How does one force faith?

Was up to my nose with work yesterday. Came in at 5.30 am and went home at 8.30pm.Had to come in again at 10pm to 11.30pm.That was fine by me.

In fact I was more disappointed in the "ruling" yesterday.Those people are for some reason called "learned" or "honourable" but with that decision I think they are neither.Anyway, I keenly awaits the minority report, maybe I can see some redemption for that profession.

Update** Minority Report

When I was small, I believe in 'ghosts' and I was so scared whenever I was dark..After a certain age, it's quite difficult to believe anymore.The analogy could be the same for "Santa Claus".
Imagine, years down the line, you have a mob with burning torches, camped in in front your house because you stopped believing in Santa.You appealed to their sanity but you failed.You appealed to the most "learned" man in your village but you received no sympathy.They all say you have to continue believing in Santa.At least you have to carry a paper that say you believe in Santa, since they know what is in your heart.

I am not saying that God is equal to Santa Claus,no way. In fact I would say that I am fairly religious person, I prayed as often as needed,I am sure I'm honest in all my dealings, I don't take nor give bribes, I don't hang around politicians for scraps and I have never blown anybody to bits with C4 or otherwise..I conduct my life as Islamic as I can..I try to be an example at work, whenever I'm overseas etc, to show people how a muslim should be..

And I am convinced that being muslim is the right and correct path for me..

Back to issue at hand, how does being a muslim, gives me the right to force those who doesn't believe, to believe? Those who have lost their faith?

It doesn't. I can only guide, if they decide not to follow, so be it.

In fact, I should show them what a magnanimous muslim I am and what a strong faith I have in my own belief, that I am not worried should others abandon theirs. To force people the adhere to my faith, just exposes the fragility of my own confidence with my own faith.

That is the gap that our 'learned and honourable' fellow muslims failed to see.

Con Job

Just chanced upon yesterday's paper. I would not even call it 'news'paper since it's just full of crap and advertisements that masquerade as 'news'.

Tonik Hati that offers cure!!!.

The biggest gap here is not the 8o% of the article, which is true but the claimed effects of the said herbs.From treating viral hepatitis to fatty liver and cirrhosis. As if the gap is not enough, they have herb products that can treat HIV infection!! Voila, that's our claim to next year's Nobel Prize in Medicine.As if it's not enough, they have been approved by MOH for said claims and is publicised in a mainstream 'paper'!

I remember a relative of mine used to peddle noni extract tea, with the 'claimed' benefits of treating anything under the sun.The company received a letter from the Pharmaceutical Division, Ministery of Health, to desist or come up with evidence or be fined for false advertisement. Obviously the same division here is still celebrating the recent pay rise and forgot to check on this 21st century snake oil salesman.
Even if he wears a suit with silk tie, he's still a snake oil salesman.

More than paint job needed.

Utusan Malaysia quoted that Operating Rooms needed a new paint job to reduce infection.I think the gap here is the relationship between infection rate and the type of paint in Malaysian ORs.
I tend to believe there are other physical factors that needed to be addressed too like air circulation, humidity,temperature and the traffic flow.

You won't believe it that some ORs in our country actually uses split air-con units within the OR proper.Kind of putting paid to the laminar flow theory..Ah yes, these are ACCREDITED hospitals and it's more amazing when it happens within academic institutions.

I usually smirk when someone come up with a suggestion that we need to spend money in order to improve our services.
Invariably, it involved someone getting kick backs.Makes me feel like kicking their arses.

Hello World.

Hello,
Why today? I don't know.Maybe it's the date of birth of my son, 5 months ago. Maybe it's the itch of seeing others expressing their thoughts and I want to express mine too.Maybe it's the moronic going-ons within our socio-political sphere that pushed me.Maybe it's the constant vilifying of bloggers and maybe it's the silly emails that get forwarded ad infinitum.
Maybe it's all of above but mostly it's my perceived gap between what I consider the (possible) truth and the knowledge that I have, that bugs me.

It could be anything under the sun..It could be about a movie,TV series,news,blogs,politics or governance. While the gap within the rest are just a nuisance, an irritant maybe, the gap in the latter two has a more sinister and catastrophic outcome for my well being..

Maybe we all,collectively, can bring it just a bit closer, so that we can at least jump to a plausible conclusion or opinion.

Rightly or wrongly, at least it's our own.Or mine..