Da Vinci Code
Its kinda late, but I guess I'll make one last post before hitting the bed. Went for a run earlier this morning, before studying in school and then later watching Da Vinci Code with my friends in the evening. I guess the critics were pretty much right about it, for it can't quite match up to the book. Nevertheless, I suppose in all fairness, that it was still a pretty good movie considering how difficult it is for a movie to do justice to a good book. The thrill just didn't quite seemed to be there, whereas the book truly intrigued one.
In any case, what struck me most in the whole movie was what Robert Langdon said at the end of it.. something which I think was the producer's addition for I do not remember it being written in the book. It went something like, "What matters most is what you believe in". I can't help but agree how true that is (at least in my opinion.. absolute truths are hard to come by if they ever did exist). I used to attempt to justify the existence of God by pointing to that fact that it is impossible, considering the odds, for evolution of life to take place. Either that, or that something must have started the Big Bang. In short, I spent many years trying to rationalise the existence of God. I suppose I always wantedto believe in God, but I was also a rather.... scientific person and I wanted hard, cold scientifc proof that God existed before believing completely in him. Haha.. Well, for those of you hoping that I found a definite prove, I'm sorry to disappoint you for I have not. Years of seeking have turned out nothing, but I now have an answer to it. Or at least a personal answer, but one to which I doubt not would be unsatisfactory to most. How I came to truly believe in God is a rather long personal story, which if told would deprive me of a whole night's sleep.. haha, so I don't think I'll go into details about that, but what I would like to simply point out is that I've reached a conclusion that there would never be a satisfactory way to prove the existence of God.
One would just have to believe in him purely on blind faith. Yes, on blind faith alone; and it is my belief that one day, an experience would allow one to break all barriers to God and to believe him on blind faith alone. There will probably never be a wholly rational way to prove or disprove the existence of God, so quite honestly, whether God exists or not depends on whether you believe in him. Some might of course ask the age-old question of why doesn't God reveal himself fully to us? Why doesn't an omnipotent God reveal himself completely to us? Or to guide us verbally or otherwise in our lifes directly? My answer is quite simply, because God loves us enough to give us a freedom of will and free choice. He gave us the option to choose whether or not to believe him (and hence did not reveal himself fully, for had he done so, we would all have believed in him)... had we not had a freedom of will and free choice, we would all be believers. It is simple to argue from the other side of course by saying that if God doesn't exist, then none of this would have mattered. Once again, it is not possible to reach a definite conclusion either way but I suppose its just food for thought. Ultimately, it is as I have said earlier - we would have to believe him on blind faith alone. We all have our own private, unique barriers to God.. but I believe that one day, we would all be able to breakthrough that barrier and believe fully in him.
Some may find it odd that science and religion could mix, but quite frankly, I believe strongly that the 2 are not at loggerheads. To me, science is the understanding of the universe which God has created. We are but discovering the beauty and mysteries of which God has created; knowledge to enrich ourselves and not undermine God. The only time when the 2 conflict is when pride blinds men of science, and when power blinds the supposedly God-fearing men. Yet, when stripped down to their cores, I see no conflict between the 2. Of course, some may think that God was created as an excuse by scientists who cannot explain the Big Bang among many other unresolved mysteries. It is a reasonable assumption, for it is no doubt true that since time immemorial, humans have attributed what they do not know to the supernatural. My take on that; as I expect those of you who have survived the extreme length of this post to know, is quite simply that such 'excuses' or attempts to justify('create') God are rather superficial for it is my belief that one would never find any such empirical proof. True believers, in my point of view, simply believe on blind faith, for there is no empirical proof of which I know of that points to the existence of God. God wasn't 'created' because we couldn't explain things, we simply believe in him on blind faith. As to why the blind faith; that reason differs from one individual to another.
Haha, well, the night is no longer young; in fact 'its so late that its almost early', and I suppose I'm in need of sleep. Well, well, time makes a fool of us all and I must stop here (yeah, I know some of you must be grateful to see this end at last). There's quite a lot on this topic (one of my favourite) about which I could go on, but once again, I see no reason why I should deprive myself of sleep any further.. another time perhaps. Good night to all; sweet dreams.
In any case, what struck me most in the whole movie was what Robert Langdon said at the end of it.. something which I think was the producer's addition for I do not remember it being written in the book. It went something like, "What matters most is what you believe in". I can't help but agree how true that is (at least in my opinion.. absolute truths are hard to come by if they ever did exist). I used to attempt to justify the existence of God by pointing to that fact that it is impossible, considering the odds, for evolution of life to take place. Either that, or that something must have started the Big Bang. In short, I spent many years trying to rationalise the existence of God. I suppose I always wantedto believe in God, but I was also a rather.... scientific person and I wanted hard, cold scientifc proof that God existed before believing completely in him. Haha.. Well, for those of you hoping that I found a definite prove, I'm sorry to disappoint you for I have not. Years of seeking have turned out nothing, but I now have an answer to it. Or at least a personal answer, but one to which I doubt not would be unsatisfactory to most. How I came to truly believe in God is a rather long personal story, which if told would deprive me of a whole night's sleep.. haha, so I don't think I'll go into details about that, but what I would like to simply point out is that I've reached a conclusion that there would never be a satisfactory way to prove the existence of God.
One would just have to believe in him purely on blind faith. Yes, on blind faith alone; and it is my belief that one day, an experience would allow one to break all barriers to God and to believe him on blind faith alone. There will probably never be a wholly rational way to prove or disprove the existence of God, so quite honestly, whether God exists or not depends on whether you believe in him. Some might of course ask the age-old question of why doesn't God reveal himself fully to us? Why doesn't an omnipotent God reveal himself completely to us? Or to guide us verbally or otherwise in our lifes directly? My answer is quite simply, because God loves us enough to give us a freedom of will and free choice. He gave us the option to choose whether or not to believe him (and hence did not reveal himself fully, for had he done so, we would all have believed in him)... had we not had a freedom of will and free choice, we would all be believers. It is simple to argue from the other side of course by saying that if God doesn't exist, then none of this would have mattered. Once again, it is not possible to reach a definite conclusion either way but I suppose its just food for thought. Ultimately, it is as I have said earlier - we would have to believe him on blind faith alone. We all have our own private, unique barriers to God.. but I believe that one day, we would all be able to breakthrough that barrier and believe fully in him.
Some may find it odd that science and religion could mix, but quite frankly, I believe strongly that the 2 are not at loggerheads. To me, science is the understanding of the universe which God has created. We are but discovering the beauty and mysteries of which God has created; knowledge to enrich ourselves and not undermine God. The only time when the 2 conflict is when pride blinds men of science, and when power blinds the supposedly God-fearing men. Yet, when stripped down to their cores, I see no conflict between the 2. Of course, some may think that God was created as an excuse by scientists who cannot explain the Big Bang among many other unresolved mysteries. It is a reasonable assumption, for it is no doubt true that since time immemorial, humans have attributed what they do not know to the supernatural. My take on that; as I expect those of you who have survived the extreme length of this post to know, is quite simply that such 'excuses' or attempts to justify('create') God are rather superficial for it is my belief that one would never find any such empirical proof. True believers, in my point of view, simply believe on blind faith, for there is no empirical proof of which I know of that points to the existence of God. God wasn't 'created' because we couldn't explain things, we simply believe in him on blind faith. As to why the blind faith; that reason differs from one individual to another.
Haha, well, the night is no longer young; in fact 'its so late that its almost early', and I suppose I'm in need of sleep. Well, well, time makes a fool of us all and I must stop here (yeah, I know some of you must be grateful to see this end at last). There's quite a lot on this topic (one of my favourite) about which I could go on, but once again, I see no reason why I should deprive myself of sleep any further.. another time perhaps. Good night to all; sweet dreams.
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