I just remembered watching “The Reaping” and Hilary Swank giving the 10 Plagues a scientific explanation. I’m much of a skeptic as the next person, but I have faith. Keep saying that because, even though I question a lot of things mostly the church, I still tend to look for a divine purpose. Call me naive, but that has never failed for me.

I often ask “Why?” Why me? Why them? Why now? Why does it have to happen?

You have to admit that you ask that too, more often than you think. It just proves that even though science has answered a lot of question and proven a lot of things, there is still so much of the world we haven’t even started to comprehend and maybe never will.

For atheists, I think we should all be thankful for having a God. I don’t believe in religion, because it divides humankind. It’s obvious that we believe in the same things, we only call it different names and we worship them in different ways. Humans interpret things differently too, so matter how much you have faith on your religion, interpreting it and carrying out as a mission solely depends on each person.

Instead of being united, as God would want us to be, we persecute other religions because they are different from us. Being different was never wrong, but because of our world’s history, it has induced fear. Fear of the different often leads to poor judgement. Fear often blinds us to what is important, we see things that aren’t there, and in turn we don’t see what must be seen.

So anyway, I’ve thinking a lot about the 10 plagues. It’s kinda a random thought that pops in my head.

Science have given it explanation. I’ve always believed in facts, so I believe it.

For those who haven’t heard of it, or read it:

In 1400 B.C., a group of nervous Egyptians saw the Nile turn red. But what they thought was blood was actually an algae bloom which killed the fish, which prior to that had been living off the eggs of frogs. Those uneaten eggs turned into record numbers of baby frogs who subsequently fled to the land and died. Their little rotting frog bodies attracted lice and flies. The lice carried the bluetongue virus, which killed 70% of Egypt's livestock. The flies carried glanders, a bacterial infection which in humans causes boils. Soon afterwards, the Nile River Valley was hit with a three-day sandstorm otherwise known as the plague of darkness. During the sandstorm, intense heat can combine with an approaching cold front to create not only hail, but also electrical storms which would have looked to the ancient Egyptians like fire from the sky. The subsequent wind would have blown the Ethiopian locust population off course and right into downtown Cairo. Hail is wet, locusts leave droppings spread both on grain, and you have got mycotoxins. Dinnertime in ancient Egypt meant the first-born child got the biggest portion which in this case meant he ate the most toxins, so he died. Ten plagues. Ten scientific explanations.

NOw of you read closely, it doesn’t look like God gave plagues at all, right? It seems like a series of natural incidents. Nature is god, again, Paganism is just another kind of belief, but believing in nature is just the same as believing in an actual god.

I looked at it again, and it seems like God gave just one plague, and it seemed like it wasn’t even that big of a deal. The one people didn’t notice: The algae.

It’s the same isn’t it? Why?

Why has the river turned to blood? Why did the fish die?

Here’s another question: How?

And with that one answer, everything seemed to make sense. If people were smarter back then, they would’ve figured it out. There weren’t ten plagues, just one, it just had a lot of effects.

For me, God is subtle. Like a ripple in a pond. he touches the water and looks as the ripples get bigger and bigger, but it soon dies down. He throws one small problem at a time and he lets nature takes its course, like free will. That’s why small things should never be taken for granted, it’s often the small things that he gives, we just have to wait for the ripple to get bigger.

*note: hey we all have our own opinions. leave me to mine, but I'm interested if you have something to say. ^^

It seems that "The Da Vinci Code" or "Angels&Demons" aren't the last of Robert Langdon's adventures. 

Set to be released sometime in September, is the upcoming novel of Dan Brown, originally known as "The Solomon Key" now entitled "The Lost Symbol"

I'm looking forward to another Robert Langdon novel since it's the best among Dan Brown's work. I haven't had the time to research the contents of the novel thoroughly except for, that it focuses on Freemasonry and duh? the Lost Symbol, which is the Hebrew Key of Solomon.

The Key of Solomon is actually a book,a book of magic attributed to King Solomon, this book supposedly inspired many other works similar to it most of it dated from 16th and 17th century, a Greek prototype from the 15th century still exists.

According to myths, the original text of the Key of Solomon, the one written by King Solomon himself, was given to his son and had him hide it in his sepulchre upon his death. It wasn't found until some Babylonians, fixing King Solomon's tomb found it and were unable to decipher it's contents. Except for one of them. He placed a spell on the book saying that the unworthy and the unwise or those who do not fear in God would not benefit from the contents of the book.

The Key of Solomon contains conjurations, invocations and curses to summon and constrain spirits of the dead an demons. The other half contains purifications or excorcisms. All that must be done, preperations, detailed materials, set of magical symbols, appropriate astrological time...are explained in the book.

So... what has it got to do with the freemasons? I have absolutely no idea. *sigh* I guess I just have to wait till thesis is over. perfect timing!

source: wikipedia, where else?

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As it turns out, a parchment from the orginal Key of Solomon was found and deciphered and secrets revealed were quite...shocking? The pattern seen on it matches the Freemason first degree tracing board, the Vatican City layout plan, Washington DC layout plan and the fundamental secret of the beginning of all the great pyramid civilizations. 

Now I see the connection. pft.

5 years of research squeezed into Robert Langdon's 12 hour time frame. can't wait!

I had just finished watching "Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" on StarMovies. I just love Skandar Keynes(Edmund) ! I absolutely adore him!

Anyway, I just can't get the bridge scene at the end, out of my head. It keeps making me laugh.

Here's my interpretation of it:

Lord Sopespain sees the Narnian army charging towards them. They were greater in number but saw that they were no match for Narnian trees. Their numbers were decreasing rapidly and their weapons were all almost complete destroyed. 

Lord Sopespian orders them to head towards the river as he thinks that their survival will be at best there.

As they run towards the bridge, they stop dead in their tracks as a little girl walks towards them from the other side.

*my interpretation*

"Oh no! It's a little girl!! Soldiers exclaim. *scream frantically*

Then little girl (Lucy) pulls out a dagger from her sash.

"And she has a knife!!!"

"What power do our swords have against her smallish knife!?!?"

"Run for your lives!!!"

*screams like a girl and stumbles back*

*end of interpretation*

Oh..this movie made me laugh so hard! I just had to share it. I'm sorry, I'm really mababaw.

I swear I tried to stop myself from posting another blog about Atashinchi no Danshi, but I can't help it!!!! so forgive me. It's because, I'm actually watching it again!!!

I can't stop my hands from moving my mouse up to that DramaCrazy button on my bookmarks bar. Can't stop my fingers from clicking it. Can't stop myself from watching it!!! gaaah!!! It's crazy! 

Well actually I'd just like to point out a few things in episode 8.

For some strange reason, the brothers dressed up as a biker gang looked really hot! All of them. Except of course, the actual biker gang member, Takeru. But damn... Fuu, Sho, Satoru and even Masaru looked really hot! Then again, I've always had a thing for bad guys, and boy did they look bad! nyom! wahahaha

And...! that first scene was just... augh! <3 I so envy Horikita Maki for eating with hot japanese guys in just towels! <3 

Again, I repeat HOT JAPANESE BOYS in towels. Other beings in towels are so not welcome into my mind. *flasback* Yay o! hahahaha

And of course, the plot of that episode. *sigh* 

Damn... I really can't get Mukai Osamu off my mind. I was gonna say he looked like someone I know in one of his pics, but I don't want him to look like that someone! NOoooo!

Not that it's bad, just that it's wrong. hahaha. LOL.

so that's that. Mukai Osamu. *sigh*

Mukai Osamu. Full moon. *giggle* sheeeeeeetttt. I really REALLY have to get over that scene.