10/31/2009

A sermon from elle

elle(from UK) says: Here is my 2 cents worth. People who dare not speak out are afraid of the judgement of others who may penalise them or at least laugh at them. So how do we cure that problem? (1) To dare to speak out means that you have to be confident of your views, you must know that you are right with your views and that no one will be able to challenge your views. So how can you be sure you have views that no one can challenge? And how do you can you gain such knowledge? God gave you eyes to see. He also gave you a brain to use to analyse the good from the bad. Today, man has given you the tools to learn. It is the Internet. You could easily learn enough to write 10 PhD thesis from the Internet. There are all the libraries available to you on the Internet. All you need is patience, perseverance, and time to learn and to analyse. (This last trait, the ability to analyse, and to have cognisance of all the facts is up to you and may depend on your experience and maturity.) But this Internet university is open and free to all, if you have access to the Internet. Once you know the truth you will want to share your knowledge with others. Imagine being able to find out answers like, (1) Is there a god? (2) Whose god has all the answers? (3) Is that preacher or that Professor telling me the truth? Or does he know what he is talking about? (4) What is a Taoist? or Buddhist? or Christian? or a Jew? or a Muslim? It may take you 10 years of research, but at the end you will know the answers. Now, in the 21st century all this information is available to you, free, and on tap, and it is up to you to find out for yourself. If you care to find out, that is. But people are lazy and want to be spoon fed. Those who want to be spoon fed will never have the cognisance to see the truth anyway so they are a waste of time. SO MY CHALLENGE TO YOU IS; "IF YOU ARE IGNORANT, IT IS YOUR OWN DOING." (2) Now, back to my original article. (By the way I have replied to the author but have not yet received a reply.) Singapore has been a "Nanny State" for too long. It is time the people were weaned from it. That article clearly spells out why Singapore is a Nanny state. Today, Singaporeans must be able to speak out, discuss, and learn about the world about them. They have to know the real world, with "warts and all." So that they will know which way they want to go and what is there in the real world. You can only learn that when you can talk freely about it, not guided or controlled discussions. I know, most of the time I have acted as a "Devil's advocate" but I have not acted our of malice. I have wanted to entice more of you to discuss the issues of life, of problems of the world, and how it will affect the lives of people in South East Asia and the future of your children and their children. There I go again preaching a sermon. End off. The above post is in Redbeanforum in the World Affairs section.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I soke too soon or thinking of the devil, one may study for many years on an issue and still can be wrong.

Anonymous said...

will affect the lives of people in South East Asia ..

Is this a hallmark between vision or delusions or the bar calls it dementia & illusion. Many says TALK is cheap.

Easiler to write when one goes to the bar & get some alcohol into the system.

OK here comes South East Asia with hungry stomach... CHEERS .. do something REDBEAN...

I will watch you from the bar..

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean said...

hi directless rubber, you are back again. why not try to explain what directless rubber is or what emplorer is?

you just confirm yourself as the biggest fool coming here for more foolish talk.

elle aka mbplee said...

Now I see why some people in Singapore are so "brilliant" if these replies reflect your intelligensia. tsk! tsk!

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean said...

hi elle, this directless rubber is a hothead that could not think clearly. and he has compromised himself so much that it is very difficult to unwind himself to restore his own credibility as a sensible person. he is just too impulsive and unable to control his own madness.