.
btw, i think i have the right to paste what i want on my blog & if it really doens't suit ur taste, please leave since our beliefs clash in the first place. or if u think tt a blog is a open diary where anyone can access it & has the right 2 comment on it, then please comment on the article alone & don't hit out on me & my beliefs cause i think that is highly unfair of u to pass a judgement on me so quickly. also it is extremely ridiculous & naive of u to think tt ur offensive sentence will not trigger off a argument or a sarcastic comment.
u shld be glad tt i bothered to respond to ur comments with 2 entries cus even my good friends r nt entitled to tt.
also i think christians who forcefully promote their faith to others shld reflect on what their "real" duty is. are they really trying to give us our salvation or trying to piss us off? if i started promoting atheistism to them & told them that having & praying to no god is their true salvation, would they have been happy as well? so instead of accusing me of lacking something, y nt pause to reflect how the followers of ur religion has been treating other non-christians?
~I would have you smile, not grief for those whose time has come
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
to dan the mysterious tagger
dan: if u truly believe in freedom of speech, why are u so adverse towards people talking about their beliefs? is it that threatening? Would u feel that way if u really had faith in what you believed? dan: why're you getting so worked up? does being atheist mean you must be antichristian? what about islam? judaism? catholocism? buddhism? scientology? I want to see you talk about those.
haha.. dan u r one funny guy... y do u ask me y m i worked up when i see tt e one getting worked up is non other than u urself? yes i would like 2 know who u r so tt i can talk 2 u abt religion on msn or thru email. tag is simply too small in space for us to talk abt it. estelwen_yang@yahoo.com.sg pls feel free to email me abt this..
firstly, i think u are very contradictory in many MANY MANY ways, y am i so adverse towards ppl talking abt their beliefs? then why r u adverse towards me talking abt my belief tt god doesn't exist?
yes, in fact atheist to me consist this element of being anti christian, i have never denied tt fact.. i am in fact VERY AGAINST christians. initially it was because they just keep slamming their religion into my face when on countless times i have told them i show no interest in their religion. their method of forcing their thinking onto others & their intolerance of other religions turned me off tremendously as well.
slowly i started to read up & ask my christian friends on what it is like to be a christian & what this religion is really all abt & i realised christianity is simply against what i myself believe in.
i used to believe in the existence of god, of no specific religion but i believed tt a supernatural force did exist & i do pray sometimes, in my own way, tt things will go well for my family & friends. (haha... i insulted confucious after my O level exams & i was so worried tt i might just flunk all my papers... :P )
yet as i grew up & faced the harsh realities of life, i realised tt everything ard me is nt as complete & beautiful as it seemed anymore. tt even the word relatives can be so fake. tt even this saying tt goes smthing like blood is thicker than water doesn't mean a single thing to me. tt friends r just temporary relationships u have with them & it doesn't last forever. & alot of things & factors tt made me quite disillusioned with life. i realised tt this god if he is a god is not helping me, be it mentally & spiritually. i realised tt i needed to stop believing in things tt don't exist & instead work on & cherish the things tt exist.
i first came into contact this word atheist on another blogger's entry but only declared myself 2 b an atheist only just recently because of personal reasons. i realised tt generally e beliefs of an atheist fits my beliefs abt religion.
as to why i do not talk abt other religions, it is because they don't promote or force their beliefs on me, & it is also because i have only a vague idea of what these religions are abt. therefore, do u think it's fair tt i criticize or go against their religion for no particular reason?
dan: stop focusing on what cannot be "proven", because that's a fact. ur disagreement wont change anything, if u just bothered to look beyond the superficiality and stereotypical accusations, u may find something different. but I guess u won't anyway, aren't I right?
i do nt understand, what are u referring abt tt cannot be proven? are u referring to those can be proven in the bible like the noah's arc & other artefacts tt prove that jesus christ did exist so does god?
ur words are superficial, therefore i do not understand ur accusations as well, pardon my stupidity. what religion, specifically christianity, has presented 2 me r facts which i find nt to my taste and in many cases undesirable.
one thing i like to question is, do u know me very well? if nt, what makes u think that i have not looked beyond what u claimed to be the superficial & the stereotypical? thanks for ur accusations but no thanks i do not accept it & i find it extremely rude & insulting.
dan: i would doubt the faith of your "friends" too if they weren't trying to help you, because in their eyes, that is exactly what they're doing, help.
i have no idea what u are talking abt. i guess ur english must be superb....
conclusion:
thanks for reading my blog & giving me ur views. if u like to debate with me more, u can kindly flood my tag and piss me off & force me to accuse u tt u have no morals or u can email me.
i would also like to thank u for flooding my tag with ur very powerful command of the english langauge & gave so much comments of which half i didn't understand but thanks for wasting ur time all the same.
lastly thanks to u, i have reinforced my own defitions of being an atheist. haha... but more or less it remains the same.
an atheist to me is having this belief
that there is no god and that our lives are controlled by ourselves with out very own hands and not through other devices.
that i am open to other religion & their beliefs & will willingly accept it if it applies to me.
that i am bounded not by rituals or beliefs that no longer apply to how i'm living my life but by my own morals & beliefs.
that as long as i'm happy & my friends stand by me & accept me for who i am, nothing else really matters.
that i am truly free.
thanks to faith and weilian for everything since i've entered jc... haha... eunice too!
~I would have you smile, not grief for those whose time has come
Sunday, July 17, 2005
Joey McIntyre - Stay the Same
Don't you ever wish
you were someone else
you were meant to be the way you are exactly
Don't you ever say
you don't like the way u are
when you learn to love yourself
you're better off by far
and I hope you always stay the same...'cuz there's nothin of you I would change
I think that you could be
whatever you want to be
whatever you want to be if you could realize
all the dreams you have inside
don't be afraid if you've got something to say
be afraid if you've got something to say
just open up your heart
and let it show you the way
Don't you ever wish
you were someone else
you were meant to be the way you are exactly
Don't you ever say
you don't like the way u are
when you learn to love yourself
you're better off by far
Believe in yourself
reach down inside
the love you find
will set you free
Believe in yourself
you'll come out right
have faith in what you do
you'll make it through
Don't you ever wish
you were someone else
you were meant to be the way (you were meant to be)
the way you are exactly
Don't you ever say
you don't like the way you are
when you learn to love yourself (love yourself)
you're better of by far
and I hope you always stay the same...
'cuz there's nothin of you I would change (change)
no there's nothin' 'bout you I would change
(don't change)
Does God believe in atheists?
http://newsintercom.org/index.php?itemid=214&catid=2
This is the title of a book by John Blanchard, an eminent Christian scholar, who wrote it to debunk the many claims atheists have that God does not, and cannot, exist. That such a God is not a God of Love for he allows suffering, etc.
The title is sweet, but the book is anything but. Like saccharine, it tries to make you think it is the real stuff, which obviously, it isn’t.
It makes for interesting reading though, and provides an insight into the workings of the Christian mind and opinion.
To an atheist, a God cannot exist because of the capricious nature of the world around us; good or bad things happen to us all the time. You pray, you kenna whacked; you don’t pray, you also kenna whacked. As an atheist, you think: Where got God like that one?
A God is supposed to be loving, right?
Wrong. A Christian would answer thus: Because God is God, you do not and cannot question his motives. He acts on his own terms.
Now, as an atheist, you then ask: So, we are just like ikan bilis in his wok turned here and there on his whim? How can we pray to a God like that?
You can. You just have to pray for mercy.
Now, you ask: Mercy? Why the hell should I pray for mercy?
Because God created you, silly.
The Bible insists that nothing in the entire universe happens by chance, and that no detail of created reality is beyond God’s governance. We are told that not even a sparrow falls to the ground apart from God’s will and that “Even the very hairs of your head are numbered.”
You think: Waah, so LS (lun-sai) powderful one!
So, what does this mean? That everything is preordained?
Where does that leave our moral choices?
Does that mean that God is responsible for both good and evil then?
Yes and no
God told prophet Isaiah:
I am the Lord, and there is no other…
I form the light and create darkness,
I bring prosperity and create disaster;
I, the Lord, do all these things.
Yes, God is pretty much behind all those disasters (including the recent Indian Ocean tsunami) that have afflicted mankind since antiquity, but we cannot blame him.
You think: What the f*** cannot blame him?
Well, the “evil” was done for your good you see
No, I don’t see.
Remember the Joseph story? The one about a boy who was almost murdered and then sold as a slave and then later rose to a Cabinet post to prevent famine in Egypt? Yes. That fella.
You see, God sanctioned that little rubbing by his brothers so Joseph can rise and do more good.
You say: Ah-so, so everything happens for a purpose!
Yes, but there’s more: Here’s the crunch: Are the brothers to blame then for the evil deed they had done?
Yes.
You say: Whaaat?! Didn’t you say God was behind it all?
The Christian will say: It is God’s will but it is your sin.
You think: These Christians love their God so much that even when he shits on their face, they think it is a spa face pack. Kenna-sai! (Pun intended)
So, what gives?
The Christian will answer: We are free to choose, as God has created us with free will. God will not step in and prevent its misuse, which will inevitably lead to suffering. Would you want a God to create a you that is programmed to do good only and not have the chance to develop personal relationships? Would you be happy to live under a cosmic tyrant?
You think: Wait a minute. So everything’s God’s will, but it is also our will?
The Christian will say: Yes, you have the will to do good.
You say: Hang on, didn’t you just say that God’s will makes everything preordained? That all that happens is because of Him?
The Christian will say: Yes, and yes.
For a moment, this sounds quite plausible: If I were to will good, then it is also God’s will, for that is what he would have wanted. The world would be a better place.
Then: If I were to will bad, then I am to be blamed. But somehow, through God’s will, something good will come out of it.
Importantly, you think: So why don’t God will good in the first place and save us all that drama?
The Christian will reply: But who are we to question God’s will?
You say: So it is back to “being under His mercy” thing again, is it?
Yes.
Doesn’t it bother you to be under his mercy?
The Christian will say: No, because God is glorious.
You say: Huh? This drama-queen you call God, is glorious?
Yes, because he lets me will the good in me. I can deny evil and will good.
But didn’t you say everything is God’s will? If he didn’t will evil, then there is no need for you to will good is there?
At this point, the Christian will reply: But evil is only chargeable to Man. Only goodness is chargeable to God. Evil happens in God’s domain but not outside his sovereignty. Only goodness is chargeable to Him.
You give the Christian some face, and try to think a little deeper. But only just.
The Christian will say: Yes.
And then you ask: So, all this evil is good for us.
The Christian say: Yes, er, no, er, yes, but…
You then say: So, having this casino in S’pore is good for us then?
The Christian say: No, er, I mean, yes… in a way.
In a way?
Yes, without evil, there is no good.
You say: So, for good to be, there must be evil.
The Christian will say: Yes.
You say: Because good is God and God is good
The Christian will say: Yes.
You say: So, without evil, there can be no good. Without good, there can be no God, but God is glorious because he is good.
The Christian say: I guess so. But God is God no matter if there is good or evil because he is the Lord.
If there is neither good nor evil, so what is God? Is he just a croupier at the Black Jack table dealing out the cards, so to speak?
The Christian will say: Yes, I guess you can see that way. He deals you good or bad cards, you just have to accept it.
But a croupier has no control over the cards. God does, over the fate of his domain. So he deals you good or evil and you have to accept it?
The Christian say: Yes.
You say: I am confused now. Didn’t you say evil is not chargeable to God? only Man chooses to commit evil?
Yes. But…
You say: But that evil will become good, right? Oh, I see. Ok, I think we can have the casino in S’pore then because some good will come out of it.
The Christian: But, but…
Kennai-sai.
A dog will lick its own balls thinking they taste good. But those of us standing by the side will know it is not hygienic.
* comments pasted by estelwen... ironic isn't it.... i found this article when someone was promoting chirstianity... haha... oh well..
~I would have you smile, not grief for those whose time has come
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
gochagocha
haha... ciao
~I would have you smile, not grief for those whose time has come
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
dare to love dare to hate
i am overwhelmed with hatred & digust due to some incorrgible blind monkeys & assholes who has morals but uses it in the wrong the worst situations & this is made worse by them trying to sound impressive & knowledgeble & fair when in fact, they are worse than what they truly claim to be. upholders of moral rights u can go KISS MY ASS because i HATE U & if i ever am to find out who the hell u are, u are going to pay!
the controversy started because of a msn conversion was posted online w/o the authorisation of the people involved. i admit tt it is a betrayal of trust when one paste conversations online but looking at circle & what he did, i wonder if he deserves this kind of trust & respect.. why shld a hypocrite be respected when he doesn't respect others by relieving himself of a leadership position immediately w/o giving relevant pple involved any notice. who does he think he is to have such authority? did he even respect the president? NO! he treated this CCA as a refuge where he supposedly could show off his talent (& in my opinion, he had none whatsoever) & bring greater heights to RP. however, his "noble" aspirations where nt fulfilled when he was not appointed e president, now he quits saying tt he had sooooooo many other commitements till he will just die under the wrkload & he is MR ALL SO BUSY YAR RITE tt he is tooooooooo busy to even tell others ppl before hand of his resignation tt he has to do it on a last min basis. did hitler teach u tt blitzking attack?
if these shit heads wanna aruge with me, i'm fine with it. call me biased but anyone who goes against my friend because of a stupid reason & a insignificant shapeless shape is definitely out of his mind & i will definitely stand up for my friend. if u call tt biased, then i'd say tt biaseness in judegment because of a friend is definitely worth it because friendships mean more to me than anything else.
~I would have you smile, not grief for those whose time has come
this entry ends abruptly... cldn't be bothered to continue since the anger isn't there anymore....
oh well... byebye
Saturday, June 18, 2005
Atheist Quotes
so here i am... an atheist.. or maybe that's what i think i am for the time being. beats being a free thinker cus i think it makes me feel apathetic..
me & weilian talked bout religion... more specifically christianity & i started thinking bout religion & how it has affected e ppl ard me.. & am surprised & still puzzeled @ the profound effects it has on us... the support it gives, how it can juz save ppl frm depression...
maybe it's just an alternative to being alone... for me i think it's smthing that i hold on to when i feel lost... everyone has their own judgement bout relgion, their own skeptism, own fears & believes. but i guess e most impt tt matters is whether one is truly happy in what ever u do. no fear, no doubt.. so the most similar term i found for this judgement - atheist...
my general distaste for christians come frm e fact tt christians promote their faith... i once condemned a diarist for leaving a note in my opendiary saying god loves me. so what if he does or doesn't? towards religion my feeling is tt of apathetic youths towards politics. i didn't regret what i said to her, & i nvr will... though i've found an explanation for my doubts, my attitude towards any religion doesn't change. i dun trust it & i dun believe in it.
* an appeal to all christians who read this, pls do nt be offended by the content below, thanks*
What Is an agnostic?
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/humftp/E-text/Russell/agnostic.htm
An agnostic thinks it impossible 2 knw e truth in matters such as God & e future life with which Christianity & other religions r concerned. Or, if nt impossible, @ least impossible @ e present time.
Atheist
http://www.brainydictionary.com/words/at/atheist133233.html
One who disbelieves or denies e existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being.
A godless person.
Atheist and Agnostic Quotes
quotes frm http://www.math.unl.edu/~augustyn/godisdead.html
"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." - - Stephen Roberts
"Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer." - - anonymousFrisbeetarianism, n.:The belief that when you die, your soul goes upon e roof & gets stuck.
God is real, unless declared integer.
"The only difference between God & Adolf Hitler is tt God is more proficient at genocide."
Humanity's first sin was faith; the first virtue was doubt.
It seems odd that those who scoff at sun worshippers are apt to worship a vacuum
"People whose history & future were threatened each day by extinction considered tt it was only by divine intervention tt they were able to live @ all. I find it interesting tt e meanest life, e poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human being become more affluent, as their living standard & style begin to ascend e material scale, God descends e scale of respectability @ a commensurate speed."[Maya Angelou, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", p. 101]
Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day;Give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish
God: The Immutable Chameleon; whenever e need is felt by one of his followers, He obligingly recreates himself to suit e occasion
more quotes frm http://www.animalliberationfront.com/Philosophy/Religion/Atheist%20Quotes.htm
Quotes of Reason -- in favor of atheism
http://www.update.uu.se/~fbendz/atheism/ath_qots.htm
"My spell-checker lacks the wrd 'creationism' in its dictionary, so each time tt word is encountered, an alternative pops up @ e bottom of my screen, 'cretinism'" E.T. Babinski
"An Atheist believes tt a hospital shld be built instead of a church. An Atheist believes tt deed must b done instead of a prayer said. An Atheist strives for involvement in life & nt escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanished, war eliminated." Madalyn Murray O'Hair
All4Christ--Kiss my ass
http://www.opendiary.com/entryview.asp?authorcode=D284056&entry=10045
All4Christ--Kiss my ass 4/13/2004
Yeah I named her/him personally. I know this makes me seem upset and gives her advertisement but the holy rolling bitch left a note in my diary saying "Jesus loves you!" Knowing damn well I am an Atheist, I suppose that is why she did it. I am guessing she is a girl.-Sigh- When will her people get it? I don't want to be Christian. I base all my beliefs on science and truth and IMO (in my opinion) truth is what exist and is what can be seen or felt like science or love these things are real because you can prove them or feel them or see them but God and Jesus can not be proven. Don't give me that "They are in the bible!" bull crap, because are we really sure the bible is a fact? Because if the bible is fact then how come it wasn't in refrence at the library or at barnes and nobles no it was in FICTION at both places. If it is fact it would be under REFRENCE. All4Christ gett of my ass okay. This is not your diary this is my diary. This is not Jesus's life this my life. If I chose to not believe guess what? That is how it goes. I chose to belive that I controll my life and what happens to me. I believe that once we die we are dead . I don't believe in fate. I believe that I will do what happens and that fate is a falsehood. The bible is anti-feminist and I do not chose to live by anything that is anti-feminist. Anti Feminent Quotes:
Genesis
2:22
Woman created from Adam's rib
3:16
Woman cursed: maternity a sin, marriage a bondage
19:1-8
Rape virgins instead of male angels
Exodus
20:17
Insulting Tenth Commandment, considering a wife to be property
21:7-11
Unfair rules for female servants, may be sex slaves
22:18
"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live"
38:8
Women may not enter tabernacle they must support
Leviticus
12:1-14
Women who have sons are unclean 7 days
12:4-7
Women who have daughters are unclean 14 days
15:19-23
Menstrual periods are unclean
19:20-22
If master has sex with engaged woman, she shall be scourged
Numbers
1:2
Poll of people only includes men
5:13-31
Barbaric adulteress test
31:16-35
"Virgins" listed as war booty
Deuteronomy
21:11-14
Rape manual
22:5
Abomination for women to wear men's garments, vice-versa
22:13-21
Barbaric virgin test
22:23-24
Woman raped in city, she & her rapist both stoned to death
22:28-29
Woman must marry her rapist
24:1
Men can divorce woman for "uncleanness," not vice-versa
25:11-12
If woman touches foe's penis, her hand shall be cut off
Judges
11:30-40
Jephthah's nameless daughter sacrificed
19:22-29
Concubine sacrificed to rapist crowd to save man
I Kings
11:1-4
King Solomon had 700 wives & 300 concubines
Organized religion always has been and remains the greatest enemy of women's rights. In the Christian-dominated Western world, two bible verses in particular sum up the position of women:
"I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee."--Genesis 3:16
By this third chapter of Genesis, woman lost her rights, her standing--even her identity, and motherhood became a God-inflicted curse degrading her status in the world.
In the New Testament, the bible decrees:
"Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression."--1 Tim. 2:11-14
One bible verse alone, "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" (Exodus 22:18) is responsible for the death of tens of thousands, if not millions, of women. Do women and those who care about them need further evidence of the great harm of Christianity, predicated as it has been on these and similar teachings about women?
Church writer Tertullian said "each of you women is an Eve . . . You are the gate of Hell, you are the temptress of the forbidden tree; you are the first deserter of the divine law."
Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. -- Ambroise Bierce
The First Amendment To The U.S. Constitution:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . ."
Direct quotes from FFRF.ORGThis is not my only reason for believing against the mythology of any religion. I have stopped believing for the longest time. No one can convert me. Not the bible not my parents or family not some holy roller that post crappy notes in my diary. My family for most parts have beliefs about God and Jesus but they don't attend church. I don't have any beliefs and I don't wish for people to leave crappy ass notes in my diary about how Jesus loves me. I really don't give a crap, because I can prove the bible wrong using a few scientific methods. We have evolved sense Jesus was alive. If he ever was, and we know how the earth really works and does things. I hate to say this but what happens when we all die and there is no heaven or hell or nothing in between just death? Because as far as I see it that is all that there is. God has never proven to be real in all my life of all my prayers of all my research God hasn't been there then and I don't expect him to be there when I die. AND BTW why is God a he? HMmm? Well all I have to say is I am atheist and proud if you mamby pansy Christian babies can't stay out of my diary and out of my notes then you can get fucked. Which will leave you feeling guilty because you believe in sin. I don't need to feel guilty ever ever ever ever ever ever Because I can do what I want when I want and not feel like some one is watching over me. If I weren't on my rag I could walk around my bedroom nude! If I lived in my own place I could walk around there nude and never feel guilty. All you christians have guilts and sins and things you can and can not do, the bible is a big guilt trip and a big book of rules. Fuck it being one with God isn't as free as it seems. What is free is being free of religion. I controll me. No attachments or strings just plain old me. Yes I live by laws and rules but not ones that a fictional guy tells me to live by.Thanks for trying to save be but no thanks. I don't need your prayer or your guilt trips because I don't want them and I don't need them "answered" The day I believe in God is the day PIGS FLY!
-Rhea~
~Guilt Free~~
Friday, June 17, 2005
刘培草-背后有光
● 刘培草
朋友在电话上告诉我,身边许多人近来都或轻或重患上了忧郁症。
放下电话,一泓平静心水有了些波动。我没有问她是谁得了忧郁症,因为不想刺探别人的隐私。有信义的朋友不会轻易向人透露自己关爱者的心事,哪怕她和你有多深的交情。道义上她必须保护另一个全盘信赖她的朋友,这朋友正深受忧郁症困扰,却愿意对她推心置腹。
我心绪淡淡受触动,不能帮上什么,只有在心里默默祝福那些或许认识或许不认识的人,早日走出忧郁症的阴影,重拾信心,再见生命的亮光。
其实,我的朋友或许忘了,就在两三年前,我也曾对他说过同样的话:身边许多人近来都接二连三得了忧郁症。
我们的角色互换,但无论如何,我和他是属于较幸运的——患忧郁症的不是我们自己。不管是已经过去的或目前仍在发生的,我们比较幸运,是因为我们有余力,去帮助那些深陷忧郁囹圄的人;是因为我们有余情让自己放轻松,当一双耐心地聆听倾诉的耳朵;是因为我们心坎里腾得出一片空间,乐意去载负别人难以承受的重。
患忧郁症不是什么羞耻的事,现代都市生活竞争压力越来越大,任何性格再坚强、意志再坚定的人,都有可能在不自觉或不能自己中得了忧郁症。过去有段日子,亲友中就有平日性情极为开朗乐观的人,遭忧郁症来袭,而且缠绵良久才康复。
他们总是精神涣散、焦虑心悸、食欲不振、睡不安宁,或万念俱灰,对平日喜爱的事物完全失去兴趣,或对自己完全丧失信心,夸大一切问题的艰难与严重性。他们或沉默不语,或一再重复琐碎与唠叨,左不是右不行,对别人的劝解与开导总是听不进耳。
他们最需要的其实就是身边人耐力持久的体恤与关怀,而最重要的他们必须“认症”——坦白承认自己得了忧郁症,同时与心理医生合作,听从指示定时服药,十之八九的忧郁症患者都有痊愈的一天。
人生有时很吊诡,可曾想过:生命中有阴影,是因为有光源?当生活面向幽暗的时候,往往是因为自己的身体把背后亮光遮挡了。既然光在背后,只有你轻轻转动身躯,必然就见到灿亮的光华,不是吗?
这个比喻是外甥君伟最近告诉我的,很受用。是的,光就在那里,只要你愿意换个角度去看人生。
~I would have you smile, not grief for those whose time has come
Thursday, June 16, 2005
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chanced upon other's blog. noticed people write interesting entries, mostly lame, mostly reflecting their character their style.
wad's my style... haha.. i wonder.. cynical perhaps? or maybe pessimistic viewpts on life life & more stupid things on life...
8pm , did nthing cept for reading blogs & trying to find out when was the period of the Great Fear... the internet is addcitive...the temptations are there, lurking in the dark...
what do i have to reflect about life now...
that i believe that i can do great things but the problem is i have yet to know what is my true potential... so do many others of my age... what i need to do now is while studying to is find the true me.. meanwhile, hope remains...
i have a great need to find a religion. maybe cus i feel lost many times when it comes tp decision making. maybe someone like God will help me make a decision.. but with my scarcsm towards religion remains, i feel that if i do have a religion, i'll spend most of my time condeming it then let it be my spiritual guidance... i trust myself more...
~I would have you smile, not grief for those whose time has come
Sunday, June 12, 2005
心有灵犀
我的影子没有家
太阳红 树摇动
流浪何时能停泊
黑色忧郁 红色的痛
逃不出你的眼眸
蓝色的心 心中话语
翻不出你的手掌
心心有灵犀你的心
心有灵犀我的心
承诺太重 重的让我走不动
心有灵犀一念心
心有灵犀不必猜猜的太多
怀疑撞毁了相信
值得吗?
~I would have you smile, not grief for those whose time has come
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
my life is...
sad, pathetic, confusing, assholic,crappy, madness, schizophrenic, disgusting......
i've been of a very crazy mood recently, constant blaming of self doesn't help... one side of me tells me to face problems maturely, one side of me just tells me to face the problem straight on... i'm constanly debating with myself when i face an issue... i feel so tired...
frustration, anger, blame, guilt, confusion.... i'm plauged by all these junk now... it's making me sick..... i wish to go into hibernation....
and it all started with a game....
i wish to die....
~I would have you smile, not grief for those whose time has come
Saturday, June 04, 2005
if only u knew..
if only u knew how much ppl cared, would u have loved urself more?
if only u knew how much pain u're causing others right now by ur remarks, would u have learnt to appreciate those around u more?
if only u knew how childish ur actions had been, would u haf learnt to think for others instead of urself always
if only u knew.... if only u knew... would i have been penning this down now?
guess this sounds stupid... someone did something foolish today and was warded in ICU.... it could have been u... i used to live in fear everyday... but nt anymore.... if there is a god... then i let he or she decide the life u want for urself... i can't live everyday worrying abt what decisions u make.... what i can do now... is just simply to give u my support and hopefully u will not regret it...
i used to think i was alone... nt anymore... i used to think i was the only one lost.... but now i know.... everyone is lost at some point of time... it is whether u seek to find what u truly believe in, or to just sit and wait...
i've to admit that even now...i still feel VERY lost.. but i just hope with all this silliness going around me, i do nt get influenced and do crazy stuff that will utimately prove myself to be a total disappointment... a failure...
what juz said keeps spinning in my mind... she said i didn't look sad.... i didn't look like a pessimist... it proved something that i have been spectaculating abt since i entered nanyang to be true.... i am nt myself... and have nt been myself for a long time... either let it be a permanant change or just a transition where i'll b a better person...
to all guys whom u think i have insulted u... i do nt insult, and i do nt mean it... i just tend to be sarcastic.... i shall change it den since i haf been out of touch with guys for 4 years...
~eternity
~I would have you smile, not grief for those whose time has come
Friday, June 03, 2005
传灯
每一条河是一则神话;
从遥远的青山流向大海。
每一盏灯是一脉香火;
把漫长的黑夜渐渐点亮。
为了大地和草原,太阳和月亮;
为了生命和血缘,生命和血缘。
每一条河是一则神话;
每一盏灯是一脉香火。
每一条河都要流下去;
每一盏灯都要燃烧自己。
~I would have you smile, not grief for those whose time has come
sundial dreams part I
sundial dreams... i wish i could juz continue dreaming...
back frm lep camp, tired and lost... revision yet to be done.... stuff yet to be learnt and prepared bfore lectures... great...
had great fun... cept for lectures... blar blar blar... she is boring... she made me sleep... or maybe it's the afternoon heat and made me so drownsy... grp members were great though didn't manage to rmb their names cept for 2 ppl... ziyun and weiquan... and den there is my new "gor" plus renewing ties with old classmates frm backrow such as hl milk and getting to understand some ppl better such as tf and myg... oh well
this song playing reminds me of baiyungang again... oh well... too tired to think... test tml
ciao~
~I would have you smile, not grief for those whose time has come
Saturday, May 28, 2005
she left
she left today.... together with jianglai and a few others... sianx... i'll miss u junjie... take care... sorry i couldn't stay for long.... wonder where is zhuangjing and chenjing... haven seen them for quite a while as well....
very tired now...
sis campfire was today... saw some 4 i ppl... so glad.... wakata... wadeverr
shit...haha... brain nt working...
the camp.... haha... finally someone is injured... admitted to hospital... lye scolded fuck... haha... i bet i won't see him much next time... hate him hate him...lalalala
k box song still in my head... my singing sucks..haha
brain dead..........................................................
~I would have you smile, not grief for those whose time has come
Thursday, May 26, 2005
COMMENTARY
we had 2 "WONDERFUL" days at the camp aimed to BOOST my confidence and my "LOVE" towards nanyang jc.... THIS CAMP ROCKS
since everything in this camp is about me, me and ME ALONE! i shall not waste my 31 bucks and give my sincere feedback regarding this camp.
1. first, i must absolutely comment on the camp instructor mr lye. he is such a "GOOD" instructor that i have nvr seen anyone better then him... he gave us such "CLEAR" instructions & "prepared us so well" for the obstacles that quite a few of my class mates got a shock of their lives when they fell back with the hope that their classmates will do their best to support them. thanks to mr lye! long live mr lye!
HARLOWWWWW, & u actually said sorry halfway through the thing because u forget to teach us a command. U R THE WORSE PIECE LARD I HAF EVER SEEN~!!! nothing is ever me, me & me alone, it takes 2 hands to clap & i bet ur fatty brain cells has not registered this logic no? it is our fault that someone nearly fell and injured themselves BUT... if instructions have been given out PROPERLY, SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TAKEN SERIOUSLY instead of u trying to CLOWN AROUND, nothing of this would have happened. it's not just our fault, maybe it's time for U! OUR DEAR MR LYE to reflect on how successful ur camp is...
2. NO! NO! AND NO ONE! i stress this! can change their personalities within a day. our dear classmate MR "I'M THE FREAKING KING KONG OF THE WORLD"(aka circle) WILL NEVER CHANGE beacuse he has a BIG EGO PROBLEM & PERSONALITY PROBLEM. i paid 31 freakin bucks to listen to him SPEAK ROT. THANK U VERY MUCH NANYANG! u r too naive to think that he will change because of this... in fact.. i think he enjoyed the attention very much... it wasn't his courage that needed applauding, it was he ego that needed deflating...
3. I WILL NOT TOLERATE PEOPLE --> ESP STUPID DUMB LAME CRAP IDIOT CAMP INSTRUCTORS TO COMMENT ON MY LIFE! u do not train perserverance through brute strength! what the hell were u thinking my dear mr lye pitting 2 guys against 2 girls?! thanks to u i nearly paralyzed my right arm.SEXIST IDIOTS! and because i couldn't push pass the 2 guys to get my goal which i didn't even bother to clip on their shirts, some stupid camp instructor actually commented that if i dun push hard enuff my life will be like what i'm treating this game now!?!?!? WTF!!!! HOW ENCOURAGING! AND HOW WRONG!
my life does not consist of brute strength & violence alone... we're living in a civilised 21st century! HARLOW PPL WAKE UP! if perserverance can be trained thru ur oh so superior method, them maybe the whole of singapore should do this blocker and pusher shit activity so that we can strive to be a more flowery garden city huh! and U HAF NO RIGHT! NO RIGHT TO COMMENT ON HOW MY LIFE WILL BE LIKE BECAUSE OF WHAT U SEE! to JUDGE people based on what u first see is PURE STUPIDITY, PURE BIASENESS & PURE PIG-HEADEDNESS! i shall nt and nvr rely on brute strength but on mental strength... obviously our dear mr lye, due to his fats in his brain cells has once again failed to see that mental strength is the one that counts in this society, not brute strength! stupid lard!
conclude!
I HERBY DECLARE THIS CAMP TO BE A TOTAL WASTE OF MY MONEY, TIME, & EFFORT! THE CAMP INSTRUCTORS ROCK SO MUCH THAT I WANTED TO CLEAN THE TOILET BOWL MORE THEN ANYTHING ELSE DEN RATHER LOOK AT THEIR IDIOTIC FACES!
~END!
~I would have you smile, not grief for those whose time has come
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Translation: "The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air."
Arwen: "Frodo, im Arwen. Telin le thaed. Lasto beth nin, tolo dan na ngalad."
Translation: "Frodo, I am Arwen. I've come to help you. Hear my voice, come back to the light."
Arwen: "A si i-Dhuath u-orthor, Aragorn. U or le a u or nin."
Translation: "The shadow does not hold sway yet, Aragorn. Not over you, and not over me."
Arwen: "Renich i lu erui govannem?"
Aragorn: "Nauthannen i ned ol reniannen."
Arwen: "Gwennin in enninath. U-arnach in naeth i si calech. Renich i beth i pennen?"
Translation:
Arwen: "Do you remember the time when we first met?"
Aragorn: "I thought I had strayed into a dream."
Arwen: "Long years have passed. You did not have the cares you carry now. "Do you remember the word I told you?"
Aniron
O mor henion i dhu:Ely siriar el silaAi! Aniron UndomielTiro! El eria e mor.I lir en el luitha uren.Ai! Aniron...
Translation: From darkness I understand the night:dreams flow, a star shinesAh! I desire EvenstarLook! A star rises out of the darkness.The song of the star enchants my heart.Ah! I desire...
~I would have you smile, not grief for those whose time has come