Bombeeksplosjon i Oslo

Jeg er i sjokk. Det som har skjedd i Oslo i dag er bare helt sykt. Uvirkelig. Jeg skjønner virkelig ikke hva som skjer med verden. Norge. Bildene på nettavisene verden over viser en by som ser ut som et krigsområde. 

Sender mange varme tanker til alle innbyggerne i Oslo, alle som var/er på Utøya, og alle som er involvert i tragedien på noen som helst måte. Håper det ikke blir noe mer av denne galskapen.

Vi er så få her i landet, hver fallen er bror eller venn (Nordahl Grieg)

5 uker

Det er 5 uker til jeg reiser. 35 dager!

Vi har fått informasjon om turer vi kan reise på i løpet av utvekslingsåret, for å oppleve litt mer av Storbritannia når vi først er der. Her er de mulige reisemålene:

Dublin

Edinburgh





York





Wales






Har bestemt meg for å dra til Edinburgh og Wales. Til Edinburgh må vi komme oss selv, så jeg og Margrethe har tenkt å ta tog gjennom England sammen. Gleder meg til det! :)

Lesetips i sommer

Trenger du noen gode bøker til å lese i sommer? Nedenfor er mine tips. Det er 3 bøker av helt forskjellig sjanger, som jeg har lest/holder på å lese.

Lest noen av disse?

Skyscraper

Er ikke egentlig noen stor Demi Lovato-fan - men likte denne sangen :)

Fly on the wings of love

Her om dagen plugget jeg i iPoden min på jobb, og spilte litt av 'min' musikk. På spillelista var blant annet den 10-11 år gamle sangen "Fly on the Wings of Love" sunget av Olsen Brothers fra Danmark. De vant ESC i år 2000 med denne sangen. Det er en sang jeg liker veldig godt, som får meg i godt humør. Enda gøyere ble det når jeg hørte kunder plystre eller nynne med på sangen i butikken. Moro :)

Jeg tror dette må være en sang som "alle" har hørt. Kanskje ikke dem som er født i 2005 og senere, men ellers alle. Selv om jeg ikke kan huske tilbake til år 2000 (da var jeg.. 6 år), er dette likevel en sang jeg har hørt, og kan!

Musikk

Noen ganger tror jeg kan dårlig engelsk-uttale gjøre at vi ikke liker sanger. Veldig synd egentlig. Nedenfor er det to sanger som jeg egentlig liker ganske godt. De er fra årets Eurovision Song Contest. Tekstene er gode, melodiene er særegne, scenografien (heter det det?) er bra,  og sangerne er flinke - det eneste som mangler for å gjøre sangene 'perfekte' er forbedret engelskuttale. Noen steder sliter jeg med å høre hva de synger - derfor er det fint å kunne finne tekstene på nettet. Men nå har jeg hørt sangene så mange ganger at jeg skjønner hva de synger da, hehe...

We are birds, we fly so high

and we are falling down

When I dream of you my dream is so fearless

We are people of the planet,

we live human lives

We are angels, we're in danger

we are crystal white, crystal white.

I'm like an eagle in the open sky

I never land, I'm flying high

Let me share my song with you

just feel the passion

Love's the message shining through and shined reaction

It brings my heaven down to earth and this is why

it drives me mad but it gives me life

I'm free to fly

God VS Science

Leste dette innlegget på Believe it and do it, en blogg jeg tilfeldigvis kom inn på en gang. Anbefaler deg å lese det om du synes det er interessant dette med Gud og vitenskap, og hva man skal tro. Jeg ble veldig fascinert av denne teksten hvertfall!


A science professor begins his school year with a lecture to the students, “Let me explain the problem science has with religion.” The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand. “You’re a Christian, aren’t you, son?”
“Yes sir,” the student says.
“So you believe in God?”
“Absolutely.”
“Is God good?”
“Sure! God’s good.”
“Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?”
“Yes.”
“Are you good or evil?”
“The Bible says I’m evil.”
The professor grins knowingly. “Aha! The Bible!” He considers for a moment. “Here’s one for you. Let’s say there’s a sick person over here and you can cure him. You can do it. Would you help him? Would you try?”
“Yes sir, I would.”
“So you’re good…!”
“I wouldn’t say that.”
“But why not say that? You’d help a sick and maimed person if you could. Most of us would if we could. But God doesn’t.”
The student does not answer, so the professor continues. “He doesn’t, does he? My brother was a Christian who died of cancer, even though he prayed to Jesus to heal him. How is this Jesus good? Hmmm? Can you answer that one?”
The student remains silent.
“No, you can’t, can you?” the professor says. He takes a sip of water from a glass on his desk to give the student time to relax.

“Let’s start again, young fella. Is God good?”
“Er…yes,” the student says.
“Is Satan good?”
The student doesn’t hesitate on this one. “No.”
“Then where does Satan come from?”
The student falters. “From God”
“That’s right. God made Satan, didn’t he? Tell me, son. Is there evil in this world?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Evil’s everywhere, isn’t it? And God did make everything, correct?”
“Yes.”
“So who created evil?” The professor continued, “If God created everything, then God created evil, since evil exists, and according to the principle that our works define who we are, then God is evil.”
Again, the student has no answer. “Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things, do they exist in this world?”
The student squirms on his feet. “Yes.”
“So who created them?”
The student does not answer again, so the professor repeats his question. “Who created them?” There is still no answer. Suddenly the lecturer breaks away to pace in front of the classroom. The class is mesmerized. 

“Tell me,” he continues onto another student. “Do you believe in Jesus Christ, son?”
The student’s voice betrays him and cracks. “Yes, professor, I do.”
The old man stops pacing. “Science says you have five senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Have you ever seen Jesus?”
“No sir. I’ve never seen Him.”
“Then tell us if you’ve ever heard your Jesus?”
“No, sir, I have not.”
“Have you ever felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelt your Jesus? Have you ever had any sensory perception of Jesus Christ, or God for that matter?”
“No, sir, I’m afraid I haven’t.”
“Yet you still believe in him?”
“Yes.”
“According to the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your God doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?”
“Nothing,” the student replies. “I only have my faith.”
“Yes, faith,” the professor repeats. “And that is the problem science has with God. There is no evidence, only faith.”
The student stands quietly for a moment, before asking a question of His own. “Professor, is there such thing as heat?”
“Yes,” the professor replies. “There’s heat.”
“And is there such a thing as cold?”
“Yes, son, there’s cold too.”
“No sir, there isn’t.”

The professor turns to face the student, obviously interested. The room suddenly becomes very quiet. The student begins to explain. “You can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, unlimited heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat, but we don’t have anything called ‘cold’. We can hit up to 458 degrees below zero, which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold; otherwise we would be able to go colder than the lowest -458 degrees.”
“Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-458 F) is the total absence of heat. You see, sir, cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure in thermal units because heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.”
Silence across the room. A pen drops somewhere in the classroom, sounding like a hammer.
“What about darkness, professor. Is there such a thing as darkness?”
“Yes,” the professor replies without hesitation. “What is night if it isn’t darkness?”
“You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something; it is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light, but if you have no light constantly you have nothing and it’s called darkness, isn’t it? That’s the meaning we use to define the word.”
“In reality, darkness isn’t. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?”
The professor begins to smile at the student in front of him. This will be a good semester. “So what point are you making, young man?”

“Yes, professor. My point is, your philosophical premise is flawed to start with, and so your conclusion must also be flawed.”
The professor’s face cannot hide his surprise this time. “Flawed? Can you explain how?”
“You are working on the premise of duality,” the student explains. “You argue that there is life and then there’s death; a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can’t even explain a thought.”
“It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it.”
“Now tell me, professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?”
“If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young man, yes, of course I do.”
“Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?”
The professor begins to shake his head, still smiling, as he realizes where the argument is going. A very good semester, indeed.

“Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you now not a scientist, but a preacher?”
The class is in uproar. The student remains silent until the commotion has subsided.
“To continue the point you were making earlier to the other student, let me give you an example of what I mean.”
The student looks around the room. “Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the professor’s brain?” The class breaks out into laughter.
“Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor’s brain, felt the professor’s brain, touched or smelt the professor’s brain? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, with all due respect, sir.”
“So if science says you have no brain, how can we trust your lectures, sir?”

Now the room is silent. The professor just stares at the student, his face unreadable.
Finally, after what seems an eternity, the old man answers. “I guess you’ll have to take them on faith.”
“Now, you accept that there is faith, and, in fact, faith exists with life,” the student continues. “Now, sir, is there such a thing as evil?”
Now uncertain, the professor responds, “Of course, there is. We see it everyday. It is in the daily example of man’s inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil.”

To this the student replied, “Evil does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God’s love present in his heart. It’s like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light.”
The professor sat down.