I will never forget the Biblical story in the Genesis 11:1-9 that I read long ago in my secondary school days. Specifically, the Tower of Babel.
I am re-reading the same book I read in secondary school all over again - and I think this really leaves us a question: how do we possibly interpret the level of freedom to do what we want? Do they go against the will of another higher being, who is all-loving and all-powerful?
Economists call this situation the meeting of Pareto's improvement, where no person is better or worse off with a change of allocation to resources.
Indeed, now it's not just the multitude of languages we speak - it's the things in our mind that are so, so different.
I was thinking the reasons why the autism community, despite the relative homogeneity in terms of gender, religious and racial make-up as compared to the rest of the Singapore population (despite Singapore's relative sexually equality as compared to the rest of Asia, multi-religious and multi-racial nature), didn't manage to gel together for an aim.
Is it because of God's will - to keep us separated and unsatisfied, so that we are all under His greater plans, as He is perfectly capable of using suffering in the world in His greater plan (Acts 4:27-28)? Are we ignorant enough not to know that special thing to be focused single-handedly in a common goal to create acceptance in our community? Or are they meant to demonstrate that simply put, He is all-powerful to allow much suffering in our world, so that he can demonstrate, too, that He is all-loving - especially through my community's struggles against common challenges in employment, education, relationship/social interaction (with other people, with both NTs and autistic people) and eventually, do the right things as He directs us?
Eventually, some of us will achieve what we want. For those who don't, at least we experienced and become the best 'servant leaders' that we can be.
Human beings decided to build a tower to reach the top in heavens, as they speak in one common language, are one people and have one purpose to build the towers. Nothing will be withholden from them which they purpose to do - not even God's will. So then, languages are jumbled up and from then on, the tower never gets completed.
I am re-reading the same book I read in secondary school all over again - and I think this really leaves us a question: how do we possibly interpret the level of freedom to do what we want? Do they go against the will of another higher being, who is all-loving and all-powerful?
Economists call this situation the meeting of Pareto's improvement, where no person is better or worse off with a change of allocation to resources.
Indeed, now it's not just the multitude of languages we speak - it's the things in our mind that are so, so different.
I was thinking the reasons why the autism community, despite the relative homogeneity in terms of gender, religious and racial make-up as compared to the rest of the Singapore population (despite Singapore's relative sexually equality as compared to the rest of Asia, multi-religious and multi-racial nature), didn't manage to gel together for an aim.
Is it because of God's will - to keep us separated and unsatisfied, so that we are all under His greater plans, as He is perfectly capable of using suffering in the world in His greater plan (Acts 4:27-28)? Are we ignorant enough not to know that special thing to be focused single-handedly in a common goal to create acceptance in our community? Or are they meant to demonstrate that simply put, He is all-powerful to allow much suffering in our world, so that he can demonstrate, too, that He is all-loving - especially through my community's struggles against common challenges in employment, education, relationship/social interaction (with other people, with both NTs and autistic people) and eventually, do the right things as He directs us?
Eventually, some of us will achieve what we want. For those who don't, at least we experienced and become the best 'servant leaders' that we can be.
