Sunday, February 26, 2006

Conversions with my student on the nature of God

aileen berco (2/26/2006 4:12:20 PM): hi po sir....

Godfather (2/26/2006 4:12:32 PM): hello...

aileen berco (2/26/2006 4:12:38 PM): Skip Day: stay home from school on March 2, 2006 no matter what school you go to, what state you live in. All kids in the world should have a national skip day. Think about it... teachers show up and no one is in class... then they'll all leave. They cant punish everyone!!! Tell everyone you know and let's see if it makes it on the news. Why March 2 2006...cuz it's a special day!!! Copy this and send it 2 everyone you know. MARCH 2, 2006 NO SCHOOL!!! PASS IT ON!!

aileen berco (2/26/2006 4:13:01 PM): Mustah na po how's life

Godfather (2/26/2006 4:15:31 PM): nge. susundin mo ba yan? nakita ko yan eh. bigay ni abegail.

Godfather (2/26/2006 4:15:34 PM): ok naman

aileen berco: hindi po... may exam po nung araw na yun eh.. hehehe si rhia po ksi ang kulet

Godfather: oo nga. hehe.

aileen berco: ay sir i have a question, napanod nyo na po ba yung Bruce ALmighty?

Godfather: yes, many times. why, may i ask?

aileen berco: ksi po, i have another analysis on philosophy, napanod ko na din po, pede po humungi ng suggestion? hehe sensya napo///

Godfather: ok. what about? nature of God?

Godfather: sometimes, i get disconnected. medyo me problem ang pc ko because of windows update. huwaaa. sorry. you were saying? ano tungkol sa bruce almighty?

aileen berco: opo, owei, lang po if your not busy po0...hehehe

Godfather: what about it nga? philosophy, so the nature of God? providence? human freedom? kung pwede ba mangyari yun sa tunay na buhay? nature of goodness? ang daming philosophical issues dun

Godfather: hey if i get disconnected or would not answer you in 3 minutes ibig sabihin me problem pc ko. you might see me online pero i could not see your msgs and all.

aileen berco: sabi lang po is about the existence of God in the lives of each in everyone of us, at about din daw po kung pede ngang mangyari in real life

Godfather: eh di providence.

aileen berco: yung nga po

Godfather: can you try going to the site of wikipedia. and input bruce almighty. then, also look for God's providence or simply providence. try to find some connections.

Godfather: di kasi ako makapagmultiple iexplorer. naghhung.

aileen berco: ah ok po try ko po thank you po....

Godfather: now, whether it can happen in real life is a question on the intent of God, which we cannot see. the film just simply states na if any person on earth will be taking the job of God even for a day, then there will be chaos. it's hard to maintain that position, i mean nakita mo naman. all the prayers of the all the people of the world are selfish prayers. so they simply cancel one another. i mean, gusto ko ok ako, and another also ganun din. sometimes, the good of one cancels the good of another so we end up in chaos. imagine kung lahat ng tao tatama sa lottery. so there

aileen berco: so, sir that's why there's no equality

aileen berco: i mean there is poor there is rich, ung mga levels po ba like that...

Godfather: i remember the words of my former teacher in literature, mrs. fedeliza noel, God, i love that ol' lady. she taught me literature and made me who i am. anyways, she would always say na "God is in our heaven, everything is right with the world" di ba? that's the statement of trust that we should always say. It's like whenever i travel dati, I could not sleep. But when my father is the one driving, i could. kasi i trust him so much. God i miss him

Godfather: there is equality. kasi equality means a treatment of justice for all. sabi nga ng bible, God makes the sun shines for the good and the bad, without discrimination

Godfather: the levels of society was made by us. interplay of freedom which God cannot mess with. he made us free remember? so we were free to mess up with our brethren. of course in eternity, we believe that God will right all the wrongs.

Godfather: when somebody gets so rich, he makes someone so poor. ewan ko ba that;s how i always feel. kasi the resources are so few. so we are the reason for the inequality, not God

Godfather: Kaya nga di ba the greatest prayer is the Our Father : Thy Will be Done. It gives back to God what He does not have (technically) - our freedom.

Godfather: thanks for my new article in blog. hahaha. me article na ako. pwede ko ba include pangalan mo?

aileen berco: ay grabeh, sir, wla po ako masabi, but then is there really a way of knowing GOd perse? I mean face to face, but then takot din po ako if it would happen to me

Godfather: hey are you sending some messages to me? coz i can't see them

aileen berco: opo,...dami na nga po eh

Godfather: knowing God per se, "as He is", has always been viewed by the ancients (including St Thomas) as the fulfillment of our nature as humans. that is, we will be perfected when one day, we will see God as He is. (it's in 1 John and also in the writings of Paul, "we see in part...etc. - I corinthians 12 or 13)

aileen berco: Eh Sir ano po kayang reason bkit sa Movie eh, nkita si God as human beinmg not as light or burning fire like sa bible?

Godfather: It is not something to be afraid of - facing God. He is our friend. i think that;s what the movie achieved. tingnan mo God was made to appear like a comical character pa nga. He was made to appear an african american - for racial reasons - but i think that's something. God made us who we are. he understands us perfectly. so he converses with us in our language.

Godfather: well, first of all because of cinematic effect. di naman pwede ang burning bush or light dun eh. second, god nga is presented as a real persona, he has feelings too and he cares for us like a friend. that would not be achieved by burning bushes. iba nung ke moses he was presented like someone to be afraid of. kasi nga as faithful, they are like little children pa. they have to be made afraid and all. parang ang mga bata sasabihin mo pa na "hala, me multo diyan. or "me spider o, get up na". pero when they grow up, it won't be necessary. ganon din sa faith. as a people, israelites were like young children. di pa sila mature. as christians, mature na ang faith dapat. so, Christ revealed himself as Love. God is love

aileen berco: So sir, Nag perception po kay God eh nagbago sa panhon natin po today?

Godfather: well, of course. as a people now, i think we are more concerned of being connected. tingnan mo internet, blogs, email, chat. we want to be reassured that we are not alone. so we try to view God as someone who is there, a real person whom we can talk and relate to. that is why madami di na nagdadasal kasi they don't buy the idea of praying/talking to an invisible being.

Godfather: as in the titanic movie, we wanted to be able to hold on to someone when hell breaks loose. so the negative people - like John Lennon - was saying, God is a "concept by which we measure our pain". parang kelangan lang natin ng fallback sa ating mga sufferings and delusions. aileen berco: hay sir, your words of wisdom really works... grabeh, touched nanaman po kayo...Thank you po...

aileen berco: Dami nanamang nabago to me... Thank you po ulit

Godfather: aileen i am trying to find a term na baka mag-come up sa write up mo. i saw it sa history of philo ni will durant, if i am not mistaken dun sa article ke spinoza, voltaire or schopenhauer. kasi you mentioned something about God's image to us. bakit human. kasi human tayo. there was a thing there na sabi, if we are triangles, we would envision God as triangular, and a perfect one. parang me pasaring ano? anyways, i am looking for my book pero di ko makita. teka lang

aileen berco: ok po...thak's po ulit

Godfather: hey di ko na makita. when mo ba kelangan? nagkakagulo na ah. napanood mo ba si col.querubin? nagtatawag na sa bonifacio. sugurin!!! hehehe.

Godfather: have you seen na the article at wikipedia? i think it's enough na for you. you can also click the one at the bottom about bruce almighty. go aileen!aileen berco: ah hindi po eh.... nako.... nanggugulo lang po yun... sir ok lang po... salamat po

aileen berco: nakita ko na nga po ...

Godfather: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOD

Godfather: yun ang address, ay, nakita mo na palaGodfather: siya gtg na. post ko to sa blog ko ha?
aileen berco: opo... ok po...thank you po ulit....for giving me hope... hay

aileen berco: Ingat po lagi ...God bless

Godfather: ok. you din

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