Do some people truly believe in God or is joining a religion and the act of praying to God merely being part of a life-style for them. I question thus because i often read of people questioning the existence of God in other religions and performing deeds which indicate they do not believe or know God. They even talk of a need to defend God or a religion.
Below is my response to someone who tals of comparing religion and defending one as if anyone can talk of the the superiority of any one religion or having the capability to defend it. Quote: Wan Salim said it was only Dr Zakir’s views on comparative religion and his methods in defending Islam that had drawn the ire of those who dared not face him. Unquote. He was commenting on Dr. Zakir's talks on Islam.
When it comes to religion, what is there to compare? You believe in a particular religion. That's fine for everyone but you do not have to compare. When you do, are you trying to say someone else's belief is not right or more inferior to yours?. Now, that is not fine for those others, as beliefs are personal.All matured people would understand that personal religious belief must never be questioned. And what is there to defend when it comes to Islam. Is not Islam already accepted by the world as a religion? Does not people respect God? We, or rather most, people believe in God. It's only where, for an individual, God is to be found, in which religion? Well, that depends upon the individual's belief which everyone ought to respect just as we expect others to respect our own beliefs. I personally have a strong belief in God's existence. Yes, one Almighty God. Almighty God because he is all powerful, capable of divinity, unlike mere mortals. If we believe in Almighty God, would we not understand He could be all knowing, everywhere present, everything capable of? Even being able to be present anywhere, anyhow or in any form? Would He not have known that different mortals can have different views and so choose different religions to accommodate differing thoughts? Would He not be present for everyone, no matter where, no matter how in whichever mortals' religion? Would He; remember He is All Almighty; be capable of being everywhere, no matter what your beliefs are, to love and cherish all the mortals whom he had created. If He had wanted just one religion, just one belief and no other, would He not have been capable of creating human minds to have just that instead of allowing so many religions to exist in our world? Would our Almighty God have been capable of that? Certainly, it could have been. That is if we truly believe in God, in His divine understanding, in His divine presence and in His divine capability. Do you truly believe in Almighty God? Does God and religion need anyone to defend?
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Monday, July 15, 2019
Who were the first people to reach the Malayan shores?
Today, the 15th of July, 2019, I read an article from Malay Mail, Malaysia and the comments that followed. One comment was so interesting with supporting evidence, giving us a place to verify the information given, that I decided to have it as a posting here. Certain derogating words have been deleted as I feel they were not necessary. Below is the comment:
The Truth Revealed (with evidence)! In June 1998, the government of Malaysia hired a team of experts from all over the world to gather in Malaysia for a research project to compliment the history studies that we undertook in our secondary school. The objective of the research is simply: 1. To find proof and evidence that show the Malays were the origins of Malaysia and they were the first race and religion that landed in Malaysia 2. To further strengthen their claims, first they need to find the graveyards of Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat, Hang Lekiu and others.. to show the existence of their pioneers. 3. The Batu Bersurat in Terengganu, reveals that the islamic religion landed in Malaysia more than a hundred years ago which further strengthened their claims! Since the year 1999 (if I'm not mistaken) or year 2000, do they study about HANG TUAH anymore ? Why is that popular subject GONE ? Missing in action ? Or evidence reveals something else that caused the government to stop the syllabus and HIDE the TRUTH ? Here are the Evidences of the findings by the team of scientists, archaeologist, historian and other technical staff from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Yemen & Russia. The evidence are: 1) They finally found the graveyards of Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat and others, their skeletons had been analyzed and samples of DNA taken with the results showing: Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat, Hang Lekiu and mates were NOT MALAY !! They were CHINESE origins (Islamic) from China !!! Why were they here in Malacca? If you go back in history, you would know that they were on a mission to protect the MALAY Sultanate from the frequent attacks by the Kingdom of SIAM (Thailand). So Hang Tuah was not a Malay hero ! They were the protectors of Parameswara (who was from INDONESIA) who landed in Malacca and claimed that the land belonged to him! Hang Tuah and friends were all from China, they were assigned to the Malacca Sultanate because Parameswara requested the Ming Dynasty Emperor for protection! Hence, the rich historical heritage of the Babas & Nyonyas were closely linked to the Seven Voyages to the Western Ocean by Admiral Zheng He who incidentally was a Chinese Muslim himself! In fact the Babas and Nyonyas were one of the earliest descendants from the aristocratic lineage of Admiral Zheng He from China. These Chinese have interbred with the Parameswara's people and till today are still more Chinese than Malay. They follow Chinese customs, wear "baju kurung with kerosang", speaks bazaar Malay language and Hokkien and they eat pork. They co-celebrate every religion existing in this country such as Holy Mary and Jesus, Hindu god like the "hantu tetek" and even the Islamic "keramat". This is the best integrated race and the earliest ever formed in Malaysia but yet they are non bumiputras even though they are one of the earliest....earlier than the so called Malays! That's why the Hang Tuah series in history is MISSING from the Malaysian SEJARAH today! It's shameful and they destroyed all facts on Hang Tuah just to save their pride!! Note: Remember Princess Hang Li Poh? - All surname 'HANG' (or ANG in Hokkien). 2) The researchers hired by the government found the oldest tombstones (graveyard) in Kelantan in year 2000. Surprisingly,the tombstones were at least 900 years old ! Older than the so-called Batu Bersurat. And the interesting thing was that they all belonged to the CHINESE! Having landed first in Malacca doesn't mean Malay is the first in Malaysia because during that time, the road was too long or undeveloped for them to reach or see the other side of the coast where the Chinese had landed much earlier. If you want the hard evidence of what the truth of the Research reveals, please write to The Federal Association of Archaeology & Research of Michigan, USA. This is a good reason to remind the Bumiputras NOT to ask the Chinese or Indians to go back to their Motherlands because the evidence had shown that Malays were NOT the original people of Malaysia ! The Truth Revealed (with evidence) and anthropologists have yet to ascertain if there was indeed a Malay race !
Infact the original people of Malaya are the Orang Asli, most of whom are still living in clearings in the jungles, living a nomadic life.
The Truth Revealed (with evidence)! In June 1998, the government of Malaysia hired a team of experts from all over the world to gather in Malaysia for a research project to compliment the history studies that we undertook in our secondary school. The objective of the research is simply: 1. To find proof and evidence that show the Malays were the origins of Malaysia and they were the first race and religion that landed in Malaysia 2. To further strengthen their claims, first they need to find the graveyards of Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat, Hang Lekiu and others.. to show the existence of their pioneers. 3. The Batu Bersurat in Terengganu, reveals that the islamic religion landed in Malaysia more than a hundred years ago which further strengthened their claims! Since the year 1999 (if I'm not mistaken) or year 2000, do they study about HANG TUAH anymore ? Why is that popular subject GONE ? Missing in action ? Or evidence reveals something else that caused the government to stop the syllabus and HIDE the TRUTH ? Here are the Evidences of the findings by the team of scientists, archaeologist, historian and other technical staff from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Yemen & Russia. The evidence are: 1) They finally found the graveyards of Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat and others, their skeletons had been analyzed and samples of DNA taken with the results showing: Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat, Hang Lekiu and mates were NOT MALAY !! They were CHINESE origins (Islamic) from China !!! Why were they here in Malacca? If you go back in history, you would know that they were on a mission to protect the MALAY Sultanate from the frequent attacks by the Kingdom of SIAM (Thailand). So Hang Tuah was not a Malay hero ! They were the protectors of Parameswara (who was from INDONESIA) who landed in Malacca and claimed that the land belonged to him! Hang Tuah and friends were all from China, they were assigned to the Malacca Sultanate because Parameswara requested the Ming Dynasty Emperor for protection! Hence, the rich historical heritage of the Babas & Nyonyas were closely linked to the Seven Voyages to the Western Ocean by Admiral Zheng He who incidentally was a Chinese Muslim himself! In fact the Babas and Nyonyas were one of the earliest descendants from the aristocratic lineage of Admiral Zheng He from China. These Chinese have interbred with the Parameswara's people and till today are still more Chinese than Malay. They follow Chinese customs, wear "baju kurung with kerosang", speaks bazaar Malay language and Hokkien and they eat pork. They co-celebrate every religion existing in this country such as Holy Mary and Jesus, Hindu god like the "hantu tetek" and even the Islamic "keramat". This is the best integrated race and the earliest ever formed in Malaysia but yet they are non bumiputras even though they are one of the earliest....earlier than the so called Malays! That's why the Hang Tuah series in history is MISSING from the Malaysian SEJARAH today! It's shameful and they destroyed all facts on Hang Tuah just to save their pride!! Note: Remember Princess Hang Li Poh? - All surname 'HANG' (or ANG in Hokkien). 2) The researchers hired by the government found the oldest tombstones (graveyard) in Kelantan in year 2000. Surprisingly,the tombstones were at least 900 years old ! Older than the so-called Batu Bersurat. And the interesting thing was that they all belonged to the CHINESE! Having landed first in Malacca doesn't mean Malay is the first in Malaysia because during that time, the road was too long or undeveloped for them to reach or see the other side of the coast where the Chinese had landed much earlier. If you want the hard evidence of what the truth of the Research reveals, please write to The Federal Association of Archaeology & Research of Michigan, USA. This is a good reason to remind the Bumiputras NOT to ask the Chinese or Indians to go back to their Motherlands because the evidence had shown that Malays were NOT the original people of Malaysia ! The Truth Revealed (with evidence) and anthropologists have yet to ascertain if there was indeed a Malay race !
Infact the original people of Malaya are the Orang Asli, most of whom are still living in clearings in the jungles, living a nomadic life.
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
A Supreme Race?
Why sre mortal beings still so ignorant despite education easily avilable throughout the world?
For any race to consider it supreme, it must be very much better than all the rest of mankind, every individual ofthat race. Should there be even just one individual who is lower in intelligence, less capable than anyone of the human race, weaker financially, spiritually, emotionally or physically, then that race is just like any other race throughout the world, no more supreme than the worst of us.
Yet, in this 21st century, certain portions of the Malays, especially the politicians, claim supremacy over any other race, if not throughout the world, at least in Malaysia. Yet, in the very same breath, these proponents of supremacy demand special rights for their race, using its weaker financial situation as its excuse to be given better opportunities to improve themselves financially.
Looks like these people have not or forgotten that in history, the Japanese and the Germans had once considered themselves the supreme races and had wanted to conquer the world so that the so-called less sipreme beings of humankind would be under their rule. The world proved them wrong. And in 2018, the supremacy group of politicians under UMNO was defeaated in that year's election, to be replaced with less arrogant, more inclusive politicians from another coalition.
Even with their failure to be supreme, they continued with their superiority rhetoric on race and religion. They refused to realise that the only truly supreme being is God, that all humans are mere mortals with the possibility of mental and physical weaknesses. Some even believe God needs them to defend Him Some even talk as if there are God, putting forth words and thoughts with the implication it comes from God.
They do not understand that all humans are created or born equal. Born into this world where the idea of power has caused some humans to divide this world into countries and states, divided by immaginary lines on land,they came to be known as people of different races. So, the idea of countries, boundaries, states and race are just human creations. It has nothing to do with skin colour either as can be seen from India and its people. The Indians from the cooler North are fair-skinned while the Indians from the hotter South are darker, mainly due to the difference in climate.
It is never God's intention to divide the human race. Neither was it His intention to have a particular race more superior than any other. It is more of the lust for power that cause this desire for supremacy. We are are humans created with different talents to fulfill the needs of this world. Let us all face this reality.
For any race to consider it supreme, it must be very much better than all the rest of mankind, every individual ofthat race. Should there be even just one individual who is lower in intelligence, less capable than anyone of the human race, weaker financially, spiritually, emotionally or physically, then that race is just like any other race throughout the world, no more supreme than the worst of us.
Yet, in this 21st century, certain portions of the Malays, especially the politicians, claim supremacy over any other race, if not throughout the world, at least in Malaysia. Yet, in the very same breath, these proponents of supremacy demand special rights for their race, using its weaker financial situation as its excuse to be given better opportunities to improve themselves financially.
Looks like these people have not or forgotten that in history, the Japanese and the Germans had once considered themselves the supreme races and had wanted to conquer the world so that the so-called less sipreme beings of humankind would be under their rule. The world proved them wrong. And in 2018, the supremacy group of politicians under UMNO was defeaated in that year's election, to be replaced with less arrogant, more inclusive politicians from another coalition.
Even with their failure to be supreme, they continued with their superiority rhetoric on race and religion. They refused to realise that the only truly supreme being is God, that all humans are mere mortals with the possibility of mental and physical weaknesses. Some even believe God needs them to defend Him Some even talk as if there are God, putting forth words and thoughts with the implication it comes from God.
They do not understand that all humans are created or born equal. Born into this world where the idea of power has caused some humans to divide this world into countries and states, divided by immaginary lines on land,they came to be known as people of different races. So, the idea of countries, boundaries, states and race are just human creations. It has nothing to do with skin colour either as can be seen from India and its people. The Indians from the cooler North are fair-skinned while the Indians from the hotter South are darker, mainly due to the difference in climate.
It is never God's intention to divide the human race. Neither was it His intention to have a particular race more superior than any other. It is more of the lust for power that cause this desire for supremacy. We are are humans created with different talents to fulfill the needs of this world. Let us all face this reality.
Saturday, June 29, 2019
The joy of friendshp
Every thing may come and go but friendship remains imbedded in our hearts forever. End of May, 2019 brought the arrival of old friends who took the trouble to look up to little old guy. Foo Fook Yuen came all the way from Penang to the sleeping hollow of Sungai Petani, Kedah to see Lee Heng Chye, Lee Ah Ba and I. Apparently, they were college-mates. As for me I got to know Fook Yuen and Ah Bah in Kodiang, Kedah. When Fook Yuen contacted me that morning, I dropped all appointments I dropped all the appointments had made to be with this olde beloved friend whom I missed since it was more than a few years I saw him in Penang.. (I had promised someone a massage, assistance to do something on a computer and given voluntary assistance to a brain-injured child. I have been practising qi kung and learning as much as I could on brain plasticity.)
Soon, I was out to meet Heng chye and Fook Yuen at a coffee-shop for breakfast, a second breakfast for me as I had one earlier. Althoough a simple breakfast, we spent some time in the shop and, to avoid, the discomfort we could be giving the proprietor of the shop, we ordered extra drinks. Wow! We were loaded with too much drinks. Eventually, we decided to call on Sifu Wong Kiew Kit, my sifu and long-time child-hood friend whom I had introduced to Fook Yuen many years back. There, we were really lucky to find sifu not outstation in other parts of the world. With his usual enthusiastic greeting, he invited us in and we enjoyed old times together.
Then, we hoped to try the ferry ride on the Merbok River but was unfortunately to have the rowers gone off early as it was still their fasting month. So, we just explored the jetty, took some photos and headed back to Sungai Petani to see Lee Ah Ba.After exchanging views and news, we took along Ah Ba and his wife for dinner.
For me, the day passed too quickly. So quickly that I remembered my intention to attend to matters at my son's shop at 5.00 pm. only when it was 8.00 pm. Well, it was one of those happiest days of my life. Thank you, Foo Fook Yuen.
Soon, I was out to meet Heng chye and Fook Yuen at a coffee-shop for breakfast, a second breakfast for me as I had one earlier. Althoough a simple breakfast, we spent some time in the shop and, to avoid, the discomfort we could be giving the proprietor of the shop, we ordered extra drinks. Wow! We were loaded with too much drinks. Eventually, we decided to call on Sifu Wong Kiew Kit, my sifu and long-time child-hood friend whom I had introduced to Fook Yuen many years back. There, we were really lucky to find sifu not outstation in other parts of the world. With his usual enthusiastic greeting, he invited us in and we enjoyed old times together.
Then, we hoped to try the ferry ride on the Merbok River but was unfortunately to have the rowers gone off early as it was still their fasting month. So, we just explored the jetty, took some photos and headed back to Sungai Petani to see Lee Ah Ba.After exchanging views and news, we took along Ah Ba and his wife for dinner.
For me, the day passed too quickly. So quickly that I remembered my intention to attend to matters at my son's shop at 5.00 pm. only when it was 8.00 pm. Well, it was one of those happiest days of my life. Thank you, Foo Fook Yuen.
Friday, June 28, 2019
Struck down by a fruit!
Struck down by a fruit!
Sometimes, we think we are in the best of health, with every morning exercise, proper home-cooked meals most of the time, sufficient rest and sleep and daily qi practice; not apain in any joint, 120/70 almost blood pressure, no diabetes no headache attacks or fever for years; and we grow too confident.
Well, I grow too cocksure and when a durian (a fruit well known for its ability to get the heat in one's body up) comes along as a gift from a friend, I took the whole fruit at one sitting and drank too little water along with it. After all, what can a durian fruit do to me? Of course, I was too wll stuffed and there was there was a little discomfort. Well, that was expected.
However, what i did not expect was a bout of diarrhea and vomiting that took me six days to recover, Through the night of June 23, 2019 from 1.30 am to 6.00 am. I was running to and from from my bed to either the sink or the toilet to throw up or spill out pieces of durian flesh drained from my body. By then I was so dehydrated, I had to drink but whatever liquid went in flowed out a minute or two later. My breathing became heavier as my lungs seem to fight for breath and I tried to do heavy breathing to overcome it to no avail. The situation was to last until Friday evening. I was dizzy from weakness and insufficient intake of food. although things seem to be improving, though a bit too slow for me.
So, on 26 June, a Wednesday afternoon, i took my problem to a doctor. The doctor was more worried than me and told me to go back for a review the very next day should things no improve. Of course, this stubborn old fool did not go for further check-up, even though the tide had not turned then. I was fortunate to prove myself right when, on Friday evening, the liquid expelling mechanism in the body stopped completely. After that it was fine and life was beautiful once again.
For record purposes, I found that I had been given Hyoscine N Butylbromide, Diphenoxylate & Atropine Sulphate, Metoclopramide Hcl and Paracetamol tables. I know paracetamol is for the fever. one of the others is for lessening the activity of the esophagus.
So, I have learned not to be a glutton even though I am capable of eating a lot. Ao, I am not obese and the amount has always been right for the numerous activities each day. Just that, when a food is termed to be too 'heaty' or 'cooling' I just have to be careful in the amount consumed.
Sometimes, we think we are in the best of health, with every morning exercise, proper home-cooked meals most of the time, sufficient rest and sleep and daily qi practice; not apain in any joint, 120/70 almost blood pressure, no diabetes no headache attacks or fever for years; and we grow too confident.
Well, I grow too cocksure and when a durian (a fruit well known for its ability to get the heat in one's body up) comes along as a gift from a friend, I took the whole fruit at one sitting and drank too little water along with it. After all, what can a durian fruit do to me? Of course, I was too wll stuffed and there was there was a little discomfort. Well, that was expected.
However, what i did not expect was a bout of diarrhea and vomiting that took me six days to recover, Through the night of June 23, 2019 from 1.30 am to 6.00 am. I was running to and from from my bed to either the sink or the toilet to throw up or spill out pieces of durian flesh drained from my body. By then I was so dehydrated, I had to drink but whatever liquid went in flowed out a minute or two later. My breathing became heavier as my lungs seem to fight for breath and I tried to do heavy breathing to overcome it to no avail. The situation was to last until Friday evening. I was dizzy from weakness and insufficient intake of food. although things seem to be improving, though a bit too slow for me.
So, on 26 June, a Wednesday afternoon, i took my problem to a doctor. The doctor was more worried than me and told me to go back for a review the very next day should things no improve. Of course, this stubborn old fool did not go for further check-up, even though the tide had not turned then. I was fortunate to prove myself right when, on Friday evening, the liquid expelling mechanism in the body stopped completely. After that it was fine and life was beautiful once again.
For record purposes, I found that I had been given Hyoscine N Butylbromide, Diphenoxylate & Atropine Sulphate, Metoclopramide Hcl and Paracetamol tables. I know paracetamol is for the fever. one of the others is for lessening the activity of the esophagus.
So, I have learned not to be a glutton even though I am capable of eating a lot. Ao, I am not obese and the amount has always been right for the numerous activities each day. Just that, when a food is termed to be too 'heaty' or 'cooling' I just have to be careful in the amount consumed.
Sunday, February 11, 2018
Oh, God. part 2
At the age of ten, I was struck by an illness that almost cost me my life. I lost my appetite and eating certain food made the sickness even worse. Gradually, my parents were losing hope of a cure. Not that they did not try. I was taken from one doctor to another but to no avail. Was it small-pox or chicken-pox? I cannot remember what it was. My poor mother told me not to die as people might think they did not give me enough attention. At that age I was not even worried about death.
We then rented one of the rooms in a big house with a big compound in the front portion. The landlord was wealthy as there was constantly a number of lorries parked there. In one corner of that compound was a tall, big tree where, at its roots was a soil-filled red container, with a number of joss-sticks sticking up from its top. It was placed between two of the tree's huge roots. Here, people from the surrounding area would come to pray to something. Was it a deity or some kind of spirit? Well, I was too young to know.
It was to this place that my parents took me to on one morning. In their despair of finding a cure for my sickness, they place all their hopes on whatever was there. I suppose anyone in their predicament would have done such an act. They bought some fruits, a pair of candles and some joss-sticks to offer whatever was there at the foot of that tree. Their desire for my recovery was sincere and great enough to place all their hopes there. They prayed very hard, asking me to join them in praying for my life. And believe it or not, (Well, I am still strong and healthy at the age of seventy-two.) I slowly but gradually recovered. I took no new batch of medicine but my appetite and strength returned little by little. After a few months of absence from school, I was eventually able to return to school to the surprise of my form-teacher and my class-mates.
A miraculous recovery without the use of any medicine, it definitely was. When I related this to a friend who belonged to a certain religion, he told me it was the work of the devil. Was it the work of the devil? If it was the devil's work, he must have been a good devil, a godly devil. He saved my life, didn't he? Was the devil trying to convince me too join him? To be his disciple? No, it cannot be when that so-called devil was so godly in his deed. He saved me. He gave hope to my despairing parents. Instead of being devilishly delighted with the sadness and hopelessness of my folks and I, he brought in rays of happiness.
So, I believe it is the work of almighty God. If religious people, people who belong to a religion and who believe in God, almighty God, who can reach us in His powerful, mysterious ways, then all God-believing people like me, should believe He has the power to assist us in whatever way necessary. As He is almighty, there is no place he cannot be. His love and blessings will be available no matter the situation. I believe all is possible where God is concerned. No obstacle is too great for Him. Such obstacles only exist in the mind of mortal men who think it is impossible.for this or that to happen. Thank God for that
We then rented one of the rooms in a big house with a big compound in the front portion. The landlord was wealthy as there was constantly a number of lorries parked there. In one corner of that compound was a tall, big tree where, at its roots was a soil-filled red container, with a number of joss-sticks sticking up from its top. It was placed between two of the tree's huge roots. Here, people from the surrounding area would come to pray to something. Was it a deity or some kind of spirit? Well, I was too young to know.
It was to this place that my parents took me to on one morning. In their despair of finding a cure for my sickness, they place all their hopes on whatever was there. I suppose anyone in their predicament would have done such an act. They bought some fruits, a pair of candles and some joss-sticks to offer whatever was there at the foot of that tree. Their desire for my recovery was sincere and great enough to place all their hopes there. They prayed very hard, asking me to join them in praying for my life. And believe it or not, (Well, I am still strong and healthy at the age of seventy-two.) I slowly but gradually recovered. I took no new batch of medicine but my appetite and strength returned little by little. After a few months of absence from school, I was eventually able to return to school to the surprise of my form-teacher and my class-mates.
A miraculous recovery without the use of any medicine, it definitely was. When I related this to a friend who belonged to a certain religion, he told me it was the work of the devil. Was it the work of the devil? If it was the devil's work, he must have been a good devil, a godly devil. He saved my life, didn't he? Was the devil trying to convince me too join him? To be his disciple? No, it cannot be when that so-called devil was so godly in his deed. He saved me. He gave hope to my despairing parents. Instead of being devilishly delighted with the sadness and hopelessness of my folks and I, he brought in rays of happiness.
So, I believe it is the work of almighty God. If religious people, people who belong to a religion and who believe in God, almighty God, who can reach us in His powerful, mysterious ways, then all God-believing people like me, should believe He has the power to assist us in whatever way necessary. As He is almighty, there is no place he cannot be. His love and blessings will be available no matter the situation. I believe all is possible where God is concerned. No obstacle is too great for Him. Such obstacles only exist in the mind of mortal men who think it is impossible.for this or that to happen. Thank God for that
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