It Sucks To Be Me

More griping? I don't know. I do know that I'm skivving like crazy right now cos I really have nothing to do. Or rather, I don't want to do anything right now. And no, I'm not at home. I'm at the office, sitting at my desk writing this drivel. Slack. Most definitely. Brain rotting away...maybe.. but for the moment, I hope someone's listening to all this drivel I'm typing up.

More bad news on the newspapers. Government wants to give you money through workfare but they want you to put in money into your medisave before they give you. Makes you wonder why they give right? You're actually only exchanging your money for theirs. So why bother? Fun is it?

Anyhow, nothing's boiling on the pot. I've sent in my film to the Singapore Film Festival. I got rejected by Berlin Film Fest. And on that rejection, I applied for even more festivals. As of now, I've submitted to the New York Asian American Film Festival and the Los Angeles Film Festival. Then I stumbled upon the Singapore Film Commission website. And I discovered that the SFC is actually offering to submit to Cannes free of charge for all Singapore filmmakers. So I did the only decent thing and submitted my film to them too. Hey, there aren't too many times the Singapore government gives away money for free. I didn't have to pay for FedEx and the 100Euro submission fee. That's a saving of at least a hundred dollars. So that's good for me.

Been asking the wife that we should probably go look for a church to go to. Cos things as it is, you never know when you might catch a flu bug and go knocking on doors that are not meant to be opened yet. Only thing is, I'm one of those fools who believe that most Christians are going to church on the wrong day. What? What are you saying? I'm saying that Sunday is not the Sabbath. Saturday is. The actual Sabbath is on a Saturday. Christians used to go to church on a Saturday. The Jews do. And the last time I checked, the Jews were still religious and the calendar hasn't changed. So why do Christians go to church on a Sunday? Well, Sunday is the Sabbath, right? Well, no, actually. See, the bible says that God made the world in six days and on the seventh day, he rested. So God named this day the Sabbath and He declared the Sabbath to be the end of the work week and all are to keep this day holy, to honour him and to keep this day as a rest day. So that's how the work week was defined into seven days with the last day of the week being a rest day and the Sabbath. All around the world, it is acknowledged that Sunday is the first day of the week. That's why the columns on your calendar always start with Sunday first. So if Sabbath is supposed to be the last day of the week, it should be Saturday right? Well, it is. Or at least the Jewish know it to be. They go to the temple on Saturday.

Now, before you go dismissing this line of argument, allow me to give you one more proof that the Sabbath is on a Saturday. Now, most people know that Dec 25th is not really the birth date of Jesus Christ. Nobody really knows which day he was born but with the winter solistice being a big pagan holiday, Jesus Christ's birthday was amended to be on that day for convenience. But the thing we do know is the day that Jesus died. We know he died on a Good Friday and rose again two days later on a Easter Sunday. That's written historically on Roman logs and Greek text and what not. But the thing is, Easter Sunday and Good Friday are correct dates of Jesus' death and resurrection. And the thing is, it is written in the bible that on the day after the Sabbath, Jesus was resurrected. Now, since we know that He rose again on a Sunday, then the Sabbath must be a Saturday, cos it is written that one day after he died was the Sabbath and a day after that He was resurrected. So since we know He died on Good Friday, the Sabbath is definitely Saturday.

That coupled with the fact that the Jews have never altered the day they worship - the day of the Sabbath - means one thing. Almost all the Christians in this world are not going to church on the Sabbath. Instead, they are going to church on a Sunday. Now how did this come about? There must be something wrong here, right? How can so many people be wrong?

Well, the common answer if you ask your pastor in your church is that a long time ago the Christian priests and scholars calculated the stars and charts again and found that there was a mistake, that the Sabbath actually should be on a Sunday. Then there are other people who tell you they go to church on a Sunday cos that's the day Jesus was resurrected. Well, here's what is in the history books. Have any of you watched The DaVinci Code? Well, if you have, then you will know that Emperor Constantine was the Roman emperor who was chiefly responsible for converting the roman empire to a Christian one. Constantine was a Christian and the first emperor of the Roman empire who was a Christian. But the thing is, he ruled over an empire which was largely Pagan. And in this empire, most people worshipped the Sun.

There was a civil war across the Roman Empire between the rising Christians and the Pagans, and Constantine, in order to hold on to his empire, held talks with the Pope, and all the theologers and Christian Scientists in his empire. Now, this being medieval times, the Pope was a very powerful political figure. His seat of power was on par with the roman emperor as he enjoyed massive support throughout Europe. If you see the film the DaVinci Code, you remember the part where they mentioned Constantine held a very important meeting with these priests and theologers in which he decided which gospel was to be compiled into a standard bible. This part of the film story is true and historical. In order to bring peace to his kingdom, Constantine, decided to compile the standard bible and most importantly, make sure that all his citizens worship on the same day and keep the same holy rest day. So what he did was he shifted the Christian Sabbath one day to coincide with the Pagan worship day. And since the Pagans worshipped the Sun, this worship day was Sunday. And that is how Christians from the Constantine era onwards came to study a standard collection of gospels collected into a bible and worshipped together on a Sunday. Of course, it helped that Jesus was resurrected on a Sunday which provided a symmetry with the new worship day.

And that is why pastors all over world will tell you that theologists and ancient priests made calculations and 'found out' that the Sabbath was actually on a Sunday. Its the only way that the Christians would've accepted the change of the Sabbath. With this change, the entire Roman empire now rested on the same day and Christians no longer clashed with Pagans who used to desecreate their holy day by not giving them rest on that day. Peace was restored to the empire and with time, Catholicism and Christianity became the dominant religion of Europe.

The thing is most churches all around the world worship on a Sunday. Some churches like the Seventh Day Adventist and some Charismatic and Pentacostal churches have Saturday services. Most old orthodox churches like Methodist churches only have Sunday services, weddings are held on Saturdays. I was trying to find a church that had a Saturday service but I just can't bring myself to go to a Charismatic church and nobody knows what Seventh Day Adventists believe in. So I'm a bit torn. My wife wants to go to a methodist church. Me thinks I will probably go to church on a Sunday but also keep the Saturday as a holy day at home where I'll thump through the bible. Nobody said you can't keep Sabbath holy in your own way at home. So I guess that's probably what I'll do.

Peace, out.