The Probability of God

I love numbers. I love numbers since my school year for the simple reason that I only need to understood the concept to make them dance for me. That's a much much better option than trying to remember 36 'butir' Pancasila (God, was I the only one having such a miserable time trying to memorize it? Do they still teach that at school nowadays? Did that make the corrupted policemen and politician think twice before they did the evil?).

Anyway, I used to be very good at Math. Used to. Until calculator and computer corrupted my already slow brain. Now I'm struggling to multiply 2 digit numbers in my head. But my love for numbers never die. The beauty of how they can simplify life still amaze me sometime. But I would never imagine that numbers can be used to answer THE mankind question of the centuries "Does God exist?"

Which was the reason why I bought this book by Stephen D. Uwin, The Probability of God: A Simple Calculation That Proves The Ultimate Truth. He's trying to use the lingua franca to solve the eternal debate between the Believer and Non-Believer. Now I'm a sceptic by birth. And I don't think that a book that fall under category of 'religion' AND 'humor' can be THAT enlightenment. But I love the idea of someone being brave enough to marry 'faith' and 'science' so I give it the benefit of a doubt and decide to give it a try.

I just finished chapter one and I have to admit that I enjoyed his light humorous way in describing something that suppose to be serious. Let see what I feel after finish reading it. Anyone want to accompany me reading the book?

The Upside of Anger

Anger and resentments can stop you in your track. It needs nothing to burn but the air and the life that it swallows and smothers. It's real tho. The fury. Even when it isn't. It can change you, turn you, mold you and shape you into someone you're not.

The only upside of anger than... is the person you become. Hopefully someone that wakes up one day and realize that they're not afraid of its journey. Someone that knows that the truth is, at best, a partially told story. That anger, like growth, comes in spurts and fits. And in its wakes, leaves a new chance of acceptance. And the promise of calm.

(Movie Excerpt : The Upside of Anger - 2005)