Thursday, June 11, 2009 .
Mood: morning-glowish
Location: home
Listening to: Beautiful Day, U2.
Thoughts: was reading an article in NP times about evangelism-
People were complaning lots about Youth for Christ activities in reaching out to people and conducting surveys, as a result they were not allowed under the study block and sent to certian unpopulated areas to conduct their work. Some people write back and say that society's old enough for religious tolerance and what not..
My stand? Coexist..Seriously! not being all lee kuan yew here, but we gotta tolerate each other man. I know that sometimes the way certian people conduct evangelism may seem threatening or soemtimes you may detect ulterior motives in their message..but honestly people are out there preaching and telling about the gospel for the good of everyone.
We just gotta tolerate them. Youth For Christ is out there to save and develop young lives..
-warning major insensitiveness up ahead-
people, they do think that Christians we're all about money and richness and power. we're all about you there! convert or you go to hell. But I think that sometimes those are expressions of the people who convey the message, and not the religion itself.
In short..i think:
Christians: give your message, share with them, be their brothers and sisters. but don't push it to far..if people don't want to hear the truth, pray for them in their heart and move on. there are countless brothers and sisters out there who need our help. Don't shove apples down their mouth if they are hungry and don't like it.
Other people: religious tolerance man. I started out hating christians and being intolerant, it drove me into a life of hatred. Now ive seen the other side, i know what it's like. the best way to go by, is just to coexist. Don't hate your brother and sister for offering something to you very ferverntly.
you can critisize me for being impure or just plain out of context, or a really strayed-away Chrisitan, or a goody two shoes feller, but it's plain simple - i believe in coexistence.
Buddha, mohammed, moses, the great teachers of our time.
Jesus, Allah, Yaweh, God, the Great Powers making this work work.
We are their children, let's not fight but move towards living together in the limited time we have.
That's my stand.
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Exams are over! HRM was fine, though there were some questions that i coudlnt really answer straight on. oh well, must do better next time!
Went to Clementi with Bernice, Amanda, Ronny, Joshua, Grace, Bryan, Marcus, Sheena, Sheryl, Sinyee, Matthew and Joey to eat..Later some of us went to west coast RC to play lan..and damn, it was a four hour straight marathon of L4D.
Yup you read it, Left 4 Dead 4 4 hours. hahahhaahahaa.
After a tiring but fun session, we headed over next door to play pool. i was so tired aft that i went home..went on the com, and fell asleep about 1 hr later.
totally happy exams are over man, i needed the break..work's like totally really damn tough!
Anw, Trust in God, Lean not on your own understanding. Gotta remember that.
Unless the Lord Builds the House, the workers labour in vain. God in Centre!
People were complaning lots about Youth for Christ activities in reaching out to people and conducting surveys, as a result they were not allowed under the study block and sent to certian unpopulated areas to conduct their work. Some people write back and say that society's old enough for religious tolerance and what not..
My stand? Coexist..Seriously! not being all lee kuan yew here, but we gotta tolerate each other man. I know that sometimes the way certian people conduct evangelism may seem threatening or soemtimes you may detect ulterior motives in their message..but honestly people are out there preaching and telling about the gospel for the good of everyone.
We just gotta tolerate them. Youth For Christ is out there to save and develop young lives..
-warning major insensitiveness up ahead-
people, they do think that Christians we're all about money and richness and power. we're all about you there! convert or you go to hell. But I think that sometimes those are expressions of the people who convey the message, and not the religion itself.
In short..i think:
Christians: give your message, share with them, be their brothers and sisters. but don't push it to far..if people don't want to hear the truth, pray for them in their heart and move on. there are countless brothers and sisters out there who need our help. Don't shove apples down their mouth if they are hungry and don't like it.
Other people: religious tolerance man. I started out hating christians and being intolerant, it drove me into a life of hatred. Now ive seen the other side, i know what it's like. the best way to go by, is just to coexist. Don't hate your brother and sister for offering something to you very ferverntly.
you can critisize me for being impure or just plain out of context, or a really strayed-away Chrisitan, or a goody two shoes feller, but it's plain simple - i believe in coexistence.
Buddha, mohammed, moses, the great teachers of our time.
Jesus, Allah, Yaweh, God, the Great Powers making this work work.
We are their children, let's not fight but move towards living together in the limited time we have.
That's my stand.
------------------
Exams are over! HRM was fine, though there were some questions that i coudlnt really answer straight on. oh well, must do better next time!
Went to Clementi with Bernice, Amanda, Ronny, Joshua, Grace, Bryan, Marcus, Sheena, Sheryl, Sinyee, Matthew and Joey to eat..Later some of us went to west coast RC to play lan..and damn, it was a four hour straight marathon of L4D.
Yup you read it, Left 4 Dead 4 4 hours. hahahhaahahaa.
After a tiring but fun session, we headed over next door to play pool. i was so tired aft that i went home..went on the com, and fell asleep about 1 hr later.
totally happy exams are over man, i needed the break..work's like totally really damn tough!
Anw, Trust in God, Lean not on your own understanding. Gotta remember that.
Unless the Lord Builds the House, the workers labour in vain. God in Centre!
