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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103845832009-07-15T19:33:43.218+08:00J O U R N E Y I S T"VIEWS FROM AN UPPER ROOM"Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-10397693075433332412009-07-15T17:55:00.007+08:002009-07-15T19:33:43.228+08:00THE STATE OF BEASTS

Man is basically a good and noble being generally, at least in my opinion and only under agreeable circumstances. Under extreme pressures, however, most people will crack, if not go temporarily insane, for such is the frailty that is human nature.In the context of comfortable offices, lovely homes, promising careers and hilarious parties… talks about man’s innate goodness or tendency for evil is

Joseph Vizcarrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300534598588570406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-54709357371412466632009-01-29T17:29:00.008+08:002009-07-14T16:17:49.166+08:00DOES SCIENCE MAKE BELIEF IN GOD OBSOLETE?

Someone somewhere once said that Science is a record of dead religions.The point being that religion is a haphazard attempt to explain away something (or everything) like the Alchemy and Astrology of old replaced by modern Chemistry and Astrology.Will the science of a Unified Physics someday replace Religion altogether (thereby fulfilling John Lennon's wish of a "religionless" world where there's

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-18056384182358115162009-01-20T22:57:00.008+08:002009-01-29T17:45:37.051+08:00IS THE REALITY WE EXPERIENCE NOT JUST A FIGMENT OF OUR IMAGINATION?

Have you ever wondered whether this thing we call physical reality is not actually nothing more than just a dream or in today's parlance, virtual?Young kids supposedly have this illusion that the universe revolves around them... until they realize that no, they are not that lucky. As they grow older and become more pessimists and isolated they began to entertain a similar thought... what if the

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-64797168604144550622009-01-16T13:08:00.002+08:002009-01-29T17:48:14.286+08:00DISABILITIES MAKE US STRONGER

Ever noticed how life is wasted on those who have so much to live for but are afraid to try reaching for their heart’s desires?Then consider how the blind struggle to see the world with their hands. Or how the deaf-mute struggle to speak through an elaborate system of gestures. Or how some amputees struggle to write and paint with their toes.We all heard of stories of how otherwise lowly folks

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-89169312178062383482008-12-09T14:51:00.015+08:002008-12-10T10:32:45.499+08:00SO, YOU WANT TO LIVE FOREVER... BUT WHY?

Who want to live forever? Raise your hands! I say that’s a perfectly sensible goal… but what will you do with all that time tucked under your belt?Isn’t a lifetime of problems and difficulties enough for any one man or woman? Would you rather wish for an eternity of struggle?On a lighter note, have you asked yourself whether you have done a good enough job on your present mortal existence that

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-63591281934413844822008-12-04T15:53:00.014+08:002008-12-09T16:47:02.786+08:00WHAT DRIVES PEOPLE TO QUESTION LIFE?

Perhaps no subject has undergone more scientific, philosophical and theological speculation than life itself.A handful lay people develop a philosophical interest in the meaning of life but the great majority often ask the same questions for very personal reason… and that’s what makes their answers infinitely more interesting than those of philosophers, scientists and theologians. The way I see

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-92111724337731575552008-11-14T14:23:00.013+08:002008-12-09T15:41:57.412+08:00THE ELUSIVE MOMENT

At the end of the day, we all just want to be real but no, the world just won't let us...There's the boss at the office to impress, or at least to play pretend to... the fellow white-collar jerks in the lounge to try make laugh by poking fun on the stupid boss... those pesky underlings who you need to show to who's the boss... and back at home there's the real boss, I mean the wife, to boss you

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-89235029091982353272008-11-11T14:31:00.008+08:002008-11-13T09:01:00.402+08:00Obligatory Introductory Post

Perhaps someday the hyperlink would be hailed as either the best or the worst human invention yet... why? For one it enables you and I to connect our multiverses of thoughts and ideas in a, well not so coherent whole, but still its better than nothing... at least we have a shared virtual context to commune with. Humans after all are essentially (or at least in large measure) view reality

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-80583259644632359072008-10-31T04:43:00.002+08:002008-11-12T08:45:50.546+08:00SITE UPDATES

Weeks ago, I've decided that this blog deserves some serious hacking... Today it remains under a state of hack but I'm happy to report that the overall look became a little better. Just my opinion though...My profound apologies to people I've dragged here to critique the changes I've implemented. I hope to recompense your annoyance someday, somehow... but I was in dire need of inputs you see

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-85603142462712958302008-10-10T08:09:00.002+08:002008-10-31T09:25:13.985+08:00ATTACK OF THE SUPER-TUBERCULOSIS

Russia is on the verge of a super tuberculosis outbreak.Pravda Online says experts have discovered a new deadly culture of tuberculosis, which cannot be treated with existing medications;“high death-rate among people with tuberculoses from the former Soviet Union has to do with people’s weak immune systems. Also, we noticed that such widespread of tuberculosis coincides with the overall rise of

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-7265075945989508052008-09-30T17:39:00.004+08:002008-11-11T11:07:18.672+08:00THE SKY IS & ISN'T FALLING

The global meltdown, or rumors of a US-triggered global economic meltdown, is easily the hottest selling item these days. Some, like George W. Bush, peddle the notion as if he's proud it happened during his watch. Some well meaninged contrarians equally profit by peddling optimism down people's throat saying, hey, the sky is not falling.Having lived long enough to know that reality is often

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-34238021075755053262008-09-09T17:37:00.000+08:002008-09-30T17:38:33.528+08:00BLACK HOLE AND THE DESTITUTE FILIPINA

Will the CERN Complex in Geneva help scientist probe the universe's "dark matter" will it instead trigger a man-made "black hole" that will swallow the Earth. Tomorrow we'll begin to know...The experiment is set to put the Big Bang Theory to the test. This alone should be enough to get everyone's attention since the Big Bang is the default theory being wagged by anti-creationist establishment

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-86861515984709469182008-09-01T05:14:00.000+08:002008-09-02T16:19:15.975+08:00THE PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER IS NOW A PARTY TO HARASSMENT OF BRO. SORIANO?

I was saddened yesterday upon reading this article posted on Inquirer.net, this despicable excuse for journalism:"Ely Soriano charged with falsification of public document"By Allison Lopez Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 18:57:00 08/29/2008The title alone is a dead giveaway hint to the writer's incompetence at gathering information; he misspelled the nickname of a

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-69304504461449318262008-07-21T13:29:00.004+08:002008-07-21T14:44:41.474+08:00HOW TO BEAT THE OIL CARTEL?

Where in the world is Filipino inventor Daniel Dingel and his hydro-powered car? As early as 1968 he started a revolution against the Oil Cartel in his garage by converting his car to run on ordinary tap water. Years later, the Manila news media warmed up to him until he was virtually declared a hoax after the Department of Science and Technology reportedly found traces of carbon dioxide in

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-26681636651181209752008-07-04T16:51:00.001+08:002008-07-04T16:52:56.137+08:00HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

The 2nd Quarterly Thanksgiving in the Church of God International of 2008 is expected to be one of the most well attended events in the church’s history. This as the brethren eagerly anticipate the doctrinal topics to be discussed by brother Eli Soriano, which in recent months, have gone more and more in-depth proving again and again the biblical promise that the understanding of God’s revealed

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-35445311347613542142008-07-03T13:09:00.001+08:002008-10-17T13:19:23.817+08:00Residual Truth

"We spend all our time looking for some concept of Truth, but Truth is what is left when we drop all concepts."-- David Merzel

Don Jurdeuxnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-19326196775390951532008-06-25T17:47:00.001+08:002008-11-11T11:42:18.600+08:00FILIPINO ECONOMY AT THE MERCY OF PREDATORY POLITICIANS

The PDI’s Second Front Page today has got me excited. It reads: “RP Corruption Worst in East Asia”. Of course the news was upsetting but it was no news at all to millions of Filipinos, it’s common knowledge. What got me excited was upon reading the line that says the Philippines is at the “bottom of East Asia’s ten largest economies”. I say that is news. Yes, this labor exporting country is among

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-14268361797842821292008-06-23T13:23:00.002+08:002008-06-25T18:01:29.146+08:00FILIPINO AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IN NEW ZEALAND

I’ve just got wind from the blog mills of this truly unprecedented development: New Zealand is set to prescribe Filipino as a required study in its schools, making it the country’s second language after English. Being a Filipino I couldn’t help but say Great! They couldn’t have made a better choice! Then, quickly, the question, arises: why?? But then my even quicker answer would be why not poknat

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-50254806157966760432008-02-07T14:08:00.000+08:002008-10-17T12:51:47.011+08:00Einstein's Ideals

"The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth..."-- Albert Einstein

Don Jurdeuxnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-52070119891918781632008-02-07T08:46:00.000+08:002008-02-07T09:04:41.668+08:00FALSE RELIGION IS BULLSHIT !!!

A friend of mine has asked me recently what I can say about George Carlin's views on religion.I said its Very Funny!!! And Very True!!!George Carlin is very correct (but I don't necesarily share his faith 100%). Actually what Carlin says pretty much is a digest of what the Vatican has been telling people the world over. I say the Vatican gave religion a bad name, a very bad name. The worse part

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-87210424523525799872008-02-04T16:46:00.000+08:002008-02-04T17:01:44.931+08:00THE SOUND OF LIGHT SABER PIERCING THE DARKNESS

It has been ages since I last posted anything here… and I have tons of exciting excuses to show for it… but I won’t tell it straight out. Suffice it to say for now that I spent the last few months searching myself in relation to my journey as a person and as a Christian. It has not been an uneasy search mentally and spiritually. I was seeking for answers to questions for which I already

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-66359174328445700782008-01-25T14:48:00.008+08:002009-01-30T10:50:29.863+08:00Latest Blog Entries

Joseph Vizcarranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-4948393550280168902007-11-17T13:46:00.000+08:002008-10-17T13:52:35.505+08:00The Medium is the Message

“Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected”--Mahatma Gandhi

Don Jurdeuxnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-43791341487585908122007-10-17T13:46:00.000+08:002008-10-22T14:31:10.000+08:00The So Called Christians

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” --Mahatma Gandhi

Don Jurdeuxnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10384583.post-75495741651211739682007-08-24T16:09:00.000+08:002007-08-31T09:27:29.613+08:00THE DEATH OF BLOGGING?

Internet giants Yahoo and MSN have bowed to the wishes of China's censors lords. They are now party to a "self-discipline pact" designed to silence Chinese bloggers from speaking their mind.I hope Google will not stoop so low. I hope Google would remain on the side of bloggers on this, then there would be a tidal wave of bloggers from Yahoo and MSN migrating to Blogspot!. Otherwise it would be

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