Opposing Religious Authority and Tradition

Sounds From The Moon

2010-01-20T05:58:00.000-08:00

It turned out that the sound can not travel through space. Explosion noises spacecraft in the movie certainly does not match reality. We need a stronger peneriak. It turned out he was a barker, radio waves. By sending radio waves to the moon and waiting for the echo to come we can measure the distance of the earth to the moon. With this, we get the time 2.4 seconds. Very short. Does this mean the moon is close to us? Relative. 1 second radio waves traveled 300 thousand miles. This means that 360 thousand kilometers. Far greater than the distance of the ground to the cloud, where the gods lived.

Electromagnetic wave takes 8 minutes to reach the sun. Worshiped the sphere of ancient Egyptian society and become the only God by Amenhotep IV of the 18th dynasty of Egypt was in fact a giant magnet. Giant magnet that kept turning south from the north which therefore, extended its flames to interfere with radio broadcasts on the earth. Maybe if we knew this at the time of Ancient Egypt, we consider Aten, the God, very angry. Maybe we think if the sun was angry because we worship God more than him.

The sun is not the only god in the sky glow. Other stars were also similar. Not just ten, there are billions just in our galaxy alone. Just as every nation on earth had the sun god himself, on the planet Tau Bootis, which may have life, there may be people who worship the sun. And the sun is clearly different from the one we have. Not Ra, not Horus. But the other gods.

Solar Eclipse

2010-01-19T22:34:00.000-08:00

For centuries, lunar eclipses have been associated with the gods of fighting. In Java, we hear stories of giant Rahu Kala infiltrate tirta heaven for eternity. By the time he almost got the water, the god Chandra (moon god) caught him. Vishnu who got the news immediately threw the giant with cakranya. Kala Rahu's head off but fell in tirta eternity, while his body fell to earth. As a result the head of Rahu Kala remain eternal life. Until now, the head of Rahu Kala continues to seek revenge on the moon. When the moon off guard, he'll eat it. That's when an eclipse occurs. This also explained to our ancestors, why the moon sometimes red eclipse. In fact the color of the moon really depends on the weather conditions on earth, not the blood of the god Chandra.

For the case of a solar eclipse, the mythology of China said that there was a dog that bites Khayangan sun. There is a tradition there to hit the rafters and pans when eclipse to ward off this dog. Malays eclipse ritual bath in the mortar and scared the babies will be affected by mental retardation. We sometimes pray when eclipse. A legacy of fear of our ignorance of natural phenomena.

As we stood at the base of the cliff, we can shout aloud to the cliff and find our voice back to us. We call it an echo. Our voices, we might find a friend who was hiding in a cave, reflected by a vertical wall. Distance from us to the cliffs can be measured if we know the speed of sound at that time. We stay to calculate when arriving back to our voices and split two to get the travel time to the cliff. Multiplied by the speed of sound gives us the distance to the cliff. The same method used in measuring the ocean floor, a search of fish or a submarine. More sensitive sonar. The way in which bats in search of prey. Could we also can measure the distance to the moon in this way?

Eclipsing Moon

2010-01-17T04:21:00.000-08:00

It is human nature if we expect something to happen. Sometimes we feel powerless against external factors that are too dominant. But we do not want to give up. Our last effort is to pray. Request hopefully on something that we think over everything. The story of the inhabitants of the same MADANG with us. Only we do not know whether the actions we pray only fantasy. We must be more advanced to know. But we've developed so far, following the spirit of Abraham, by removing the moon and the sun of our prayer focus to something intangible and can not be understood. Moreover, more advanced than this?

In elementary school we have in teaching that the moon is unusual heavenly bodies. He is the only natural satellite of the earth. We know that the human imagination to see the grandmother knitting nets into the moon. Geographical pattern of the surface of the moon, like a cloud, making our imagination. When switched his position if the earth to the moon, we still also be imagining something from continental distribution patterns and clouds. Perhaps we imagine a butterfly, a virgin or a caterpillar. We know much of the scientific efforts of scientists unravel the mysteries of the moon. They do not give up on the myth.

The discovery that the moon is the celestial bodies around the earth, gave an explanation of another phenomenon full of myth, solar eclipse. At the time we are given the primary explanation of the moon phases. And in the picture, we look at the full moon, the position of the moon lies between the earth and the sun. Similarly, during a lunar eclipse. I'm confused why can the same when the full moon eclipse and clearly different. Lunar eclipse happens when the full moon. But this explanation is not in elementary school science books. Then later we know that the moon's orbit is not exactly parallel to the earth's orbit. He tilted. At this side, the shadow of the earth is almost never appropriate to cover the moon. Sometimes above, sometimes below. Only when he was fit to cover the moon, the lunar eclipse occurs.

Cargo Cult

2010-01-14T03:04:00.000-08:00

Some cultures in turn dominate others. Greek and Roman gods with the European influence. In modern times, the story of these gods is a series of interesting tales. We are interested to know. We are impressed with the story of love Selena, goddess of the moon, in Endymion only a shepherd. But we know these stories do not make sense and just imaginary people who lived 2000 years ago. 2000 Will the coming year, the stories that we believe right now will be ridiculed as a fantasy high level of people who live in the 21st century?

The story of the story of the worshipers in Madang container will probably make you impressed. Madang is a city on the coast of Papua New Guinea. People who live there is very primitive. In the 19th century, a fleet of cargo ships coming from Europe. Madang community thought they came from the sky and see if the sky is a giant warehouse store valuables. Ships coming from the end of the sea, as if out of the sky on the horizon, carrying goods. These items in divided into the European colonists. The natives thought that the first visitor, a Russian, was the god of the moon, because with a lantern on the beach at night. They then want all the items in the cargo. They stop their old beliefs and replace them with new rituals to ask for freight coming to them. This primitive folk abandoned fields and their cattle killed for God to feel sorry for them. Until now, they are still searching for the arrival of the cargo will be sent to them from a distance.

Gods Colored History

2010-01-11T00:34:00.000-08:00

Our history colored by gods. In Arabic there are so many gods and goddesses are worshiped different from Egypt, Japan and the Aztec, which is the highest god of the moon. Crescent symbolic gods are called by various names. Sin, Hubul, Humqah, al ilah, Hilal, Hubal, Ta'lab, Wadd. Every tribe has their own names for their god. For the Quraysh in Mecca, Hubal was the highest. They placed the statues on the Kaaba, handle hundreds of other statues in it. Islam and replace the position of these gods into one single God, Allah. Hubal traces, unfortunately, still remaining on Islamic symbols, the crescent moon. In addition, as the house of God to the Kaaba is also still often we hear.

Every continent, the system of celestial worship with the myths that accompany it evolved over time. Tracks were still made an impression. I can imagine our ancestors thought when I saw the sun moving from east to west as if riding something. In fact, the image of the sun god who drove the train in the sky or a sailboat can be found in the relics of ancient Egypt and Europe. This is also used to make us believe that the sun around the earth and the earth is the center of the universe. We also celebrate the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. This indicates that re-lengthening afternoon and when the snow slowly disappeared. We started getting back to farming and worry will starve in the winter began to disappear. We should be grateful that the sun has returned. In ancient Roman times, this festival is called the day of rebirth of the sun (Dies Natalis Solis Invicti) and is celebrated on 25 December. Date later in the Christian, made the day Jesus was born.

The Fascist Sun

2010-01-08T23:57:00.000-08:00

But sometimes the sun is fascist. There the gods of the sun which recognizes one nation is better than other nations. Amaterasu from Japan is a type of god, or rather the goddess, who is so. For community Shinto, the sun is considered feminine and set heaven. He worshiped with offerings of rice and sake. The sun god as the supreme ruler of the universe is also the worship in Egypt. Can we imagine if Amaterasu bagaiamana reunited with Ra or Huitzilopolochtli of Aztec. Maybe there are actually three of the same thought. Or maybe there is a higher rate. Or maybe they were just written by the political authorities to show kekuasaaannya. The latter is very probably. Amaterasu is one reason for the two World wars in Asia Pacific and became a shield Huitzilopolochtli terrible dictator of Aztec kings.

Passing through vast plains of Siberia and the Black Sea countries is the dawn of science, Greece. The place where the intellectual revolt in the gods is full of fascinating mythology. Greek goddess of the moon is Selena. The name was later taken for chemical light meter, selenium. Partner is the sun god, Helios. The name is also used for the chemical element helium in the sun a lot. Selena position gradually replaced by Artemis, and Luna, the Roman goddess of the moon, was replaced by Diana. Selena is represented as a half moon, this is interesting when we see that the Arabs, wearing the crescent moon as a symbol of the god of the moon. Selena told to have 50 children by his marriage to women's human. Built temples to worship and Selena Luna is still in Greece and Rome.

Sun Gods and Goddess of Asia

2010-01-07T10:12:00.000-08:00

One sun was so hot for the desert community, but not for Chinese society. In the mythology of China, formerly a ten-sun in the sky. The world was so hot that nothing can grow. On earth as it is, not only life can not arise. The earth will be destroyed torn pull from all directions within ten gravity of the sun dance. Amazingly, according to this tale, a hero named Huo Yi archery nine other sun and leaving one. For some reason a pity given Huo Yi was later disebah Shen Yi as a god.

There is a kind of rebellion from our minds for a variety of stories about these gods. Some of us pointed them stupid, as when we ask about ourselves, we argue that our offerings beyond reason. Even in our grammar, there are words associated with the gods that we reject. I take the example of the word 'surya'. How often do we hear the phrase 'The Solar rises in the eastern horizon'. Yes. Surya is the name of the sun god Hindu religion. In southern China, across the Himalayas. there is a special ritual to worship the sun in the Hindu tradition. This ritual is called sandhyavandanam. In the town of Konark in India, a temple to worship Surya built and protected by UNESCO as a cultural reserve. We can see the majesty of architecture interspersed our sympathy for them.

Sun and Moon Worshipping in Ancient Times

2010-01-03T01:08:00.000-08:00

Around the globe, diverse ethnic groups, in all continents, has a history of worship on the moon and sun. As a child, I could imagine that the moon and the sun is really the same, only changing form. This thought is quite complicated for a small child full of curiosity. I was fortunate to have the school library and from there I knew that the moon is a giant boulder and the sun was a giant ball of gas, a small star, just one of billions of stars scattered in the universe. If we already know how insignificant these two objects are, do we still want to worship him? When I was born in the early centuries BC, maybe I'll laugh at this fact, maybe I will curse the bearer of the facts, and still worship the moon and sun. I might think that the knowledge about the moon and the sun outside of reason and can not understand by human. We can only know what you want to show in the sky.

From a dry place in Yemen, thousands of years ago, there was a time where a great empire stood. Sheba who ruled as the queen, who reportedly seraphic beauty. Tales mention that at the time the animals can speak to Solomon who was far away in the northern kingdom. If this is not a fairy tale, like the story of deer and crocodiles, what natural law causes the animals currently no longer able to speak with us? Apart from that, people worship the sun Saba country. For the desert, the sun is very dominant. His influence was far more than the tropical community. We are in the hot arid nature, it is important to keep the temperature does not continue to increase and eventually burned and baked us. I think this is the reason for many of worship of the sun in the middle east and other desert areas. Noted there are 13 main sun gods in Arabia and Egypt.

Sky

2010-01-01T15:14:00.000-08:00

As long as humans live, the sky is always there at the top. We walked, activity, joy and fear under the auspices of the sky - there is a greatness, when we see the wide sky that lies in the field. We feel no match.
The size of the extent of the sky gives us the imagination. The clouds which range reminiscent of the forms of objects in our lives everyday. Every person must have a different view, depending on experience. Whenever in our history, the clouds disappeared and formed. Behind her were the objects farther away. Beyond the reach of the hands of our ancestors. Those who passed a big mystery shrouded the sky.

Mysteries come and requires explanation. This desire is reinforced by our emotions. When we are thirsty we are looking at the sky, we need water. Clearer water than the river or pond or ocean. Sometimes too much of a disaster. The sky did not seem too friendly.

Sky conditions change, like human emotions. We are amazed it was appropriate to thank you for the rain and the resulting fertility. We also feel fear, the sky will be angry and punish us. Our forefathers felt that they should worship the sky.

In the afternoon the sky light. From it we can see and move freely. The animals did not dare approach. Something to give light. From the shadows we are and the brightness o pillars of light, we know what to give light, the sun. Imagine the heat, we are amazed. And start assuming that the sun is the ruler of the sky in broad daylight. To him that our ancestors worshiped. Later at night, dark sky. There's a light giver is not too bright. These objects change shape from night to night. Looks like he has a more dynamic life than the sun. He is also shy. Some civilizations looked at the moon feminine. Moon, as the sun, also worshiped as God. Ancestors to thanks to them. Even now some of us, said the reason to worship God as a sign of thanks. It is quiet humane.

Clouds

2009-12-31T05:43:00.000-08:00

Clouds

High clouds there

in which the ice covering the seeds of life

where hundreds of needles piercing

we are multicolored like you

We wandered like you

we are yours

born because of the ripples of supernova

Clouds

soft clouds thundering without rain

where the essence of our bodies

is not timeless like you

The Purpose of The Blog

2009-12-31T05:41:00.000-08:00

And so this blog as a contribution to the intellectual history of the Indonesian nation. Douwess Dekker shouted Max Havelaar and brought to the Dutch government policy in the nation of Indonesia. I hope, on the positive effects, this blog has received a little attention from our government in formulating policies. I'm not asking to change the Pancasila, I just ask, make this nation brights.
I believe Brian May at the conclusion that the root problem of poverty in this country is the culture, not economics. In his book, The Indonesian Tragedy, his objective in discussing the various things that happened in the early history of Indonesia until 1978, when his book appeared. Classic indeed. But I see, the problems discussed remain relevant in today. That our poverty, continue to grow and spread up to the spiritual.
I have a big debt to write this to my fellow clergy and free thinkers from intensive discussions with me on many occasions. They give contributions to the knowledge that I did not get in the books and personal experience. I thank them infinitely for willing to criticize, support, straightening and argue with me. The pleasure I get from our discussions to be one of the many beautiful aspects of knowledge.

The New Reflection of Life

2009-12-31T05:26:00.000-08:00

Today we see our ideas came from a variety of direction. Some information was so intense that make us ignore the information from the other direction which may be much better. Research from Scientific American shows that we are more interested in finding what is in accordance with our beliefs, rather than looking for what is not appropriate with it on the Internet. In the acute stage, it can cause an imbalance of fanaticism, which in turn to discrimination on those who differ from us. Concealed from the novelty is a major obstacle to the progress. This blog is devoted to efforts to break the wall to see the other side. Side that may have a solution for all our problems.

In the year 1999, as a vocational high school student from a poor family, I always travel with public transport. Once an old man up in the terminal with me. He looked tired. Until the next station, he did not come down so the driver asked. I just happened to be down to move to another vehicle. He asked "where are you going?". "I want to visit my grandson to the house in Gang Budi Utomo, but from this I do not see the alley, but my grandson told me this vehicle will pass the alley", replied the old man. The driver said, "Well, it does not pass the alley, and then you should come down at Angsana Street, then walk a few meters into the new father arrived at the Budi Utomo Alley". I went down and did not hear the rest. I could feel sorry for this old man a while, until I realized there was a profound reflection of this story. I asked, "what if we also climbed the vehicle and the past so many alley, but our goal is not to be there. If that goal is far out there, we can only reach it by descending from thevehicle and walked toward it, then we arrive. " And this question leads to greater things. Maybe we also similiar to the old man. It could be the solution to the problem we have out there. In places outside of our vehicles. "

The View From Outside

2009-12-31T04:52:00.000-08:00

I am not a clergy. I was out of the vehicle. And I look to the vehicle from the outside. I saw the fight, war and murder. Each felt he had been on the right path. Scuffles often make the vehicle never reached the terminal. I'm not asking you out if it's not your own desire. I could be wrong, there could be the right path. The possibility is always there.
You could see if I stood alone outside. I do not have a mass, I do not have a volunteer who is willing to die for me. I have so long considered to publish my work with great risk. I am like the ant who was among the herd of elephants. Sometimes I feel that my curiosity is a big curse for me. The words of Charles Corlton a bit more entertaining, "He who dies as a martyr, proving that he is not someone who is not honorable, and he was not a stupid person."
I spent a lot of time in my life among the great thoughts. My room looked more like a books warehouse than a place to sleep . Time outside my house is spent in the library and the internet. And I hope, the knowledge I learned so long able to contribute to the country that I love and the world.

Neurological Background

2009-12-31T04:49:00.000-08:00

My view is reinforced by the researches in the field of neurology. Our brains which hiding behind this cranium has so much potential that we have not used up. We see great magnificent buildings and we do not know about it. We feel it's beyond our capacity, and sometimes generalize, this is beyond human capability. We see natural phenomena, and felt stupid for not knowing anything about it and think it's beyond human ability to explain it. Unfortunately, we are often wrong. Something that was impossible, is now real. Once human think it was impossible to fly, now with the planes we fly between the islands and countries. The absurdity of it comes from the limitations that became the basis of our capital. Some people say it's impossible, then consciously limiting himself. He put a barrier on his brain . This Barrier was sometimes so terrible after the organization in such a way, either politically or socially. I call this obstacle 'God'.

Myths and beliefs develop because of this barrier. Many cultures described in this blog given all that he did not know the Lord and worship him. For centuries people believed that lightning is the anger of the gods, his warning is a natural disasters, that the earth was the center of the universe. A very brave broken spirit was of Greece which has given birth to science, a powerful tool against the barrier. After that, we know that the earth is not the center of the universe, that natural disasters are natural phenomena, that lightning is a normal weather phenomenon. However, there is always a gap, there is always exist a room that can not be explained science. Still, some see The God who is in the gap. Now is the day, the gap is getting narrower.

A Brief History of Indonesia

2009-12-31T04:33:00.000-08:00

In the early centuries AD, Hindu and Buddhist culture entered Indonesian archipelago, to explore the islands interior. Dynamism and animist beliefs on adaptation to peace by our ancestors. From here is born of Borobudur, Prambanan and beautiful temples. Religious buildings are always built more solid than in the houses, the result is more resistant to increasing time. The arrival of Islam into the archipelago and later Christians as well, they come in peace and adapt to the existing trust. Frictions sometimes occurs, and not massive. The conflicts that arise even in the trigger by the seizure of the throne and treasures.

Currently, nearly 2000 years of the entry of major religions, a friction causing greater friction. Not recede from our memories the humanitarian tragedy of the Suharto era to the Bali bombings. From communist to Ahmadiah. Looks like globalization causes greater friction. This blog is also likely to cause friction. Your Old beliefs will be criticized and weighed again. However, like the entry of major religions into the archipelago, this is my good intentions. I want the intellectual life of the nation flourishing and provide solutions to problems that would not go over in this country without any steps.

If I Die Tomorrow

2009-12-31T04:28:00.000-08:00

If I die tomorrow ..

I will split my chest

And I will give my heart

to the one who bore me

to flip her wings again

If I die tomorrow

I Will put my lover to my legs

then bring to earth the dream

where an hour seemed like a year

If I die tomorrow

I will give my property to the resounding children

so they are closer to the stars

and progress faster than light

Not the gravestone of gems

It just so regretful for mother

not the tomb of the emerald

It just so the two human sex

A pile of dirt in the middle of the woods

with a roof of the canopy of the jungle

for the beggars to find the shade right next to

during rain storms hit the man

Take absence with writing, not reading and tear

because history is formed by hand,

rather than oral and sadness

declaration of love for this world