It has been more than a month now since I posted on this blog. Be that as it may, by no means am I planning on giving up writing whatsoever. The reason behind me not being able to write a post in the past month has been mainly due to work. You see, I have been in the transition of switching jobs. Before I get into detail about that though, I wanted to say as follows: I wanted to apologize for saying that I had bowed out of Christianity. I wanted to retract that statement. What I meant to say was that I was not 100% sure about my beliefs in the resurrection. Having said that, I can now move on to the topic at hand.

 

To be blunt, job hunting has never been my strong suit. Do not get me wrong though. The aforesaid statement does not mean that I do not know how to conduct myself well at work setting. Neither does it mean that I do not posses the right qualifications. The main reason why it has always been hard for me to find a job has been owing to:  Lack of experience (At first), and not knowing how to sell myself well enough.  Albeit, throughout the years have I been able to at least hold down a couple of good jobs for a time.

 

How should I be able to counteract the effects of my past experiences though? Well, is it easier said than done. Notwithstanding, do I not gain anything by reproaching myself for my past mistakes at this point. Thus, the need for me to jolt myself into action by heeding the advice of my closest friends. Getting flustered over the lack of expeditious results  during your job hunting experience can only take you so far. Hence, the importance to put into practice all you have learned during your working experience. Not to mention, that doing things such as polishing your resume from time to time, and attending job fairs might as well give you a boost.

 

In review, I would say that it is indeed not an easy task to find a suitable job nowadays. Nevertheless, there are a lot of tools online that can be helpful. To say nothing of the importance of casting your net wide. It is indeed axiomatic to say that the more contacts you have, the better chances you will get to find the appropriate job. Last but not least, adding luster to your resume once in a while also proves to be quite handy.

 

PS. Have I been recently praying so as to get the desired results on an application I sent to a language center. I just hope that God almighty does answer my prayer and gives me a chance to prove myself this time around.

  

The Moral Argument

The Teleological Argument

The Cosmological Argument

It has been exactly a month since the last time I posted anything. I apologize for the delay. Not only had I been sick for a while with an annoying flu once again, but I also had to tie up some loose ends. First of all I wanted to say that I have recently bowed out of Christianity. Am I still a theist though. I just put two and two together after reading the bible more carefully, among other things. After finding out about some disturbing bible passages, I just realized the god I worship is not the same as the Abrahamic god.

Anyway, this time around, I am going to talk about three arguments discussed at the last retreat I attended. These three arguments are part the study of apologetics and try to disprove the disbelief in God.

First of all, let us discuss the "Cosmological argument". The best explanation for it was posited by Italian priest and philosopher Thomas Aquinas in the 11th century. In his best work called the "Summa Theologica", Aquinas, gives us five ways so as to explain the belief in God: Motion, Causes, Contingency, Quality and design. Albeit, we are going to discount the last two due to them being inconsequential to the main explanation. A simple description of the three ways in one sentence would be as follows; There are things in this worlds that are "In motion", "Caused", and, "contingent (their existence depends on something else)". In other words, there is a sentient being (God) which made something to start moving, caused it to exist, and thus created it. If there had not been a creator, there would have been an infinite regression of events. Be that as it may, the aforesaid statement does not make sense.

The teleological argument, also proposed by Aquinas suggests as follows: In order for a complex being or object to exist, there must have been something that created it in the first place. In other words "intelligent design" implies "intelligent designer". In order to elucidate this idea, let us take a look at English philosopher William Paley's analogy. A case in point would be as follows: if we were to find a watch on the ground, we would not just imagine it randomly popped into existence. By looking at the complexity of it and seeing how its parts had to be put together for it to function. We can thus conclude that it was crafted by an intelligent being (watchmaker).

Last but not least, let us take into account the Moral argument. It suggests that God is needed to provide a coherent foundation for the existence of objective moral. In other words, our human nature

prevents us from being unable to differentiate between good and evil. For instance, the following syllogism explains this point further: 1. If God does not exist, objective moral values do not exist.

2.Objective moral values do exist. 3. Consequently, God exists.  Lastly, I would say that even though the aforesaid arguments are not 100% tenable per se, logic suggests they should be trusted.

 

Cold vs Flu

The flu... such an annoying illness that at times is unavoidable. Irrespective of much care you take so as not to get infected, it always finds a way to make your life even more difficult that it already is. In the following post I will talk about the flu and what can be done so as to prevent it and treat it.

 

First of all, we must know how to differentiate the common cold with the flu. The common cold is cause by over two hundred viruses, such as the "corona viruses", "rhino-viruses", among others; whereas the flu is usually caused by "influenza viruses" which per se are much stronger. Among the common symptoms of a cold we have: Dry or sore throat, congestion, and maybe a headache. When it comes to the flu though, we have pretty much the same aforesaid symptoms plus mild fever, aches and pains in your muscles, and minor exhaustion. Not to mention that the symptoms in a flu last longer (about two weeks).

 

Flues are often more serious due to the fact that they affect lungs and the joints. Thus, once they set up shop so to speak, they start whittling away at your strength. What is more, what can one do so as to heal the symptoms once you are infected?. Well, a lot of people wrongly believe that by taking antibiotics they can shorten the lifespan of a flu. Albeit, antibiotics can in fact be detrimental for your health. Owing to the fact that they kill bacteria, not viruses. Hence, weakening your immune system. On the other hand, something that does help is the ingestion of zinc that can strengthen your immune cells.

 

Lastly, I would say "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure". Consequently, the best way so as to be far away from a flu is to get a flu shot. Once a year and acting in compliance with the doctor's instructions. Besides that there is not much else to say other than as follows: Exercising can in fact boost your immune system and of course exposing yourself to doses of vitamin D can also prevent respiratory diseases.