Sunday, January 25, 2004

A Bunch of Dummies

If we were a bunch of dummies in this God-forsaken country, I say, blame the schools, colleges, and universities. They are places where they teach that this temporary life is nothing compared to the eternal life that's waiting for us after we are all dead and gone. Poch Suzara

Your Stolen Mind

As soon as your mind is stolen away from you in school, you are assured rhen that you are now a "religious person." And if you carry on in life with a great sense of guilt and fear under deep faith in God, and always as a sinner proud to support financially the church, then you are promised that you might even end up to be one of the great saints of God in heaven. Poch Suzara

The Birth of Jesus

If Jesus was born of a virgin mother, then either Jesus never existed or his mother was never a virgin. I am inclined to suspect Jesus never existed all. Otherwise, what's the purpose of unduly exaggerating supernaturally the nature of his birth naturally? At any rate, whatever the case may be, Just like you and me and everybody else who came out of mom's womb, we are all born atheist. Indeed, no one is born a Christian or a Jew or a Muslim. When we were born, none of us had a religion nor faith in God. Poch Suzara

Our Unhappy Society

Ours is not a happy society. On the contrary, ours is a sick society. But what can be expected of a people educated to embrace sick values and to cherish sick beliefs and to promote a sick culture if we hope to gain eternal happiness in heaven in the next life? Poch Suzara

The Aim of Education

The primary aim of education in this only Christian country in Asia: - to be prepared not for this life; but prepared only for the next life. In fact, in the choice between allegiance to God and allegiance to our country, there is no question that we must, first and foremost, have allegiance only to God. In the meantime, in our country, who cares about love of country in the here and now? Poch Suzara

Crocodiles in the Jungle

Crocodiles in the jungle have become symbols of our politicians in government: greedy, selfish, stupid, and insane. But please, let's not insult the poor crocodiles. They have no college degrees; and they are not born-raised-educated to have faith in God as good and faithful Christians. Poch Suzara

Beliefs are Worthless

Beliefs devoid of evidence are worthless. In fact, even with evidence, beliefs are still worthless because a fact remains a fact even if there is no one there to believe it or not to believe it. Evolution, for example, is not a theory, but a fact; and even if millions of people do not believe it, evolution will remain as a fact until proven otherwise. Poch suzara

After I am Dead

After I am dead and gone, I should wish to be remembered only as an atheist. If that were not possible, I should wish to be remembered as the one and only Filipino who was never afraid to openly admit or to publicly declare, or even to maintain consistently - that I am a devout atheist." If I were to end up in hell with God, I would even be more proud to be an atheist forever and ever. Poch Suzara

If God made Man

If God made man in his own image and likeness, in whose image and likeness was woman made of? After all, there is a hell of a lot of difference in shape, size, purpose, and function between a penis and a vagina. Are we to assume that God has not only a penis, but also a vagina found in between his legs? Now let us assume that it is not a joke that God created men and women in his own image and likeness. So how come we can physically see each other as we are materially visible, but we cannot see God as he is spiritually invisible? For my part, ever since I was sixteen years old, I gradually stopped playing the silly HIDE AND SEEK games with God! Poch Suzara

Karl Popper

According to Karl Popper: "No rational argument will have effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude." But then again, I ask: how would an irrational child grow up to be rational if he were never exposed to the power of rational arguments? Poch Suzara

The Enemies of Science

The enemies of science are fear, ignorance, and superstition - precisely the friends and indeed, the foundation of all religions.
The enemy of religion is another religion. Poch Suzara

We are the Sick Man of Asia

Our government would not import superior and scientific brains from overseas to help develop our country with the beauty of science and the power of technology. No, we would rather export inferior brains as laborers to help foreigners develop their own country together with their own highly educated superior and scientific brains. We are, indeed, the Sick man of Asia. Poch Suzara

If God And The Devil

If God and the devil did not exist, my life would be a complete bore and totally devoid of meaning. I will have nothing to hate. I enjoy hating God as much as I enjoy hating the devil either together or separately. It does not matter. God and Devil are one and the same supernatural evil. Poch Suzara

Reality is Unknowable

Reality is ultimately unknowable. Any attempt to describe its luminosity, there is always the dark side of it reflecting obscurity. Indeed, which is closer to reality: a leaf seen under a naked eye, or seen under a magnifying glass, or seen under a microscope? Poch Suzara

The Richest of Men

Among the richest of men are those who sell not the truth, but lies; specially sacred lies. Thus, one of the richest of industries in the world is the priesthood industry. Poch Suzara

The greatest of Philosophical Question

The greatest of philosophical questions - what is truth? Does free will exist? Can we know anything for certain? Does the tree continue to exist if there is no one there to see it? - are as unresolved today as when those profound questions were asked during the Greek days giving birth to philosophy thousands of years ago. Poch Suzara

Saturday, January 24, 2004

Science and Religion

Verification and falsification are matters in the field of science. Intuition and revelation are matters in the field of religion. Science is for those who enjoy living and thinking. Religion is for those who enjoy dying and for those who already dead. Poch Suzara

God is the First Cause of What

Eveything, before it was a nothing, had a first cause. God is the first cause of everything. Since God Himself is part of everything, who then or what then caused God to become something before he too
was a nothing? Poch Suzara

If I were God

If I were God, I would stop wasting time residing in heaven. I would come down to live on earth and do some honest work based on honest thinking. To begin with, I will re-enact the death by crucifixion episode. I will not put my Son Jesus, but put instead the devil to die on the cross. After which I will say: To hell with the devil and his free will. Poch Suzara

Eternal Salvation

We are indeed the Sick Man of Asia. But what can be expected of a people who have been educated to believe that in this world we must never try to seek reconstruction; we must only be contented with ourselves as God's creation. We need not value civilization. We must only appreciate the power of prayer for the sake of our eternal salvation. Poch Suzara