My Students Writing: Fall 05 - Post 2
Let Your Ears Listen, and Eyes See
I wasn't sure if God really answers to us. Because I used to pray and keep talking to God about my situation but not to give my attention what God is saying about that, so it was me that wasn't care about His answer. So I didn't know His will.Recently, however, I realized how God likes not only listening but also answering to us. When I pray for something to God, I found the prayer is changing little bit day by day. For example, though I didn't want to forgive somebody at first, while I am praying the content of the prayer is changing. While I am praying, at some point, I suddenly realize myself asking God to help me to forgive and love the person again which I really didn't want to do.If a kid ask a question to his parents but does not listen to the parents, then what is the point? It is so obvious that you need to listen and understand what your advisor advises, after you asked something to them!! How come I didn't know this? What a fool I am! I should remember that God is giving so many responses and answers even at the very moment.
a Thanks-giving
When I offer an offering, I have thought that I am giving back some portion of God's things which are given to me. I thought that God might be happy about my offering because I gave something to him. It is not the point if I thought that the money is giving-back of His or offering my things or whatever. The thing that I want to focus on is if the offering is really an act of giving something to God or not." He pleases only our thanks-giving. ", said professor Henk, during his Creation and Evolution class. He said that because God our creator owns everything already, what we are saying "our offering" is actually already His. Thus, we are not giving God anything even though we are offering God such like cows, goats, sheep, money etc. This is what I haven't thought in this way. I was kind of proud of myself when I think that I am giving my things and time to God, but actually those haven't been mine at any time! Only after I heard this that "There is just one thing that we can give Him; that is.. thanks-giving from our heart." I realized it. Wow, it is true.
a Short Trip to the Chil-po Sea with a Bicycle
When I have a free time I love to ride a bicycle. Especially, when the weather is wonderful, I can not help myself from getting away with it. It was a perfect autumn day that the sky was crystal blue and temperature was quite warm. So, I borrowed a bicycle from a friend, and bought an apple and a drink. I took the Bible and start to go on my short trip to Chil-po sea which is just half an hour far from Handong.First, I drove it down along with the long decendant road. While I was going down the stiff road speedly, I was so excited! I shouted and sang a song. After I got the end of the road, I should choose the best way to get there. Because I had a only short time, I chose shorcut. It is the straight road which is in the same direction with the entrance of the Handong. At the right and left side of it, there is field where rice is growing. I went through that narrow road, and about 25 minutes later, I got there, the chil-po sea! Haha, I sat in front of the sea, and took out the apple, drink and the Bible. As taking a deep breathe, I stare the sea. Because of the beautiful sky, the sea was also gorgeous!! I opened the Bible, and gave Him a thanks-giving from my deep heart.
Evidence from Physics and Chemistry
Primary issue: Evidence from Physics and ChemistryPerspectives on issue:Stanley Miller discovered an important result which is an important requirement for evolution in 1953. In his famous experiment(conducted under the auspices of his adviser, Novel laureate Harold Urey), Stanley Miller circulated methane, ammonia, hydrogen gas, and water through a glass apparatus in which electric discharges were provided by Tesla coil. He found significant quantities of the two simplest amino acids, glycine and alanine during his second experiment. But the biblical creation model does not preclude the existence of chemical routes that can spontaneously generate biologically interesting compounds. Nor does a Creator require these chemical pathways to bring life into existence. Such pathways to prebiotic materials on early Earth have no substantial bearing on RTB’s origin-of-life model and are readily accommodated by it.
My opinion:In my opinion, it was impossible to make a same circumstance of early Earth for the Chemical experiment. We could imagine what situation would have been at that time, but which could be totally different from the reality. I want to discover about this experiment more specifically and find out what assumptions Stanley Miller used, and if I fully agree with that assumption.
Doubt about the Darwinian evolution theory.
Primary issue : Doubt about the Darwinian evolution theory.Speciation: Slow or Sudden?Perspectives on issue:Not all of scientists agree with the Darwinian evolution theory as a considerable theory. There are credible scientists who harbored significant skepticism toward that. There are many evidences showing that actual circumstance of early earth was inhospitable; those Hydrogen-rich mixtures of methane, Hackle’s embryos, common developmental pathway explanation, similar gene explanation, Java man are all wrong because of their insufficient evidence and logic. It means that it should be considered to examine the Darwinism again. And there are numerous evidences conclude in one that life appeared suddenly, not gradually. It supports 2nd and 3rd prediction of RTB model.
My opinion:Although I have believed Word of God and His creation, I could not find any other challenges when I was taught in school all these wrong theories written in a science text as truth. So while I was reading all these physical evidences which support the creation theory rather than Darwinism, I was surprised. Especially, while the evidence is so well-known and is said to be never changing truth, the logic of this book turns it out that it was wrong and was lie. The biggest surprising lie was the Hackle’s one for me. He gathered many different kinds of embryos and pointed out that those have ultimate similarity in their shape. According to that he assumed that those have a same root. He might have wanted to show at least there is possibility, but in a scientific aspect, I can not understand and accept his way of finding a truth.I imagine no matter how long time goes by, no one ever can truly understand the origin of life anyway. Because it beyond our head. But I believe if we really try to know sincerely what the secret is, and if we eventually find out some clues, then it would be also God’s truth.
Scientific questions on life’s origin and the answers.
Primary issue : Scientific questions on life’s origin and the answers.Perspectives on issue :They have been questioning over 150 years. It started from Darwinism in the late 1850s with the materialistic arena. Then after, Panspermia, which is an entirely different approach to the origin-of-life question, became popular. Neovitalism and The Oparin-Haldanme hypothesis also introduced to the public. Scientists try in many different way to give an answer on this big question, but all their efforts, various questions and answers never beyond their naturalistic paradigms.
My opinion :As an engineering student, I can understand why they have been asked these questions. Under the assumption that they weren’t Christians, it is their natural to ask until they fully understand. Unfortunately their questions lost their direction and right frame. Since, from the basic assumption they had got wrong, it couldn’t arrive to the right conclusion. I have also asked these questions since I was young. Reading miracles in the bible such as walking on the water, creating this world or stopping the sun in the sky, and so forth, made little child confused, because it was different from what I had been taught from the school.But after I met God personally, I became fully confess God as the Creator and Lord of us. Then, it wasn’t A problem that the creation was from God, the origin’s of life is from God. There is a gap that one should jump to understand the Word.
The Fall of Man: what kind of death?
Primary issue: The Fall of Man: what kind of death?Perspectives on issue:After God created Adam and Eve in the Eden, they were commanded to rule over the other creatures. Everything was allowed to them to eat except fruits of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and the tree of life. God said to them if they have it against God’s command, they shall be died. But they ate them listening to serpent so that God cursed the serpent and the ground. Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which they had been taken.Supporting points:God said to them that they must die if they eat the fruits of those trees. As a result, even though they did not die physically, but they were separated from God and the land that they lived together with God. They lost their direct relationship with God. It might have meant the death God had said.
My questions concerning the material and/or my beliefs:What if they ate the fruits of the tree of life first?How could the serpent live in the same place together with God and un-sinned man in the Garden of Eden? If God knows everything, then God have probably known the Adam and Eve will eat those fruits. Then, isn’t it meaningless that giving them a free-will by putting those trees in the middle of the Garden? Because anyway they can not resist themselves from commit the sin. Then, what is the point?
My conclusions:They died by being separated from God and the Garden. God judged and punished them, but He was the image of parents. He is even seemed to be more suffered then the Adam and Eve. God can not be with any kind of sin. He cursed the serpent and the ground because of the sin of them. But he clothed them and did not cursed them.
Sadness
Miss you, my friend, I woke up this morning and instantly thought about you who is no longer near me. I still miss you and am often worried about you. I cried a little bit yesterday but not much and that bothers me. I know that sometimes I find it very difficult to cry because I cried a lot over the years. I hope I can still cry. Maybe when the semester is over, the tears will come. Another friend said she thinks I am suppressing my emotions, partly to be strong for my friends. She may be right. I know that I am not sure right now how to grieve or how I should or should not feel. I woke up early this morning to do some work but thus far I have done nothing for them. I need to try. Please, my friends, don't let my thoughts make you feel sad, heh :-). Life is for living - I believe that and I am a Christian and I know that nobody ever dies, even if the body dies. So, be of good cheer, my friends. :-)Have a great day, go out there and live and love life and have a good time - that is what life is about (and that is a Christian perspective ;-) ) Hi everyone, and thank you all for being there for me yesterday :-).
the astronomics~!
I love watching the stars in the night. They just attract me to come out and keep seeing them.So, I started to look up the sky and read about stars and the universe since I was a middle school student. From that time, I dreamed to become a scientist -specifically astrophysicist- and know everything about the universe.I was wondering how the stars can be made, and what we are doing on the Earch which is such a small spot in the universe! The fact that the Earth is extremely small spot in the whole world, it make me more curious about God and the astronomics! That's why I am studying and keeping dreaming in aerospace dynamics and astronomics by now.
You'd better change yourself, my friend.
How can I make you feel better?I have a friend who is gloomy all the time. Though she knows God already, she never look be happy to me.She focuses on bad things and complain many times. I think the attitude toward herself is the most urgent thing that she has to change to be happy. Otherwise she never has another goal or joy of her life! I am really feel sorry for her that I couldn't have been together with her so many time in the past, but I am keep praying for her to has a better attitude or ..mind..Actually there is nothing that I can do for her, but prayers. That is the only thing I can do.. and I will do. I will see what would happen eventually to us. Let's expect of God's response from now on.
the last vacation
This winter vacation means a lot to me because I am gonna start my new life in Pohang. I will graduate the Handong Univ. and will be remained as a master student. I will research more professionally from this time, and will make my own researching system. There are so many things that concern me, actually; such as a place to live, a plans so far, research topics, financial problem, and so on. Also I am worrying about the church I am going to go regularly, and the people I will meet during this 2 years. I am preparing those things from my heart and praying. I believe God will show the answers soon. I am convinced of His faithfulness.^^ That's why I am worried but not worried at the very same time. Wow, I am excited to see this covered-future.
How did Coca-cola put the red clothes on Santa Claus?
Recently, I read an interesting book about Marketing Management. I seldom enjoy read and read so quickly but this time was special – I finished reading for 3days and I really enjoyed it. When I looked at the title of the book – How did Coca-cola put the red clothes on Santa Claus? - , I thought that this red covered book should be about the successful story of Coca-cola. However, there was not only Coca-cola’s story, but also lots of marketing theories and successful cases of many companies, for example, Amazon, United Airline, General Motors and so on. Marketing is result oriented so the successful result is much important than any logic or process. The writer was teaching me how to overcome crisisses based on the cases, when the companies face them. I was able to feel the deep marketing philosophy of the writer, while I was reading the book. It made me think seriously about my marketing philosophy as a marketing student. I have got some important concepts in the Marketing and I could feel Marketing more familiar. It was really a nice time and chance to think more about Marketing Management.
The reserve forces training
I took part in the reserve forces training today at the Korean marine training ground which is near Pohang Airport. I woke up so early to get there not to be late and I put my military uniform on after a very long time. More than five hundred people were there. It was strange to be in a combat uniform again, when I looked at my figure which is reflected in the mirror. I had shooting practice in the morning. It was a little bit nervous for me to shoot a rifle for the first time in a long time. Luckily, the shooting practice was finished safely, even though the fire effect was actually bad. Defeating one by one was the other training for us so I had to walk on my hands and knees and go over a wall. I got exhausted after the training and even I had to be absent a few lectures for the reserve forces training but I felt good because I did what I should do as a Korean citizen.
My Social Service
I go to teach children who are not rich enough to enroll academies every Friday. Most of the children have only one parent or they are poor. They could think they are unlucky and be depressed, but the little angels are always energetic. I help them to answer questions and I give them some tips to solve questions. It looks like that only I am giving them some help but I get much bigger things from them. Whenever I meet the children, I can feel that the children have really pure hearts. If I watch their eyes for a while, I also seem to be more genuine. Some of them are a little bit naughty but the naughtiness is also cute in my eyes. While I spend with them, I tend to remind of my childhood because I was also a naughty boy. Whenever I have to say goodbye to them, I feel sorry to teach them only two hours a week. At the time I started the social service activity, I did not want to put my time and money to do it. However, I feel shameful that I thought that. On the way to the dormitory, I wish that I can give them more and more things which they need to grow properly next time.
Dormitory Life in Handong
It is not that easy for me to live with other people in the same room. Living someone else together means limited freedom. I should not do what I want to do if it gives my roommates any troubles. For example, I can not listen to the music loudly, if my roommates are sleeping. Not all things are allowed me to do because I am not living alone. However, I can learn how to make a relation with other people. Although my roommates and I might argue each other, there is a close bond of affection between us. We share happiness and sadness of each member during we live in the same space. In Handong, some students include me were be selfish before they come into the dormitory, but as they spend more time with their roommates they become altruistic. Changing our selfish behavior through living with roommates together is the reason why the president Young-Kil Kim emphasizes the dormitory life a lot. I think that I am still a little bit angular so I need to be changed through dormitory life. I hope to be a person who can get along with anyone.
A New Word "Shoppertainment"
Almost people may not notice out what the word "Shoppertainment" means. Shoppertainment is a compound word from shopping and entertainment. It is not well known to people but all people are familiar with it. Even though people do not know the word, all of them know KOEX Mall in Seoul. KOEX Mall has a great cinema inside and people have to pass by a lot of shops to get to the cinema if people are going to movies there. On the way to the cinema, they might enjoy window shopping and buy some small accessories. Moreover, there are many restaurants which make their mouth watering and finally they open your wallet to have some food. That is intentions of marketers in KOEX Mall. Like the case in KOEX Mall, today’s new trend is the shoppertainment because people are too lazy to go to several places with different purpose ; they want a one-stop shopping. The study about shoppertainment was very interesting and I thought I need to pay more attention new trends in market as a student studying Marketing Management. Also, I will not buy anything on impulse by being deceived in the trick of marketers.
Selling for a miracle
My team made decision to participate in the "100,000 won Project of Miracle" which we get 100,000 won from the university and do something meaningful. We wanted to earn more money with the money which we have got from the school, so we sold dumplings during the festival. Some people worried that we might show a red-ink figure of some amount of money, because there were various competitors include another dumpling shop besides us and all of us were not skillful for selling something. We ordered 500 dumplings to sell during the first day. We designed a simple menu strategy – fried and steamed dumplings only. And we tried to attract people with low price – 5 dumplings for 1,000 won. Our strategy was hit the target. The dumplings we cooked were very popular so 500 dumplings were sold out in two hours. Everybody was amazed by the tremendous popularity. We bought more than 1,000 dumplings for second day sales. Our products were still so popular and they were sold out early night. We finished selling dumplings very successfully and we had a net gain of 63,000 won. The net gain was not large enough but we could satisfy because we did our best for the good project. Now, what we need to do is working a miracle with the increased money during the festival.
The Marketing Team Project
I am worried about my final marketing team project because it is stuck now. We have to choose a company and suggest proposals how it can make more revenue. We have chosen the board game café which is not going well. The boss opened the café to offer the place where people can have a good time without alcohol. We have found the key problem which makes the café have a hard time. It has the problem that people in Pohang don’t go to the board game café because they really enjoy drinking alcohol. Actually, playing board games can not go with drinking alcohol. Now, what we should do is to develop the proposals which are special, creative, realistic and profitable. We started to brainstorm for three hours today but we have got nothing. This is really hard so some members said that we have made faults from the starting point. However, we can not go back at this time and we should not give up. We will meet and brainstorm again and again until wonderful proposals come out. I hope that God gives us wisdom to make good solutions for the problem.
The Shocking News from Ulsan City
There is a church to which I was belonging when I was living in Ulsan City. One day, my friend who is still attending at the church phoned me and told me surprising news that a brother and sister in the church are going to get married at the end of this month. Everybody was really shocked because nobody had known that they are going out with before they announced the wedding date. Some church mates who are very close with the brother or sister might have felt reproachful about that they didn’t give even a hint. However, all church mates and I was really happy to hear that cause both of them are people we like so much. The wedding is marched at the church in Ulsan and I have to go there this Saturday, because I promised to attend at the wedding ceremony. Recently, many couples around me have got married so I really envy them. I hope that I can stand at the center of wedding hall as soon as possible. Anyway, I wish that the brother and sister will live happily in Arms of God for ever.
Do I Thank God for Everything?
On the last Sunday, the pastor of Handong University Church gave a sermon about thanks because it was Thanksgiving Day. The text of the Bible was Luke 17 verse 11 to 19 and it described that only one leper among ten who had been healed by Jesus Christ came back and thanked him. The pastor told us that we should check whether we are like the one leaper or the other nine leapers. I thought about it deeply and I found out that I am complaining many events in my everyday life and I am a person who blames other people though all faults are mine. I was able to feel that I was being stung by conscience. If I thank for all my things, how is my life happy? I will never get angry or depressed, if so. I surely know that I will complain again, even if I am determined to thank for everything. However, I believe that I am being carved through a lot of failures even now so I will be a better child of God someday. I am looking forward to the day. I remember that God refines me with suffering experiences to purify my heart.
The Risk of Employment
Handong University is famous for high rate of employment. It was true but nobody can be sure that it is still right. For the last 2~3 years, the rate of employment has steadily decreased and we are in the risk of employment now. The professor who announced the risk worried that the rate of employment might be lower than 50 percents if the situation goes worse. He presented a few reasons why the rate is getting decreased – poor support from the university, and indifference of student and professor. After the briefing, we were able to realize that the situation is really serious. How can we change the world as unemployed people? I asked myself. The professor gave some instructions which can help me get a job better. I thought that I should prepare from now. For example, I will study to get high score at TOEIC Test and experience many things which can guarantee my ability. I prepare for it but I don’t worry that much because I believe God who is my best Shepard.
The Castrato's Wonderful Performance
A famous castrato, called Sehoon Jung, came and performed the wonderful opera in the last chapel. We were so amazed to see the male singer singing with female voice which is very high tone. He sang the familiar songs to us like "The Castle of Magic" and "Ave Maria". He also made a short speech so that we could know how God is working to him and how he is used as a tool of God. He sings only popular songs instead of CCM(Contemporary Christian Music) but he believes that he is glorifying God with the unusual talent. He is trying to perform in churches as much as he performs in the opera stages and the coming to our university is also the example of his attitude. While I watch the performance, I thought that I want to glorify God with the fame like his. However, I know it is my selfish ambition. Regardless of how God use me to glorify himself, I wish that I want to be a person who is really needed to change the world. It was very nice performance and I will pray for the wonderful castrato from time to time.
The Teaching from The Pure Souls
I did the social service today. Actually, I felt like skipping the social service today, because it was raining and even public bus drivers were on strike. Anyway, I went there and met the cute children. When I got there, several children were studying. Whenever I am with them, they always make me feel warm because they have really pure hearts. It is very lucky that they are so cheerful even though they don’t have sweet homes. In fact, most of them are raised by only one parent or grand parent. They are really thankful for what they have. I compared myself with them and I found that I am complaining many things in my life although I have much more than them. I repented my fault which I didn’t thank for everything God has given me. I taught them how to solve some mathematic problems but the pure souls taught me how to live properly.
God Will Make A Way
My brother who is living next door in the dormitory has some trouble now so sometimes I pray for him. He is graduating but he has not got any job yet, though he has a good skill for accounting and financial management. I don’t know why companies don’t pick him up, because he has ability to do good job in any situations. I could notice his excellent ability and mature personality while I spend for a year with him. He is busy to send his CV to companies which he likes to enter. I hope that he can get a job which he can do really well and God will make a way for him as soon as possible. We might be not seeing God working for him, so we have to pray and wait until God will show us the way. I hope that he gets a job that God gives. I am waiting for the day which he will say like this, "It is my treat today, because I have got a wonderful job finally". Whether the company is big or very small, I wish he will go the way God opens for him. I remind the song again – "God will make a way".
The 100,000 Won Project
The "One hundred thousand Won (\100,000) Project" has finished by spending sixteen hundred thousand won (\160,000) with our plan. Actually, we have got only \100,000 but we made \60,000 more by selling dumplings during the festival. We bought a briquette stove and donate it to the facility which educates children who don’t have enough money after school. Most team members visited the facility and we met the children. When we got inside, it was warm because of the briquette stove which we have donated. All of us were so satisfied with it and proud of ourselves. The team members went back to childhoods and play with the cute children for a few hours. I am sorry that some members of my team didn’t participate because they were so busy. They did something else while we are having a good time with the children, but they missed something really precious. They never get to know the warmth which we felt inside of the facility with the children. I thought many times about social service since the project started. I regretted that I was too selfish and I was a so self-centered person. I will make my effort to change my self from now by concerning and helping others. Anyway I am happy to think the children studying in the warm inside.
I wasn't sure if God really answers to us. Because I used to pray and keep talking to God about my situation but not to give my attention what God is saying about that, so it was me that wasn't care about His answer. So I didn't know His will.Recently, however, I realized how God likes not only listening but also answering to us. When I pray for something to God, I found the prayer is changing little bit day by day. For example, though I didn't want to forgive somebody at first, while I am praying the content of the prayer is changing. While I am praying, at some point, I suddenly realize myself asking God to help me to forgive and love the person again which I really didn't want to do.If a kid ask a question to his parents but does not listen to the parents, then what is the point? It is so obvious that you need to listen and understand what your advisor advises, after you asked something to them!! How come I didn't know this? What a fool I am! I should remember that God is giving so many responses and answers even at the very moment.
a Thanks-giving
When I offer an offering, I have thought that I am giving back some portion of God's things which are given to me. I thought that God might be happy about my offering because I gave something to him. It is not the point if I thought that the money is giving-back of His or offering my things or whatever. The thing that I want to focus on is if the offering is really an act of giving something to God or not." He pleases only our thanks-giving. ", said professor Henk, during his Creation and Evolution class. He said that because God our creator owns everything already, what we are saying "our offering" is actually already His. Thus, we are not giving God anything even though we are offering God such like cows, goats, sheep, money etc. This is what I haven't thought in this way. I was kind of proud of myself when I think that I am giving my things and time to God, but actually those haven't been mine at any time! Only after I heard this that "There is just one thing that we can give Him; that is.. thanks-giving from our heart." I realized it. Wow, it is true.
a Short Trip to the Chil-po Sea with a Bicycle
When I have a free time I love to ride a bicycle. Especially, when the weather is wonderful, I can not help myself from getting away with it. It was a perfect autumn day that the sky was crystal blue and temperature was quite warm. So, I borrowed a bicycle from a friend, and bought an apple and a drink. I took the Bible and start to go on my short trip to Chil-po sea which is just half an hour far from Handong.First, I drove it down along with the long decendant road. While I was going down the stiff road speedly, I was so excited! I shouted and sang a song. After I got the end of the road, I should choose the best way to get there. Because I had a only short time, I chose shorcut. It is the straight road which is in the same direction with the entrance of the Handong. At the right and left side of it, there is field where rice is growing. I went through that narrow road, and about 25 minutes later, I got there, the chil-po sea! Haha, I sat in front of the sea, and took out the apple, drink and the Bible. As taking a deep breathe, I stare the sea. Because of the beautiful sky, the sea was also gorgeous!! I opened the Bible, and gave Him a thanks-giving from my deep heart.
Evidence from Physics and Chemistry
Primary issue: Evidence from Physics and ChemistryPerspectives on issue:Stanley Miller discovered an important result which is an important requirement for evolution in 1953. In his famous experiment(conducted under the auspices of his adviser, Novel laureate Harold Urey), Stanley Miller circulated methane, ammonia, hydrogen gas, and water through a glass apparatus in which electric discharges were provided by Tesla coil. He found significant quantities of the two simplest amino acids, glycine and alanine during his second experiment. But the biblical creation model does not preclude the existence of chemical routes that can spontaneously generate biologically interesting compounds. Nor does a Creator require these chemical pathways to bring life into existence. Such pathways to prebiotic materials on early Earth have no substantial bearing on RTB’s origin-of-life model and are readily accommodated by it.
My opinion:In my opinion, it was impossible to make a same circumstance of early Earth for the Chemical experiment. We could imagine what situation would have been at that time, but which could be totally different from the reality. I want to discover about this experiment more specifically and find out what assumptions Stanley Miller used, and if I fully agree with that assumption.
Doubt about the Darwinian evolution theory.
Primary issue : Doubt about the Darwinian evolution theory.Speciation: Slow or Sudden?Perspectives on issue:Not all of scientists agree with the Darwinian evolution theory as a considerable theory. There are credible scientists who harbored significant skepticism toward that. There are many evidences showing that actual circumstance of early earth was inhospitable; those Hydrogen-rich mixtures of methane, Hackle’s embryos, common developmental pathway explanation, similar gene explanation, Java man are all wrong because of their insufficient evidence and logic. It means that it should be considered to examine the Darwinism again. And there are numerous evidences conclude in one that life appeared suddenly, not gradually. It supports 2nd and 3rd prediction of RTB model.
My opinion:Although I have believed Word of God and His creation, I could not find any other challenges when I was taught in school all these wrong theories written in a science text as truth. So while I was reading all these physical evidences which support the creation theory rather than Darwinism, I was surprised. Especially, while the evidence is so well-known and is said to be never changing truth, the logic of this book turns it out that it was wrong and was lie. The biggest surprising lie was the Hackle’s one for me. He gathered many different kinds of embryos and pointed out that those have ultimate similarity in their shape. According to that he assumed that those have a same root. He might have wanted to show at least there is possibility, but in a scientific aspect, I can not understand and accept his way of finding a truth.I imagine no matter how long time goes by, no one ever can truly understand the origin of life anyway. Because it beyond our head. But I believe if we really try to know sincerely what the secret is, and if we eventually find out some clues, then it would be also God’s truth.
Scientific questions on life’s origin and the answers.
Primary issue : Scientific questions on life’s origin and the answers.Perspectives on issue :They have been questioning over 150 years. It started from Darwinism in the late 1850s with the materialistic arena. Then after, Panspermia, which is an entirely different approach to the origin-of-life question, became popular. Neovitalism and The Oparin-Haldanme hypothesis also introduced to the public. Scientists try in many different way to give an answer on this big question, but all their efforts, various questions and answers never beyond their naturalistic paradigms.
My opinion :As an engineering student, I can understand why they have been asked these questions. Under the assumption that they weren’t Christians, it is their natural to ask until they fully understand. Unfortunately their questions lost their direction and right frame. Since, from the basic assumption they had got wrong, it couldn’t arrive to the right conclusion. I have also asked these questions since I was young. Reading miracles in the bible such as walking on the water, creating this world or stopping the sun in the sky, and so forth, made little child confused, because it was different from what I had been taught from the school.But after I met God personally, I became fully confess God as the Creator and Lord of us. Then, it wasn’t A problem that the creation was from God, the origin’s of life is from God. There is a gap that one should jump to understand the Word.
The Fall of Man: what kind of death?
Primary issue: The Fall of Man: what kind of death?Perspectives on issue:After God created Adam and Eve in the Eden, they were commanded to rule over the other creatures. Everything was allowed to them to eat except fruits of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and the tree of life. God said to them if they have it against God’s command, they shall be died. But they ate them listening to serpent so that God cursed the serpent and the ground. Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which they had been taken.Supporting points:God said to them that they must die if they eat the fruits of those trees. As a result, even though they did not die physically, but they were separated from God and the land that they lived together with God. They lost their direct relationship with God. It might have meant the death God had said.
My questions concerning the material and/or my beliefs:What if they ate the fruits of the tree of life first?How could the serpent live in the same place together with God and un-sinned man in the Garden of Eden? If God knows everything, then God have probably known the Adam and Eve will eat those fruits. Then, isn’t it meaningless that giving them a free-will by putting those trees in the middle of the Garden? Because anyway they can not resist themselves from commit the sin. Then, what is the point?
My conclusions:They died by being separated from God and the Garden. God judged and punished them, but He was the image of parents. He is even seemed to be more suffered then the Adam and Eve. God can not be with any kind of sin. He cursed the serpent and the ground because of the sin of them. But he clothed them and did not cursed them.
Sadness
Miss you, my friend, I woke up this morning and instantly thought about you who is no longer near me. I still miss you and am often worried about you. I cried a little bit yesterday but not much and that bothers me. I know that sometimes I find it very difficult to cry because I cried a lot over the years. I hope I can still cry. Maybe when the semester is over, the tears will come. Another friend said she thinks I am suppressing my emotions, partly to be strong for my friends. She may be right. I know that I am not sure right now how to grieve or how I should or should not feel. I woke up early this morning to do some work but thus far I have done nothing for them. I need to try. Please, my friends, don't let my thoughts make you feel sad, heh :-). Life is for living - I believe that and I am a Christian and I know that nobody ever dies, even if the body dies. So, be of good cheer, my friends. :-)Have a great day, go out there and live and love life and have a good time - that is what life is about (and that is a Christian perspective ;-) ) Hi everyone, and thank you all for being there for me yesterday :-).
the astronomics~!
I love watching the stars in the night. They just attract me to come out and keep seeing them.So, I started to look up the sky and read about stars and the universe since I was a middle school student. From that time, I dreamed to become a scientist -specifically astrophysicist- and know everything about the universe.I was wondering how the stars can be made, and what we are doing on the Earch which is such a small spot in the universe! The fact that the Earth is extremely small spot in the whole world, it make me more curious about God and the astronomics! That's why I am studying and keeping dreaming in aerospace dynamics and astronomics by now.
You'd better change yourself, my friend.
How can I make you feel better?I have a friend who is gloomy all the time. Though she knows God already, she never look be happy to me.She focuses on bad things and complain many times. I think the attitude toward herself is the most urgent thing that she has to change to be happy. Otherwise she never has another goal or joy of her life! I am really feel sorry for her that I couldn't have been together with her so many time in the past, but I am keep praying for her to has a better attitude or ..mind..Actually there is nothing that I can do for her, but prayers. That is the only thing I can do.. and I will do. I will see what would happen eventually to us. Let's expect of God's response from now on.
the last vacation
This winter vacation means a lot to me because I am gonna start my new life in Pohang. I will graduate the Handong Univ. and will be remained as a master student. I will research more professionally from this time, and will make my own researching system. There are so many things that concern me, actually; such as a place to live, a plans so far, research topics, financial problem, and so on. Also I am worrying about the church I am going to go regularly, and the people I will meet during this 2 years. I am preparing those things from my heart and praying. I believe God will show the answers soon. I am convinced of His faithfulness.^^ That's why I am worried but not worried at the very same time. Wow, I am excited to see this covered-future.
How did Coca-cola put the red clothes on Santa Claus?
Recently, I read an interesting book about Marketing Management. I seldom enjoy read and read so quickly but this time was special – I finished reading for 3days and I really enjoyed it. When I looked at the title of the book – How did Coca-cola put the red clothes on Santa Claus? - , I thought that this red covered book should be about the successful story of Coca-cola. However, there was not only Coca-cola’s story, but also lots of marketing theories and successful cases of many companies, for example, Amazon, United Airline, General Motors and so on. Marketing is result oriented so the successful result is much important than any logic or process. The writer was teaching me how to overcome crisisses based on the cases, when the companies face them. I was able to feel the deep marketing philosophy of the writer, while I was reading the book. It made me think seriously about my marketing philosophy as a marketing student. I have got some important concepts in the Marketing and I could feel Marketing more familiar. It was really a nice time and chance to think more about Marketing Management.
The reserve forces training
I took part in the reserve forces training today at the Korean marine training ground which is near Pohang Airport. I woke up so early to get there not to be late and I put my military uniform on after a very long time. More than five hundred people were there. It was strange to be in a combat uniform again, when I looked at my figure which is reflected in the mirror. I had shooting practice in the morning. It was a little bit nervous for me to shoot a rifle for the first time in a long time. Luckily, the shooting practice was finished safely, even though the fire effect was actually bad. Defeating one by one was the other training for us so I had to walk on my hands and knees and go over a wall. I got exhausted after the training and even I had to be absent a few lectures for the reserve forces training but I felt good because I did what I should do as a Korean citizen.
My Social Service
I go to teach children who are not rich enough to enroll academies every Friday. Most of the children have only one parent or they are poor. They could think they are unlucky and be depressed, but the little angels are always energetic. I help them to answer questions and I give them some tips to solve questions. It looks like that only I am giving them some help but I get much bigger things from them. Whenever I meet the children, I can feel that the children have really pure hearts. If I watch their eyes for a while, I also seem to be more genuine. Some of them are a little bit naughty but the naughtiness is also cute in my eyes. While I spend with them, I tend to remind of my childhood because I was also a naughty boy. Whenever I have to say goodbye to them, I feel sorry to teach them only two hours a week. At the time I started the social service activity, I did not want to put my time and money to do it. However, I feel shameful that I thought that. On the way to the dormitory, I wish that I can give them more and more things which they need to grow properly next time.
Dormitory Life in Handong
It is not that easy for me to live with other people in the same room. Living someone else together means limited freedom. I should not do what I want to do if it gives my roommates any troubles. For example, I can not listen to the music loudly, if my roommates are sleeping. Not all things are allowed me to do because I am not living alone. However, I can learn how to make a relation with other people. Although my roommates and I might argue each other, there is a close bond of affection between us. We share happiness and sadness of each member during we live in the same space. In Handong, some students include me were be selfish before they come into the dormitory, but as they spend more time with their roommates they become altruistic. Changing our selfish behavior through living with roommates together is the reason why the president Young-Kil Kim emphasizes the dormitory life a lot. I think that I am still a little bit angular so I need to be changed through dormitory life. I hope to be a person who can get along with anyone.
A New Word "Shoppertainment"
Almost people may not notice out what the word "Shoppertainment" means. Shoppertainment is a compound word from shopping and entertainment. It is not well known to people but all people are familiar with it. Even though people do not know the word, all of them know KOEX Mall in Seoul. KOEX Mall has a great cinema inside and people have to pass by a lot of shops to get to the cinema if people are going to movies there. On the way to the cinema, they might enjoy window shopping and buy some small accessories. Moreover, there are many restaurants which make their mouth watering and finally they open your wallet to have some food. That is intentions of marketers in KOEX Mall. Like the case in KOEX Mall, today’s new trend is the shoppertainment because people are too lazy to go to several places with different purpose ; they want a one-stop shopping. The study about shoppertainment was very interesting and I thought I need to pay more attention new trends in market as a student studying Marketing Management. Also, I will not buy anything on impulse by being deceived in the trick of marketers.
Selling for a miracle
My team made decision to participate in the "100,000 won Project of Miracle" which we get 100,000 won from the university and do something meaningful. We wanted to earn more money with the money which we have got from the school, so we sold dumplings during the festival. Some people worried that we might show a red-ink figure of some amount of money, because there were various competitors include another dumpling shop besides us and all of us were not skillful for selling something. We ordered 500 dumplings to sell during the first day. We designed a simple menu strategy – fried and steamed dumplings only. And we tried to attract people with low price – 5 dumplings for 1,000 won. Our strategy was hit the target. The dumplings we cooked were very popular so 500 dumplings were sold out in two hours. Everybody was amazed by the tremendous popularity. We bought more than 1,000 dumplings for second day sales. Our products were still so popular and they were sold out early night. We finished selling dumplings very successfully and we had a net gain of 63,000 won. The net gain was not large enough but we could satisfy because we did our best for the good project. Now, what we need to do is working a miracle with the increased money during the festival.
The Marketing Team Project
I am worried about my final marketing team project because it is stuck now. We have to choose a company and suggest proposals how it can make more revenue. We have chosen the board game café which is not going well. The boss opened the café to offer the place where people can have a good time without alcohol. We have found the key problem which makes the café have a hard time. It has the problem that people in Pohang don’t go to the board game café because they really enjoy drinking alcohol. Actually, playing board games can not go with drinking alcohol. Now, what we should do is to develop the proposals which are special, creative, realistic and profitable. We started to brainstorm for three hours today but we have got nothing. This is really hard so some members said that we have made faults from the starting point. However, we can not go back at this time and we should not give up. We will meet and brainstorm again and again until wonderful proposals come out. I hope that God gives us wisdom to make good solutions for the problem.
The Shocking News from Ulsan City
There is a church to which I was belonging when I was living in Ulsan City. One day, my friend who is still attending at the church phoned me and told me surprising news that a brother and sister in the church are going to get married at the end of this month. Everybody was really shocked because nobody had known that they are going out with before they announced the wedding date. Some church mates who are very close with the brother or sister might have felt reproachful about that they didn’t give even a hint. However, all church mates and I was really happy to hear that cause both of them are people we like so much. The wedding is marched at the church in Ulsan and I have to go there this Saturday, because I promised to attend at the wedding ceremony. Recently, many couples around me have got married so I really envy them. I hope that I can stand at the center of wedding hall as soon as possible. Anyway, I wish that the brother and sister will live happily in Arms of God for ever.
Do I Thank God for Everything?
On the last Sunday, the pastor of Handong University Church gave a sermon about thanks because it was Thanksgiving Day. The text of the Bible was Luke 17 verse 11 to 19 and it described that only one leper among ten who had been healed by Jesus Christ came back and thanked him. The pastor told us that we should check whether we are like the one leaper or the other nine leapers. I thought about it deeply and I found out that I am complaining many events in my everyday life and I am a person who blames other people though all faults are mine. I was able to feel that I was being stung by conscience. If I thank for all my things, how is my life happy? I will never get angry or depressed, if so. I surely know that I will complain again, even if I am determined to thank for everything. However, I believe that I am being carved through a lot of failures even now so I will be a better child of God someday. I am looking forward to the day. I remember that God refines me with suffering experiences to purify my heart.
The Risk of Employment
Handong University is famous for high rate of employment. It was true but nobody can be sure that it is still right. For the last 2~3 years, the rate of employment has steadily decreased and we are in the risk of employment now. The professor who announced the risk worried that the rate of employment might be lower than 50 percents if the situation goes worse. He presented a few reasons why the rate is getting decreased – poor support from the university, and indifference of student and professor. After the briefing, we were able to realize that the situation is really serious. How can we change the world as unemployed people? I asked myself. The professor gave some instructions which can help me get a job better. I thought that I should prepare from now. For example, I will study to get high score at TOEIC Test and experience many things which can guarantee my ability. I prepare for it but I don’t worry that much because I believe God who is my best Shepard.
The Castrato's Wonderful Performance
A famous castrato, called Sehoon Jung, came and performed the wonderful opera in the last chapel. We were so amazed to see the male singer singing with female voice which is very high tone. He sang the familiar songs to us like "The Castle of Magic" and "Ave Maria". He also made a short speech so that we could know how God is working to him and how he is used as a tool of God. He sings only popular songs instead of CCM(Contemporary Christian Music) but he believes that he is glorifying God with the unusual talent. He is trying to perform in churches as much as he performs in the opera stages and the coming to our university is also the example of his attitude. While I watch the performance, I thought that I want to glorify God with the fame like his. However, I know it is my selfish ambition. Regardless of how God use me to glorify himself, I wish that I want to be a person who is really needed to change the world. It was very nice performance and I will pray for the wonderful castrato from time to time.
The Teaching from The Pure Souls
I did the social service today. Actually, I felt like skipping the social service today, because it was raining and even public bus drivers were on strike. Anyway, I went there and met the cute children. When I got there, several children were studying. Whenever I am with them, they always make me feel warm because they have really pure hearts. It is very lucky that they are so cheerful even though they don’t have sweet homes. In fact, most of them are raised by only one parent or grand parent. They are really thankful for what they have. I compared myself with them and I found that I am complaining many things in my life although I have much more than them. I repented my fault which I didn’t thank for everything God has given me. I taught them how to solve some mathematic problems but the pure souls taught me how to live properly.
God Will Make A Way
My brother who is living next door in the dormitory has some trouble now so sometimes I pray for him. He is graduating but he has not got any job yet, though he has a good skill for accounting and financial management. I don’t know why companies don’t pick him up, because he has ability to do good job in any situations. I could notice his excellent ability and mature personality while I spend for a year with him. He is busy to send his CV to companies which he likes to enter. I hope that he can get a job which he can do really well and God will make a way for him as soon as possible. We might be not seeing God working for him, so we have to pray and wait until God will show us the way. I hope that he gets a job that God gives. I am waiting for the day which he will say like this, "It is my treat today, because I have got a wonderful job finally". Whether the company is big or very small, I wish he will go the way God opens for him. I remind the song again – "God will make a way".
The 100,000 Won Project
The "One hundred thousand Won (\100,000) Project" has finished by spending sixteen hundred thousand won (\160,000) with our plan. Actually, we have got only \100,000 but we made \60,000 more by selling dumplings during the festival. We bought a briquette stove and donate it to the facility which educates children who don’t have enough money after school. Most team members visited the facility and we met the children. When we got inside, it was warm because of the briquette stove which we have donated. All of us were so satisfied with it and proud of ourselves. The team members went back to childhoods and play with the cute children for a few hours. I am sorry that some members of my team didn’t participate because they were so busy. They did something else while we are having a good time with the children, but they missed something really precious. They never get to know the warmth which we felt inside of the facility with the children. I thought many times about social service since the project started. I regretted that I was too selfish and I was a so self-centered person. I will make my effort to change my self from now by concerning and helping others. Anyway I am happy to think the children studying in the warm inside.
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