Life as we know it

I have recently read the letter to the Hebrews a few times. It is quite an interesting letter, for a few reasons. One of them, which I enjoy a lot, is that the author knows the scripture, but does not quote the extract ones. He only refers to the fact that he knows it is written somewhere. It indicates to me that we are all human, all normal. Another interesting part of the Hebrews is the well-known chapter 11. It tells us what faith is, and also lists the fathers of faith:  - Abel,  - Enoch,  - Noah,  - Abraham,  - Isaac,  - Jacob,  - Joseph,  - Moses,  - Rahab, and then a whole list of others, including Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets. We will look at them over the next while or so. True legends of faith. For now, let us have a look at faith. It starts in verse one and catches my eye immediately: Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about wha...

These days almost all animation movies are in 3D. We even went to watch a Soccer World Cup 2010 game in 3D. It seemed like we were at the game itself! With 3D it is as if you form part of the movies. Objects fly past you and people stand out from the background. For 3D to be effective, you need to wear one of these: How does it all work, though? For video to work, it requires 3 primary colours: red, blue and green. If all three are not present you won't find colour television. In a 3D movie the developers place two layers of video on to of each other. The one layer does not have red in it, while the other does not contain blue.  Our are eyes are used to see, but it is actually our brains that forms the picture. By virtue of the fact that we put these ridiculous glasses on our eyes, we are able to see the image in 3D. So, how is this relevant to us, apart from the fact that it is interesting? The same thing happens in our everyday life. Everyday there are thin...