To what extent does Beliefs need evidences?

It sounded like an IB essay title. In fact, it is. haha
I thought of posting it since it is something I find extremely interesting.
*this is 100% my opinions

To me, I believe that every Beliefs should require evidence(s) if that is what making people believing and accepting it. If it doesn't need evidence and majority of the society accepts the Belief, then evidence isn't needed.
However, people always demanded scientific proofs to accept things. Because most people will want to see and witness themselves the thing that makes a Belief being invented. What's the sentence?
"I want to see it for myself, with my very own two eyes."

Here is one element I will put earlier forward, as this will relate with most of what I will proceed explaining.

Allah has given us clear proofs and signs all around us, so that we will learn from them, but only those who observes will benefit from them.

From the Natural Science sect,
It is so scientific and 'natural'.
How would you explain the existence of Newton's Laws? And when Einstein made the Theory of Relativity and such theories with the likes of gravitational law, is there more to be falsifying them?
The processes of scientific methods are varied.
First, The Basic Scientific Method which is also referred to as Naive Induction made mostly by non-scientists. Basically done by observation.
Then theres Kuhl's Theory, and more weird theories.
To be honest, many things that they assumed 'right' here which I believe are not so accurate. Firstly, is that none are constantly accurate and precise. The natural world is constantly changing. But I believe that it shouldn't be that bad mostly. When generalization is done, then it should be correct. That is already obvious if they really observe.

Many Beliefs doesn't need evidences from experiments as it requires us to observe and think.
Example, when a dark cloud looms by, people are used to say that it is going to rain. That is very vague as that is affected by wind, humidity and also the capacity of the cloud itself. But what is accurate is that the dark cloud is packed full of water droplets and it will need to disperse it soon, only not known where and when.

First part over. And my cousins want to use this laptop.
Will be continued later.

But it is an intriguing thing to think, "What kind of people are called scientists? Those in labs?"
Einstein said, "Scientists are people with passion to explain."

Think about it.

What I did...

Once upon a time, a mysterious teen in red shirt with a green-striped scarf arrived in a very well known school in Kajang. This teen went on teaching his students aka juniors, as usual, about debate. One thing about this teen is he likes to make things easier and different. This was what he taught:
1. Roles/Position in Debate
2. Adventurous Spirit
3. Simplicity in Ideology

1. It is about what does the PM, DPM and Whip do in debate basically, one by one, in an orderly manner.
2. To be able to bombard and burn down the house with rocking extravaganza style and good points, a debater must be able to face any motions he gets, and be prepared for it. Common line for them, "Bring it on, dude!"
3. Everything is simpler to understand and to achieve when we do it nice and simple. Hence, what to do? 3 steps; content exposure, spill the beans and wrap up. Seriously, you won't be missed by that.

Finally, this teen completed his mission and went of to return to his humble home; hostel in GMi. Huu~ Bliss... XD

BP debate

British Parliamentary debate is one awesome debate that focuses on strategy and quick-thinking.
Just when you think debate in Asean Parliamentary is tough enough, you have yet to encounter one step higher of a level in BP. haha jokes

One debate that I'm looking forward to participate this year, which will be my last involvement insyaAllah, is the IIU BP debate this 13th-15th of August.

Here's my understanding of how the debate will commence:

1. Two debaters per team, two teams on each Govt and Opp sides resulting in four teams per debate and eight debaters per House. (thats a lot!)

2. Comprises of an Opening and Closing Govt, and Opening and Closing Opp.

3. The flow is the same as any other debates, starting with Prime Minister, Opp leader, DPM, DOL, then the 1st speaker from the closing Govt, 1st speaker of Opp, 2nd speaker closing Govt and finally 2nd closing Opp.

4. Every debaters can bring forth new arguments except the final speaker of the closing Opp.

5. The winning steps are counted by points;

3points - 1st place
2points - 2nd place
1point - 3rd place
0points - 4th place

6. Yeah, it seems kinda ridiculous, like, how can the Opening and Closing distinguish the wins when they're on the same sides? Remember, its a strategy game, so what you must do is to devise a totally different plan of attack (case) from your rivals.
eg. if the Opening has been talking bout Economies thus the Closing should deliver points regarding Politics.

7. To break, it depends on how many points are collected at the end of the day.

Yep, see you guys in the tournament!

UiTM Debate; Australs

Hey there! Debate again? Perhaps. I'm still in the midst of the mist. (new quotation? Yikes!)

So someone asked me; how to debate the Australs style?

I believe it is simpler than I thought it was initially.
Do you know Asean Parliamentary style? Then Australs style is similar, only difference is that Australs style doesn't have POIs. Thats about it!! haha
Easy, huh?

Australs style focuses on the arguments of your case, so you put your arguments, points, rebuttals, POIs and whatever ingredients to make your speech delicious into your speech. Make it concrete and solid.
Too bad, I actually miss those days where people spike each other with sharp POIs. (thats an honest remark, fyi)

Anyway, for those interested, do participate in the UiTM ICRC Debate this 11th-13th June 2010. Its Australs style!!

Ouch...

in a debate, each sides has to give their Burden of Proof (B.O.P) regardless of whichever sides you're in.

in life, when giving a B.O.P, it usually is because you want something. which brings us to a simple conclusion that when you've succesfully secured it, you may have what you want.

but for some reasons, most of us (or probably only me, myself...lol) don't prevail or acknowledge the fact that 'if'' the B.O.P is not proven, what will happen.

and now, i'm in for a fix.

because i took it lightly.

or

rather

because i took a heavier Burden of Proof.

meaning more difficult to prove.

SEMESTA's "PETAH BICARA"

After Friday prayers, I dashed straight to Gombak using the train to be fetched by Faiz. The convoy consisted of me, Faiz, Zamir, Syazwan, Farhan Nur Diyana and Farhana.
We're going to SEMESTA!!!
On the way, upon reaching the toll, the car in front of us (its a Merc) tsangkut at the Smarttag. Jenuh dia cuba sentuh kad di TnG skrin, xberhasil. Sampaikan dia tpaksa kluar kreta, hulur2 Smarttag dia kat sensor!
Kitorang kat blkg dah gelak gila2!
..........
At Bentong Mosque, I saw something; a Savvy parking in the middle of the road. Macam xbsalah je dia. Seltsam...
Never seen someone doing that throughout my life before.
..........
Setibanya di SEMESTA...
A hundred and twenty students were waiting for our arrival! lol
Seriously, we weren't expecting that amount of people. But, think bout it again, its an appropiate amount to have a good start to establish our debate culture.
All we did was just introducing ourselves and sharing our experience.
(my knees were shaking. Nasib baik pakai seluar tebal, blh cover)
That night after the session, me and the rest went to Warung Zul to discuss what to do for the next day (baru dapat jadual). We were not prepared as in what to teach actually, and we had a head-cracking time trying to find the suitable activity for the dear students. That time was the first time I'm cooperating with them in doing something like this and I can feel the euphoria of critical thinking coursing through my veins! (even though I was reeeeeeeeaaally sleepy that time)
Knowing I'm not as good as them, I practiced that night a bit for tomorrow.
Man, the hotel room was VERY cold!!!
Susah giler nak bangun pagi!!! Brrrrr!!!
..........
Our english category was held in the meeting room, EQUALLY cold! Mostly theories on debating.
I'm getting better at confronting them this day. Not shaking anymore. And I did my job to convey what I have to.
Zamir and Faiz were really great in their job.
..........
Gymnasium; where the war begins.
The students were to be in groups of countries and tell the 'world' that they deserve to live while the world is drowning in the melting of ice at the polars in this global warming period. Only place to survive; Mount Everest.
Totally fun! So many brilliant and creative ideas thrown out by them!
I liked the perspective they took; different. Malaysia talked bout politics, South Africa touched on their ability to adapt, Palestine takes sympathy as their asset and USA, as usual, their power.
..........
Debate pulak petang tu. Sambil tu, ada students yg kne stick to us meanwhile. I tried my best to have them speaking, but, whoa! its totally not as easy as ABC. I got a girl who's reeeaaally shy (in blue) and kept smiling in a cute manner; but not speaking!
So, what I did was:

1. Read a text - to hear their voice
2. Recite a sentence - to magnify their voice
3. Act - to instill emotions in their speech

Yeah, it went quite well to me.
..........
The night was absolutely different experience for me.
It was the FIRST TIME EVER me having my audience laughing throughout my speech! I was so excited!!
*credits to Sri Ayesha for this =D
Malam tu gak, ada someone approached me to speak a few troubles he's facing himself.
*BEEP! Error, can't story anymore on this*
..........
Last day.
We, Muhammad, Zamir and Faiz, gave a public speaking demo. All of different types.
I also managed to teach them a few extra stuffs:

1. Difference between listen and hear
2. Songs - what to listen and why listen

There were public speaking competition amongst the interested and haven't-spoken-yet persons. Zamir even organised a PASUKAN SORAK! Zamir, you are 'someone'!
My speech in the closing ceremony, debate style, was something I picked from the previous year's IIUM Debate speech by Faiz himself.
And lastly, we presented something they've always done to us; bdiri dan ucap sama2 "terima kasih SEMESTA!" lol
The ending was the best in my life.
We were swarmed by the students to get our autograph, e-mails and other stuffs. I finished the last (probably i'm more famous, hehe)

LESSONS LEARNT:

.1 Believe in yourself.
.2 Never reject something unless proven wrong and not beneficial.
.3 Everyone has the potential for anything. The thing is, to find the trigger to unleash it.
.4 My messages are not the normal "all the best", coz I believe in effective and thought provoking messages do change a person.
etc...

Tagged persons here are:
Mia, Amir Gaga, Arif, Taufiq, Eizleen, Haiqal, Dina, Vishnu, Adil
(yg mana xde, sori ye. xingat nama. hehe)