New Revised not Standard entry

Two days entries merged as one. Felt that there are things that i typed ytd which could send out the wrong message.And i think today's "new revised" but not standard version of yd's entry is not much diff either. Nevertheless, i guess these are signs that my days with the blogging world are numbered. (come to think of it, even if i blog till i'm 70, the days would still be numbered) haha...and surprisingly, not many "haha"s in a fairly long entry.Here goes..

Noticed how these past few days' been rather cool.... mere coincidence? Or is the night i talked about in previous entries coming? Or has it passed? U'll feel a beautiful night one of these days -- a night that's just special.... Haha... hard to describe it lah...

Went for GP remedial today. I've got to say that SRJC Prelim 2005 is THE MOST interesting paper i've ever sat for. ABt religion and all lah.Haha.. In passage A para 2 got sthg abt how like Islam, Christians are against homosexuality, becoz it is "clearly and strongly prohibited by Leveticus 18:22, which says 'Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is an abomination'."(Passage A line 12-13 SRJC) .

And i was thinking, if this line is "clear" and "strong" .... how about the line in Leveticus 11, "³Any animal that has divided hoofs and is cleft-footed and chews the cud--such you may eat.......... ⁷The pig, for even though it has divided hoofs and is cleft-footed, it does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. ⁸Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean for you."

Despite my limited knowledge on Christianity and my poor command of the language, two years of GP will tell me that the lines i quoted from Leveticus 11:3 - 11:8 are even more "clear" than the Lv. 18:22 and it also "strongly" prohibits the eating of pork.

Yet, in the same paragraph of Passage A in lines 20, it is mentioned that "no one accuses Jews or Muslims of being bigots because they think they are commanded by God not to eat pork". Hmm... and i was like, where did the Christians go to? Can't they not eat pork too? ..well... either the lines i quoted ain't as "clear" as i thought it was or that the author must've skipped Leveticus 11 when he or she was reading the bible. The passage was simply "Adopted from www.freesian.com, 2005".

Erm... okok... wait wait.... I said christians cannot eat pork. And before writing this, i know very well that Christians eat pork. And before writing this, i also knew that Christians cannot eat pork -- Or so i assumed from the lines i quoted. Again, i must add that either the lines i quoted aint "clear" and "strong" as compared to Lv 18:22 and that i could have made a huge error on my part, or that Christians who eat pork must've also skipped Leveticus 11. On a sidenote, i must add that if u ask me which is clearer and stronger, i have to say it's the Lv 11 quote..... coz the "Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman" part seems more inferential.

Not trying to be controversial here though. Just trying to blog about sthg's that differs from the norm. Anws, in Passage B, there's a mention of this guy called Socrates. Wonder if u guys heard of him coz i haven, until today. His character is kind of cool, or so is how i chose to view it as. Socrates made it his life's work to compel ppl to question their most fundemental assumptions..... those who talked to him THOUGHT they knew what they were talking about , but by the end of the conversation , they had qualms and doubts about the things that they felt confident about. Cool rite? I didnt noe such fellas existed -- a life dedicated to destroy others' foundation. Dun get me wrong here... i dun aspire to be like him.. just find it cool......hmm..

ERm... ok... provocative and controversial issue aside, i've learnt a very valuable lesson today. Never ever ever soak ur dirty clothes in a pail of water for days! The smell is supper dooper bad lah! Haha.... guys mah... seldom wash own clothes. So when he decides to wash his own clothes, he simply soak it in a pail for days, not finding a time to wash it. So today, his mama do the washing for him... HAHA... and asked me to go smell the smell. haaha... yeps.... mama to the rescue.

hehe... realised that my laundry story kind of made this entry less controversial and provocative. Dun noe if this was how i wanted this entry to end. Haha....actually i dunnoe how i wanted it to end.... 3 bloggers kena charged already... i duwan to be the fourth one... Anws, i guess i wouldnt be on the wrong end of the law coz putting myself in a christian's shoe, i dun think the tone of the author is overly provocative. But the repetition of the word "controversial" in this passage seems to be hinting that a small part of him wanted to provoke his readers -- Provoke minus it's negative connotation.

Do correct me if i'm wrong. Do forgive me if i went overboard. Afterall, what could i possibly noe abt Leveticus and the other stuffs that's mentioned in the Bible when i'm far from understanding the Quran? Hv to add tt I'm not even sure if Leveticus is a christian text coz it's from the OT and all and coz Moses is a "jew" not a christian. And i dun even noe if i quoted from the right source coz there are so many different versions of the bible to choose from. This OT , NT stuffs aint as simple as i tot it was. Too many complications and changes must hav been made, that's why there's the last prophet Muhammad(s.a.w)... there's Islam... -- as a final revelation that is protected from the slightest distortion (15:9) thus, making what's written by "the false pen of the scribes" invalid.

Realised that i've brought the jews, christians and muslims together in an entry. If only it's possible to really unite them together in the real world.The peace it would bring to us all. Hmmm.... -reality check- i noe think that this is simply NOT possible coz it would mean that everyone would be a Muslim. but but but but but... this is where human falters... we think based on probabilities and what not... there's always the OTHER factor. It was prophesised that Islam would be the dominant force at the end of days.... when the dunnoe what come out and so on and so forth, and oh, just remembered that the prophet before Muhammad will return and destroy all crosses and ..... kill the jews. Hmm... tt means the jews adn christians WILL be there at the end..... and soon after doing the stuffs he would do, the world finally ends. SO yup, i guess... Jews will be jews, Christians will be Christians, Muslims will be muslims.

Here's sthg mentioned in SRJC prelim passage A paragraph 2,and is worth a mark coz it's a point in the summary....

We (society) should respect these people (of the books?) because "for all we know, they might be right".

At this point, i have to say that "might" is too light a word. The use of the word "might" makes it seem as though the probability that we are right is very very very very very small. And u and i noe tt it's definitely much more than that.

AGain, forgive me if i sound rude. Forgive me if i had made a mistake-- no matter how small or how big it is. Correct me if i'm wrong. There's the tagboard u noe..

The many sides of me. U noe, like the flame in Aj's crest which symbolises the AJ spirit (i think), there's some sort of "flame" in me too....carrying the flag of my religion.

Oooh btw, ytd's episode of Lost... haha....!!.. die a matyr sia... and the "Iraqi Republican Army" (IRA) fella damn bastard lah.

And WHAT IN THE WORLD was the IRA fella thinking when he kissed Boon's sister(<-- isit really "Boon" or did i heard wrongly?). The producers must've wanted to provoke people like me sia.More mortars would have rained on the American army in Iraq if Iraqi insurgents over there had watched LOST. hmm... i wun be addding a "haha" here coz i'm not even sure if i should luff or frown.

A "different" entry isnt it? Refreshing? Or am i commiting suicide by writing like this. We'll see i guess.... have to add that i still love all my frens out there... Jews(if any of u are but u kept it a secret), Christians and Muslims. AND of course, the compliment of these 3 related religions.

Guys,.... tell me ya... Is it refreshing or isit suicide?

Later... bye.