Monopoly on Truth? Dialogue or Diatribe??!!

Recently I was out with a buddy of  mine eating at a local restaurant, I mentioned that I was a believer in the Rapture. We talked about the differing viewpoints and those that felt that all Christians must go through  the "tribulation" period..  I had attended a church only a few months ago that espoused this position. When I asked one of the pastors to explain it to me, they were stand offish about it..saying something like, well if its that big of a deal to you, then you need to find a different church.

At this cafe, a woman apparently overheard me, and got up to leave.As she passed me she said, Well we believe this and in one sound bite, why she believed in the position that advocates no rapture. Well I was ready to listen to her only there was no conversation. She just left ,obviously not wanting to engage me in conversation or find out my views on the subject. I thought well, thats the precisely the problem with a lot of people. Their views are so entrenched they see the forest for the trees. They are so convinced that they are right, they dont even bother listening to other views.In so doing, deprive themself of a learning experience.

I was interested in talking to this lady, but she wasnt interested in talking to me; just spouting off your own viewpoint without so much as entertaining mine. For those interested in spreading the glorious gospel of salvation..a real tip here. Be an empathetic listener, try to understand their view before expressing yours. You might learn something, and they might be more receptive to an angle that they havent heard before.

Christians would do well, to be better listeners and engage rather than rant and rave about what they believe. After all Jesus was a world class engager, He met people at their point of need and avoided steamrolling people by literary or intellectual brilliance.

"People are more interested in knowing that you care, than caring what you might know" 

Pass this to your sons and daughters.!

Every once in a while, a man pens something that trascends time. Rudgard Kipling is not unfamiliar to many Americans. Many remember him in the poem, "The Road not taken."  However Mr Kipling also wrote something that you have to read over and over again to digest its wonderful meaning. This poem is just as appropriate for our age and future generations, as any piece that will be written.

Read it and reflect upon each verse. Read it with an intent on not just picking up the surface meaning. Slowly enjoy it without the  urge to move on to the next thing. If anything is worth framing in your study, or in your office, this is one such gem: the poem "If.".


http://www.kipling.org.uk/poems_if.htm

Quick Primer on Cell Nutrion

I ran across an article on cell nutrition and found it quite helpful. Today we are bombarded with a fast food temptations  through our media. Today it is much easier to slip through the MCDonalds drive thru or nuke a quick meal in the microwave that is devoid of nutrition, Many of the food packages are laced with preservatives, additives, that rob us of a full comlement of vitamins and phytonutrients.

You ask Dave, what are you talking about specifically? Since nutrition is a broad topic, I will focus on two examples that we are all familiar with. Since cells are the messengers that trasmit man communications across the cell membrane they are fed by the nutrition that we supply daily. Most of us, including myself eat way too much "easy" food, and that included white bread for many years. However I found out why, did you know why you should eat whole grain breads, vs white bread?  When white bread is produced, the two vital parts of the bread are taken out, the germ and the sprout part of the grain are removed, leaving only the endoperm. In whole grain wheat bread, the wheat germ and sprout part of the grain are left leaving a rich source of E vitamins, and tocopherols, as well as B vitamins, Note the chart in this link that shows the rich connection of whole grain wheat bread and its nutrition.http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=faq&dbid=19

Inositol, powers the communication between our cell communication, when this breaks down, the cells walls break down more easily  and become more brittle. Brown rice, as opposed to white rice is a rich source of inositol.. The cell commuication network is much like the wireless networks within a large metroplitan area, that contain many thousands of connection points. A simple phytonutrient like inositol is literally the force that makes the engine run more efficiently in cell communication.

When you are asked, hey whats the big deal between white bread or whole grain wheat bread, or white rice and brown rice? you can tell them!  Knowledge is power, applied wisdom is even better. I admit I have a long way to go in understanding the whys and hows of nutrition, but getting a running start  is better than no start. In this internet age, there is no excuse for not feeding your cells the nutrients it needs to power your body more effectively. Again here is the link, enjoy:http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=faq&dbid=19

Do you want more energy, to give your cells a fighting chance to stave off cancer and other diseases? Feed your cells the right foods! As always your comments are welcome..

An amazing energy factory...

Amazing facts about cells:

The average human has about 100 trillion cells!

The cells functions range from repair tissue, to energy production, to eliminating waste, to fighting off infection and bacteria. I cannot begin to explain the technical aspects of how the cells break down food in three stages, it is too complex. However I do know ATP is important in breaking down of molecules and nucleic acid. This process is made possible by the production of ATP  by the breakdown of sugars and fats into little packets which are then distributed where needed in the cell.

Amazing fact: At any given moment 10 to the exponent of 9  of ATP molecules are in solution any second, and in many cells that number is turned over in 1-2 minutes. Those numbers are staggering, something like 10 trillion molecules are broken down and converted into energy ever 2 minutes. Talk about an efficient and supernatural production line.  By contrast a combustible engine, a car, only converts only about 20% of its energy into fuel. Man cannot even approach the efficiency of even a single cell, and we have  TRILLIONS OF THEM. We havent even begun to talk about the other functions that they cells preform at the same time!http://www.trueorigin.org/atp.asp

I state all that in reference to the recent talk show I heard with two "establishment" scientists who blathered on about all the complexity in the universe..the design inherent and still came up with the conclusion: The big Bang started the whole process. They see whole  of creation, but reach an entirely different conclusion. Funny how, they can easily ascribe a Rolex to a Swiss watch maker, a Rolls Royce to a British carmaker, but something of infinitely more complexity, they go brain dead!

No wonder David said, "I am fearfully wonderfully and made,"  One can discourse on many different aspects of the human cell, I have just touched on one. Lesson: When you are doubting about your self worth, realize that YOU ARE A MIRACLE NOW, AND ONE IN THE MAKING!

In the my next entry we will talk about some of the practical points what we can learn and apply from cells. For exanple did you know that your cells reflect your health? What you put into your body consistently is absorbed by your cells, your cells literally the mirror of your health!

Unsung Heroes...

How many of you have heard of a man named Alan Turing?  Probably very few, I know I hadnt until I viewed an episode of the History of Museums on the History Channel the other day. I thought of this little known  man, who was a genius in his field. He was the main guy who helped to solve the problem of the German advance in Word War II. During that war the Uboats were a smashing success delivering crippling blows to our supply ships to Britain. Our supply ships were helping to stave off the blockade that the Germans were seeking to use to starve the British people into submission. The British were the only power in the way of complete European domination.

Due in large part to the enigma machine, a machine that wirlessly sent coded messages to the Uboats, the Germans were abled to send secure messages,and were ahead of the rest of the world. The United States scrambled to find a way to decode them and keep up.They found human decoding much too slow to keep up in real time.  They set about to devise a machine to switch back and forth between decoding algebraic equations, and sending messages to our warships to intercept the Uboats. Obviously this was a  huge undertaking. They hired Alan Turing a  Cambridge an Harvard graduate in mathmatics, to oversee the project. In 1945 during the height of the war, he devised a formula and machine to decode the messages.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_machine

His heroic and brilliant work helped turn the tide of the war that the Germans would most certainly had won if we hadnt become involved. Now here is a perfect example of a guy born to humble roots, and yet distinquishes himself. Many people can name Douglas Macarthur, Rommel, Eisenhower, but who has heard of Alan Turing?

Unfortunately he didnt live out his years or live up to his potential. He was the center of a scandal in his home country, because of homosexuality. He died from an apple laced with cyanide poisoning.. a mightly intellect slain by a simple act of deception. As I reflected on this story, I realized that many people who are much smarter than the people we constantly see in the public eye will never be known. Some people prefer being behind the scenes, still others are ruined by it.  Turing was the foreunner of the modern computer, because many of the principles of computational theory that run modern day computers, were first devised by him.

One can only wonder what he might had achieved with funding and govt support had he not died young?  Many of the inventions that run this world are created by people we will never meet or even hear of.. Be content in obscurity and do not seek fame:seek only to find your brilliance and use it for practical purposes in this world.

Turing also came up with idea of artificial intelligence or AI.  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing