upon arrival in IIUM Kuantan
The IIUM (locally known as UIAM), organized a interfaith dialogue, the first ever in Kuantan. The representatives from 4 major religions in Malaysia present in the event. CVSF was invited to the event. The invitation letter was sent few month before.
ready to hear the lecture???
Topic of the day was concept of God in the Light of Sacred Scriptures. The objectives were:
# to understand the concept of God in the major religions present in Malaysia.
# to learn how to respect the different sensitivities of different religions and to remove any misconceptions about different religions.# to inculcate a sense of brotherhood and friendship amongst the participants.
CVSF has sent 17 students to join the dialogue. Students departed from UMP as early as 7am. Upon arrival, all the students register and took their seats at the main auditorium Kuliyyah of Medicine. The CVSF team got special treatment from the organizer. Thanks to Yusoff and the geng.
VIP seat for CVSF
cabut undi...
Rev. Father Eugene Benedict came in to represent Christian faith in the dialogue. In his presentation, Fr. Eugene explain about Christian faith and the mystery of in Christian teaching. He explained the crowd according to text from the Bible. Amazingly, Fr. Eugene explain without refering slide show. He gave presentation while holding Bible. How great he is.
Fr. Eugene Benedict presenting his presentation with the help of express technician, Miss Jojon.
The dialogue finish around 2pm after Q&A questions. CVSF ended the trip with lunch of nasi ayam.
2 comments:
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dear josh.
thanks for the suggestion. i will look about that matter...
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