I like how Ravi contrasted homosexuality in the category of sanctity of sex with racism in the category of human indiscrimination.
Also, when he rebutted the saying "Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world"; that it is not the fastest growing religion, but the fastest growing forced religion. Since they do not allow Quran to be challenged, especially when you do not know Arabic, etc.
Exodus Revealed
This documentary basically changes the location of Mount Sinai to Arabia instead of the conventional Sinai Penisular, thereby changing the route of Exodus and the location of Red Sea crossing to Gulf of Aqaba.
Thus, stirring quite a few controversies. For now I would rather just look into studying the more detailed documentary of "The Exodus Decoded".
Supporting site for this Ron Wyatt's discovery can be found at:
http://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route.htm
Review of the DVD:
A view of delta in Goshen.
Search for Ancient Israel in Nile Delta.
Good view of settlement structure 3D reconstruction. (Prototype of Hebrew Architecture.
tomb painting drawing 18th dynasty...foreign slaves making bricks from modern straws.
nomadic invaders "apiru" could be Hebrew people...whom Canaanites told Egypt to help defend.
Horeb & Sinai...actual locations controversial. But pointed to West Arabia in Midian due to sites such
as altar for calf idol, Gal 4:25, Josephus account, Philo account.
Crossing of the Red Sea pointed to west of Sinai. Gulf of Aqaba. Yam-suph. Deeper than the one between Egypt and Sinai. Descriptions match Bible. proof of structure of chariots and wheels. Not the actual wooden as wood dissolved, but coral shaping. Lots of unusual coral structures.
I found no occurrence of the word "whale" in the Bible...meaning Jonah's big fish could be a whale, but could also be some other type of unknown fish which might have been extinct already.
Only three accounts of finger nails in the whole Bible:
Deu 21:12 & Dan 4:33 & Dan 7:19
at $70, the marketing of this usb device is probably going to make a great sales at its first release around the end of this year. The device is small enough to be attractive.
Hygienic problems mainly. Also known as Fish pedicure, using fish doctor called "Garra rufa", has been shown to be risk of HIV and epidermic related diseases.
This fad from Asia is just people wanting to try out new things. Not surprising of its popularity...as the Bible says in 2Timothy 4:3 they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts...having itching ears.
Took me a while to get Seth Meyers' joke: "Though on the bright sight, it will kill all the right people".
True, it is fascinating to work on the math of multiverse, pre-big bang stuff...anything that obviously would explain God away, or rather, further away.
If there are two possible path to take, one of faith in God, and the other is the explanation of origin, should we study both? This is where one states that mankind wants to stay away from God when they rejects all works of God but scientific studies.
The impact of life in oneself is therefore interestingly important as well.
I would say: Hey, shouldn't you consider the faith path? Rather than just trying to explain nature as if away from God's hand.
They would reply: Instead of getting stuck in the faith path, why don't you look at all these scientific discoveries.
I would reply: But you are forgetting, the impact on one's life is different depending on which path you choose.
Non-Christians like Christopher Hitchens had definitely though of these, which was why he debated more on the issues of the moral of God. Which is for another topic.
Having a Mormon candidate, Mitt Romney, as their only option...or else it is the Democratic liberal Christian Obama, I would say it is quite funny. I dare not scorn, but I would say to them: This is where jealousy and legalism and preaching only to the choir will get you.
On Saturday, we sent Nadia's mother to the JFK airport. Coincidentally, I met Jessy, the former choir master and pianist for my previous church, and his family who are travelling to Taiwan. It was certainly a long time no see. He's one of the few if not the only one, I knew back then in the chuch, to be filled with zeal.
At church, rehearsed the hymn, "And Can It Be?", to my shock, as I glanced the name of the composer of this SAGINA hymn tune, I thought he was the Restoration Movement-of the Second Great Awakening founder, Thomas Campbell (1763-1854), who was the key source of the superficial Churches of Christ denomination. A different Campbell (1800-1876), he certainly had me marveled, for the SAGINA tune is popular.
And then there is this "The Heavens Resound" Arranged from Beethoven. No one heard of this piece from Beethoven's collections. One commented if it was one of Ludvig's other family member. I checked. It is by Ludvig, from Op. 48 (6 songs) No. 4: Die Ehre Gottes aus de Natur (The Glory of God in Nature)
At worship, the sermon was by Minister David Tong.
He spoke of a quote by Oscar Wilde (a Catholic): The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
Since it is a Catholic's view point, it is easily misunderstood. Because for a Catholic, it would apply non-reformation doctrine Predestination of the uncertainty of a believer's own salvation. I said misunderstood because we could put the meaning of the phrase into the right context: That thought the saints here refers to those who are already in Heaven, the sinner referred to in the quote, who has a FUTURE, is the sinner that is obviously elected. Of course, the Arminians and the Catholics would abhor this meaning. But I am not saying, as Rev. Lin later in the service prayed, "the Christians have the future", as if for correction (speaking of which, I would stress that though common practice in the didactics of this church, it is wrong to ONLY correct someone's saying without actually confronting the person in question at any time), because like the Catholics, I cannot be certain of those who are chosen but my own salvation and hope on certain others, and unlike Rev. Lin and the likes of her kind: many traditional Christians of the West today (those who act as if they could judge one's election by their own feelings and how well one treats them) viz. the non-evangelicals. There is of course, another problem, that when one opt to say "Christians" instead of "Sinners", one's repentance may be questionable, but that is for another tale.
At night, Nadia quizzed me on the birthday present she gave me last year. I took a while (5-10 mins) to remember it: The AMNH joint membership. I just hope I am fully prepared for the questionaire of the Marriage Greencard interview in the future that is still long way ahead.
Apparently, I missed this...but no matter. It is good to know there are Americans (New Yorkers) who sincerely love to help immigrants of all kinds out. The DailyNews seems to provide this annually. I'll have to look it up, since this year is special election year (but I think it is only for citizenship not GC).
And came across this information about Greencard through marriage.
