Existence of God – Henry Poon's Blog https://blog.henrypoon.com Sun, 25 Aug 2019 23:02:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 83044199 You Are Not an Accident – Day 2 https://blog.henrypoon.com/blog/2011/01/19/you-are-not-an-accident-day-2/ https://blog.henrypoon.com/blog/2011/01/19/you-are-not-an-accident-day-2/#respond Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:52:00 +0000 http://henrypoon.mooo.com/blog/you-are-not-an-accident-%e2%80%93-day-2 This entire section simply refers to how God was responsible for my existence.  God chose everything from my race, talents, birth date, etc.  My question is why?  Even if God created humans, a reason must exist for doing so.  This book may attempt to answer what my purpose is, but why does this purpose even exist?  Did God create Humans for his own amusement?

]]> https://blog.henrypoon.com/blog/2011/01/19/you-are-not-an-accident-day-2/feed/ 0 727 It All Starts with God – Day 1 https://blog.henrypoon.com/blog/2011/01/18/it-all-starts-with-god-day-1/ https://blog.henrypoon.com/blog/2011/01/18/it-all-starts-with-god-day-1/#respond Wed, 19 Jan 2011 04:38:05 +0000 http://henrypoon.mooo.com/blog/it-all-starts-with-god-%e2%80%93-day-1 Warren presents a good point when he says that we should look toward God to find our purpose in life.  Assuming that God exists and created all life on Earth, only He would know why humans were created.

The point to ponder in this chapter is that “It’s not about me.” The chapter answers this question and asserts that it is about God.  Since I don’t believe in God, I can’t really say that I am living for God.

]]> https://blog.henrypoon.com/blog/2011/01/18/it-all-starts-with-god-day-1/feed/ 0 726 A Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren https://blog.henrypoon.com/blog/2011/01/18/a-purpose-driven-life-by-rick-warren/ https://blog.henrypoon.com/blog/2011/01/18/a-purpose-driven-life-by-rick-warren/#respond Wed, 19 Jan 2011 04:35:28 +0000 http://henrypoon.mooo.com/blog/a-purpose-driven-life-by-rick-warren A couple weeks ago, before I flew to Germany, a good friend of mine gave me a going-away gift.  I received a book called “The Purpose Driven Life”, by Rick Warren.  From reading the back cover of the book, I realize that this book presents an answer for the question, “What on earth am I here for?”  Rick Warren presents the answer in a forty-day spiritual journey.  Although I do not believe in Christianity, I find interest in this book.  Because of this, I don’t really know how I will react to the ideas presented in this book.

I am not trying to start a religious debate, but believing in the existence of God seems to be one of the fundamental premises for the discussion in this book.  I am not so certain that God “planned” me holding this book from before I was born, unlike what Rick Warren describes

I found it intriguing that God always took forty days to prepare one for His purposes.  I never realized that all these events took that long.  It hadn’t crossed my mind before.

Warren gives a good point when he says that when people read, they like to rush to the next chapter.  He urges the reader should not rush to the next chapter such that we can ponder it before moving further.  This makes a lot of sense to me.  Quickly moving onto the next chapter encourages the forgetting of the previous chapter.  I will see how it works in practice though.

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