Stephen Hawking : No Heaven

Professor Stephen Hawking is a famous British Physicist. At age 21 he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. He is on wheel chair, and could not speak.

In a recent interview he said "I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark."

There are many people like him who do not believe in God. However,research has shown that believing in God is part of being human ( Read the previous post ). Christians believe in God because God created us in His image, and He is the one who has given us this natural tendency to look towards Him. We are created to seek after Him, and to worship and praise Him.

Hawking said the brain is like a computer is too simplistic because we know that our brain is far greater than any computer. It has power beyond any computer too, and all these abilities are God given.

There are also many cases of people who returned from the dead and testify to witnessing heaven and afterlife. Most of these testimonies have similar scenarios and these people do not know each other before they died. Therefore, these must be true.

It is insulting to hear that those who believe in heaven and the afterlife are afraid of the dark! Hawking is dead wrong!

Christians believe in afterlife, in fact eternal life if we are followers of Jesus.

John 3:16 - "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life". RSV

Belief in God Part of Human Nature

A recent Oxford University study found that it is human to belief in God. It is part of being human. Some say we are hardwired to believe in God. This is a scientific study and it is not just someone's opinion. In fact, many years ago I read in Time Magazine which had a similar conclusion.

If you observe many societies around the world, you will find that most of the people had some kind of belief in a great Being. Of course,there are people who do not believe that there is a God. Many of these people just feel that they can stand on their own and they do not need any "God" in any situation. Yet many studies found that believing in a God is good for us physically and mentally.

Certainly we Christians believe in our Almighty God, the One and Only God of this Universe.

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The Power of Words

YouVersion Bible 20 Million Downloads

Recently there were reports of Christian Face Book pages like "The Bible" and "Jesus Daily" beating popular stars on the number of transactions on FB, and now there is an on-line Bible that is breaking new grounds. YouVersion developer Lifechurch.tv did not expect this tremendous response. It is the work of the Lord that made this possible. This is good news for Christianity because more and more people are reading the Bible and hopefully engage in a relationship with God.

In traditional societies, Christians are worried about not having physical Bibles, and as they begin to have access to the internet, on-line Bibles in multiple languages are available.

Recently in Malaysia, the Christian communities especially those using the Malay Bibles were upset with the government's restrictions on its importation and usage. The availability of Bible on-line will certainly be helpful in overcoming such problem.

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Face Book : Jesus Daily Page

"Jesus Daily" is similar to "The Bible" page on Face Book. Once again, this Christian Face Book page has beaten popular stars' FB pages.

"With over 5,108,270 fans and 2,127,067 interactions, “Jesus Daily” maintains the number one spot for a second week in a row, with “The Bible” close behind at second, moving up rapidly on the list, recording over 7,015,719 fans and 1,119,413 interactions".

This is good news for Christianity. According to the founder Dr.Aoron Tabor about 1,434 people came to know Christ in 10 days prior to 11th May 2011. Apparently this social network tool is effective in bringing non believers to know Christ. At least this medium is complimenting the traditional methods of evangelism.

Dr.Aoron said: “We hope that Jesus Daily is the Light on social media to fulfill the Great Commission by sharing the Good News globally".

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Egypt::Grave Future For Christians

Recently two churches were burnt and 15 Christians died. As predicted by many experts which I blogged about some months ago, the Christians are experiencing very trying times in Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamic organizations are trying to get rid of Christians to create an Islamic State.

A Human right activist said "The Brotherhood plays politics and the Salafis are causing chaos so they can empty Egypt of Christians and make it an Islamic state,” he said. “Lots of Egyptian people, including moderate Muslims, are worried. If Egypt becomes an Islamic state, it may mean civil war."

The Islamists are taking advantage of this interim period before election in September to cause harm to the Christians in Egypt.

Let Christians all over pray for strength for our Christian brothers and sisters in Egypt in this trying times.

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He Can Turn His Head 180 Degrees

Something light and amazing! God gives this man an amazing ability to turn his head 180 degrees! Don't try it!