Finally!

Finally, I could finish my paper on time, the last paper was Christology and Cultures. This particular paper speaks of the issues in Christology today. It is an interesting observation to start the discussion from human experience around us. As we know, now people are discussing about the gospel of Judas and "the Da Vinci Code". The question is about the impact of those two things in viewing Jesus. Christology is about who Jesus is for us today and what the significance of Jesus for us. The Gospel of Judas tells us the diversity of the Christian communities in viewing Jesus at that time. But then the main figure was not Jesus but Judas. Even though it talks about Judas in correlation with Jesus but still the intention was to show the position of Judas in the history of salvation. He was asked by Jesus to betray him in order to free Jesus from his body. In the gnostic understanding, body is a prison for soul. So, we can conclude that Judas has a significance role in the history of salvation, we cannot blame Judas. It is an odd thing that doesn't fit at all in the main idea of other Gospels. The Synoptics and The Fourth Gospel tell us in various ways about the death and ressurection of Jesus. New Testament tells us "Good News" which is the salvation through the death and resurrection of Jesus. In the Gospel of Judas this idea is missing. In this sense, Judas' Gospel is not inline with the main idea of the first christian community which underlined the death and resurrection of Jesus. For that reason, we categorize this particular Gospel as "Apocrypha" means 'hidden things' in Greek. The Apocryphical books of the Bible fall into two categories: texts which were included in some canonical version of the Bible at some point, and other texts of a Biblical nature which have never been canonical. How do we view Judas? Let's try to use this analog. Actually what Judas did with Jesus is not something new, Peter betrayed Jesus three times. But, the difference is that Peter finally confessed his sin and came to Jesus. He was forgiven by Jesus. If Judas came to Jesus, of course, Jesus would forgive him just as Jesus did to Peter. So, what happened with Judas later on we don't know, it is still God's business.

Anyway, I will spend my spare time to read some interesting articles and books. Hopefully it will work well!

memuji diri

Pernahkah anda memuji diri anda sendiri? Ada saatnya di mana kita tidak bisa berbuat apa-apa, seolah kita menjadi makhluk terbodoh di dunia. Atau ada kalanya kita begitu merasa percaya diri seolah-olah menjadi yang terbaik di planet ini. Keduanya ekstrim dan bisa saja terjadi. Kembali ke pertanyaan awal kalau anda belum pernah memuji diri sendiri cepat lakukan sekarang! Caraya cobalah melakukan hal-hal sederhana yang sudah pasti anda akan mampu menjalankannya. Beberapa orang perlu keberhasilan maksimal untuk sebuah kepercayaan diri dan kepuasan. Beberapa orang merasa dunia berakhir karena sedikit kegagalan. Keduanya exkstrim dan bisa saja terjadi. Ehm...itulah gambaran diri aku saat ini. Di akhir semester ini aku berhadapan dengan banyak paper. Daku yakin bisa menyelesaikannya di akhir dead line tetapi aku memerlukan kepercayaan diri untuk memulainya. Satu demi satu terselesaikan dan berakhir dengan "pemujaan diri". Gila ternyata gue bisa ya? Narcist abis! Tinggal satu paper, dua hari sebelum deadline tidak ada ide sama sekali. Sampai akhirnya aku harus menyakinkan diri gue bahwa paper yang sebelumnya itu lebih sulit dari yang sekarang. Dasar proscrastinator ulung ide muncul empat jam sebelum aku menulis di blog ini. Kini pikiranku penuh dengan ide, aku harus memilah-milahnya mana yang bisa ditulis dan mana yang tidak. Semuanya baik hanya jumlah maksimal hlaman dari dosen membatasi pengembaraan pikiranku. Selamat untuk diriku. Seperti seorang anak kecil dipangkuan sang ayah dua puluh tahun yang lalu, sayup kudengan "Kamu memang hebat". SIALAN!

Graduation!

I believe I can fly.......












With Deny and Wawan