hi hi hi everyone. havent visited here for some time. a little sad to see that the mood has changed quite a lot since i last posted.
Drifter, are you okay? Hope all is well with you and also with fishbuff.
We have shared and maybe disagreed a bit here and there but we always respected one another and one another's viewpoints.
Hope all you chaps can disagree a bit more cheerfully.
Fellow brothers , i wish you a big hello.
im ok, thanks for asking, weather is turning cold now in australia which is good for me, compared to the hot and sweaty climate we have in sg.
it is not just agree to disagree but rather imbue all with the minds to ask tough questions like;
"is god real?",
"can i depend on one book that was written by hundreds of unknown authors put together by councils, talk about supernatural stuffs and i believe it?"
"what is my rationality of believing in a god in the 21st century?"
"comparing the contemporary scientists with all those ancient people in the past? who would i choose to believe about the real world as i know today?"
im not thinking for you, but ask you to think for yourself. that is the fact of modern days philosophy; reason, critical thinking, facts.... not supernatural stuffs.
i know singapore culture well enough; conformity and dogmas are the norm, no one question the authority of pap, ns... everyone just do for the sake of doing. i went to church with my brain switched off for years! now i ask these questions and realize how foolish of me to believe in all these religious dogma.
like wise, you should ask yourself this; why you believe? for fear of going to hell? have i been sold a lemon? what does science has to say about supernatural things?
in america alone, atheism and agnosticism account for 30% of the population and rising. people with greater intellect are casting away religions for reason and science.
all religions must be caste to the same pit of mythology as what we did to su mukong, kwan yin, tua pekong, zeus, odin, gilgamesh, mithra, etc