Big Bang?!

A few of us went to see our friends' mock presentation today. They wanted us to sit in and give comments about their presentantion, which we were more than happy to do. After the presentation, as usual, we lingered in the lecture hall. And the topic of our belief came up spontaneously. And those left in the room were believers, except for one. He's one of the few friends I made since coming. A very nice chap nonetheless, ever amiable and extremely helpful.

And often, the idea of big bang came about and since all of us are reading chemical engineering, we tried to be scientific about this. It is highly recommended only if you know both the Bible and science well, which is not in my case. The idea of big bang stresses on how the universe became what it was from that huge explosion years ago. Standing from where I stood, it wasnt possible. It clashes with the second law of thermodynamics. The idea of big bang starts from the idea where all things became so dense that it forms only a point. It was from this point that things burst out. However, the second law of thermodynamics says that things tend to disperse. The idea of entropy comes in. You see, it's apparent in the nature of things around us, even in humans. Imagine this, when you are in a crowded room, you tend to move away from the crowd, you tend to disperse. So, if by the nature of things, if they do not even tend to stick together, how is it possible that all things densed up to become a point? Someone said that the idea of big bang correlates with the Bible. Where is that?

We went on talking about Moses parting the Red Sea and how evidence are now being found in the archeology field of the remains of the chariots under the sea. And Noah's ark came into our topics as well. There's a school of thoughts that chinese words stem from the incidents mentioned in the Bible. The word boat for example. One of us begged to differ. He claimed that chinese characters originates from pictograms in the ancient days. And it's not right to argue from the current characters we have today. He is simply unconvinced, standing his grounds. We all turned silent and thought if it's possible for the same idea to be incorporated in pictograms before going through transformations in character writing.

Our conclusion was soemwhat this; That the idea of big bang and God creating human and the universe are just two different school of beliefs. In fact, as people put it, different religions.
He brought up another point which kept me thinking. He ask if it make a difference if we all pray so much. My inner self was shouting "YES!" But I restrained and thought again. Maybe he's not seeing it because I have not been living rightly. What happened to my living testimony? I had failed terribly.

It was good discussing this and hearing from them their ideas of the beginning of the world, even more from him because he thinks from the scientific view points. He commented that could God be out of control because there is simply just a huge boom of humans on Earth. Could God have expected us to be what we are? Or are we too much to handle by God? God said in His word that His thoughts are higher and they are not ours. How great is that! Truly, how could we ever grasp God's mind? To Him, wisdom of the world is foolishness to Him.

And oh, please correct me if I am wrong.

Summer fling

A weird conversation took place during dinner today. We were talking about flings and why girls do it. My friend said she would want a summer fling for just two months with no commitment whatsoever and then breaking up at the end of it. It was outrrageous! How can someone have such thoughts? It was even more outrageous coming out from her!

Why do people get hooked up on flings? No guarantees, no commitments and just pure fun for a short period of time. I dont understand such thoughts and desires. Why flings? Why let yourself through such turmoil of emotions without the intention to carry on? What happens after that? She suggested that a clear agreement is made at the beginning before anything begins. Each understands and accepts the conditions that there's no strings attached at the end of the relationship. Then what?

How can someone even think of such ideas? Call me conservative or whatever, I'm just not getting it. Another friend said I should loosen up a little and be open. Open to what? These? I rather be shut in forever! These are such selfish thoughts and lustful. To satisfy yourself and be happy when you have nothing to do and leave the relationship when something else comes up. How?

I'm not getting it.

Revival

A friend popped this question at me today. "Do you think that this place is spiritually dead?" I was taken aback. I asked for explanation. He related the lack of enthusiasm, passion for the things of the Lord and undignified worship. People do not care going to church and that personal relationship with the Lord seem so distant. Christianity here is just like any other religion and the absence of a personal walk with the Lord is apparent. I wondered why he said that.

You know the incident in the bible where the Lord cursed a fig tree and it died? Jesus said that since it did not bear fruits, it should go. Which brought to mind that if we have a personal walk with the Lord, our lives will show. Our actions and words can tell. Others can see the joy in us even without us telling them. I often forget to reflect. I go on living the way I thought it should be lived. How wrong is thay? Or how correct is that? My housemate told me that I speak like her now and that I'm getting lamer. Haha. Am I? Perhaps. She could see me better than I see myself. It was either a piece of truth from her observation or she was just annoying me.

But I did realise that I speak differently here. The tongue seems to flex easier and with that came a lot of unnecessary words. I sometimes used words that I never use at home. I comment more. I complain more. We gossiped more. Ironically, I read the Bible less. I'm less gracious. My conduct probably praise the Lord less. This isnt right. Where is the "more of Him and less of me?"

Lord, I need help.

My friend went on saying that he wants to see revival. Because of my background, I understand the word revival very little. What does he mean? I pressed for details. He wants to see people being more passionate for Christ. But what happens after the revival? People slump back into their original conditions. I have this idea in mind. Is revival a some sort of climax that you reach where everyone go all out for the Lord? What happens next? Do we then go down the valley of natural conditions? And then what? Another climax?

What if we get ourselves right before the Lord and live lives right? Develop that personal relationship with the Lord. The word worship in its original language means to kiss on the cheeks. This is a very personal greeting. To kiss the Lord on His cheeks would mean having a very personal and ongoing and growing relationship with Him. Just as we make new friends, we move from normal handshake to hugs (Where applicable!) . So, we move from being normal friends to closer ones. It's a very poor analogy but it explains. So..how do we worship the Lord? The Bible recommends this, "In Spirit and in Truth."

In Spirit would mean to have the Holy Spirit living in us, which would bring us to the fact that we have to first believe in Him, accept Him as our Saviour before anything else can begin. Just as we have to know a person before being friends. And from there, the friendship develops.

And to develop a friendship, we have to communicate with them, make time and get to know them. How do we get to know our Lord? The bible. He left that for us so that we can read about Him and getting to know Him. Both are different. I can know about a person and not knowing him. Haha..as weird as this sounds, it's true. I have friends who tell me about their friends. Because of this, I know their existance and about them but not knowing them because we havent met and introduced to each other.

But practically speaking, how do we go about in this? The words in the Bible should be practical enough. We should encourage each other to read the Bible more and growth begins automatically. However, He prepared different paths for each of us. Which make each of our relationship with Him so personal and unique. Which also sadly explains how come we cant understand and help each other out during trials because we are not in each other shoes. But we can uphold each other in prayer. What better support can we give? It would be good to really remember each other in prayers. The Lord and He answers. He may take a longer time but He never shuts His ears.