Of all ring ambigrams that I’ve created, this becomes my favorite. For one, it is a small gift to my good friends, Alan Carlo and Kristine. Ring ambigrams are perfect for couples. It symbolizes infinity. It symbolizes serendipity.

And like this ambigram, we hope that their marriage and friendship last forever.

Read it clockwise or counterclockwise, you’ll get the same couple. Aren’t they meant for each other?

“Alan Carlo / Kristine”. Nazty Ambigrams by Jonas Roque

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Spiritually speaking, my own Creed has only two lines of G – I believe in One Ultimate God, the Creator. And, I believe in doing Good to others. Then, Ace lent a book to me which entitled ‘Is There a Creator who Cares About You?’ as his response to my belief during one of our enlightenment talks. The book won’t hurt my belief since it’s about our Creator – someone who I believe in. Besides, I’m receptive on other’s beliefs and view points on their own religion.

The fact is – I don’t believe in religion. For me, a religion is like any organization that is only more doctrine-driven. Religion does not equate to faith. Thus, even though this book comes from a religion sect different from which I grew up, it will still somehow intersect with my faith. Because we believe in God. I studied elementary on a Catholic school. Later, I mingled with high school mates and friends with different sect. Then, at UP, I was immersed in a world with those who has God and those who has not. I then realized that one’s religion is written only in documents like any data field tagged in each identity. God doesn’t read documents. He reads heart – like what Ace told me.

Reading the book would expound how I know our God. Yet, learning more and seeking answers where we come from, what we are, and where we are going ends up knowing little of ourselves and God as the book introduces Chapter 1. And so I continue reading the book.

His Creation

My course through the first three chapters is like a review tour of the natural science. It discusses the origin of life, the Earth and universe. I recalled how our Geology teacher in UP explained the Creation in line with what is written in the Bible. Then, the familiar scientific word ‘prebiotic soup’ I encountered rang a bell. Complex molecules basic to life formation could not have been spontaneously generated in this soup. Thus, there could be someone behind this undocumented love story, as the book labeled it, of these molecules. If amino acids were linked at random, then there should be an equal distribution of left-handed and right-handed amino acids. But it’s not the case. Someone influence and writes the love story. Surprisingly, nearly all living organisms are made up only left-handed amino acids. It is a fact stated in ‘Right Hand, Left Hand’, a side article in the Chapter 3 which I verified in an online encyclopedia. Wikipedia even states that right-handed amino acids are not found in the proteins of higher organisms, including humans, but they are found in lower forms of life such as bacteria.

Way back in high school, our teacher in a religion subject explained the origin of life simply with a question like this… ‘Kung nagsimula ang Big Bang Theory sa isang singaw, saan pa rin nanggaling ang singaw?’. No matter how scientific or how informal Creation was explained, the prebiotic soup (or any theory of origin) boils down that our universe has a beginning and was cause by Someone – a path of belief stated in Chapter 5 which I follow ever since.

His Creatures

I appreciate Chapter 4 for it shows how unique we are among His other creatures. It enumerated several points that will make one appreciate his or her own self more. One of these characteristics that stands out is the part of human nature that we enjoy art and beauty. My friends describe me as artistic and creative. Art and creative concepts are close to my heart. So when this book made me realize that these set humans apart from the rest, it really made me special. Appreciation of art, music and the like won’t contribute to the survival of the fittest.

Science books have already compared human brain to those of other creatures. There’s a quite lengthy details how unique our brains are which the book noted down. Although the physical functionalities which brain can do is extremely marvelous, there are attempts to mimic it with supercomputers. Yet, the ability of humans to reflect on their experiences, draw lessons from them and use them to shape own and others future will remain unique.

Lastly, what made us unique is the fact that humans are attracted to morals. Thus, my second line of Creed – believing in doing good. Writers of sci-fi and fantasy movies and novels often consider the morals of human being heroes as its weakness. How many times did a hero fell on the antagonist’s trap out of the former’s moral belief of not hurting a human? That made us human. Evil is inhumane.

Murder is being held to be wrong in comparison to major accepted social norm. The book left some questions. What is the source of this standard of morality? Could it be an intelligent Creator who has moral values and who placed the faculty of conscience or ethical sense in humans?

End of Part 1

I will leave you with these same questions for now. I decided to post the entire review into sections. The book is comparably small yet one can draw several points from it that I can’t packed it in a single article. The next post about this book will talk about the Creator.

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