水 Water, the entity which flows between blood vessel walls.
《黃帝内經》- 中醫的源頭：
地氣升為云 上焦如霧 中焦如漚 （水汽混雜的狀態） 下焦如凟
Besides water, now it is discovered in the West, something called interstitial fluid 組織間液, which also flows between blood vessel walls. 《黃帝内經》：
營氣走在血管内；衛氣走在血管外
as taught in《傷寒論》
So, our Qi/Chi/氣, rises from feet to head as it heats up and dropped back down as it cooled, such is the circulation of Qi. If this is halted/slowed down (i.e. Air Conditioning), then pain begins. So the whole process of recovery is a matter of changes in pressure 壓力 and temperature 溫度.
Tong: The tenth is God's. It is not offering. It is minimum. Christians should give, more willingly. Only the surplus after the tithe, is true offering. True love giving is not restricted by the text.
Learned of Holy Post's long time guest (French Friday series), David French (American political commentator and former attorney), being an ex-PCA member. He left PCA because he was attacked by PCA elders and members for adopting a black Ethiopian girl and his New York Times critique of Donald Trump's character. I don't know him well enough, but I think I'm beginning to like this guy, because from what I read, his PCA enemies sounded more like Christian Nationalists. Wish we could connect. I think I first encounter French in the Holy Post episode on the 2025 Superman movie.
12/03/2025 Wednesday
I don't know how I pulled off between SPG and NYGC, I attended The Morgan Library's Roundtable Talk on Impressionism at 6pm and AAA's lecture on extrasolar comet 3i/Atlas at 8pm. The Morgan Library is situated about 3 minute walk from SPG where I work. And they are exhibiting Renoir's works from Oct 17 to next year Feb 8. I learned from one of their exhibit that Pierre-Auguste Renoir was caught on film. The footage is part of a 22-minute silent documentary film by Sacha Guitry titled Ceux de Chez Nous (Those of Our Land), filmed in 1915, rediscovered in Harvard in 2001:
12/01/2025 Monday
Some Chinese guy saw IP addresses as scarce resource and took a whole chunk of it out of Africa to lease to non-African organizations. Obviously, this made him unpopular as well.
This raises my alarm: AI (Aristotle) proved a conjecture: Erdos Problem #124. It's concerning not that AI will become self-aware, but proving conjectures is normally in the realm of creativity, not brute force logic. If it is by brute force logic, then we are talking about solving proofs, not solving conjectures (recollecting this as something some Indian retards at Drexel/UPenn's graduate level program couldn't distinguish - "oh we solves conjectures all the time in high schools back in India".) If a conjecture remains unsolved, that means either no many know about it (thus brute force would be possible here), or it requires immense creativity (human ingenuity) which is unlikely in AI's domain. But sometimes, creativity is just a matter of applying various not previously relevant fields together, so in that case, AI creativity may be sufficient. AI creativity is good, in that it pushes us better than just being clever.
American: Showbiz, uncertainty of willingness, not understanding true forgiveness, by the textbook. Erika Kirk forgiving her husband's alleged murderer:
Christian: To the core of the heart, Gospel-centered. Nigerian widow forgiven her husband's murderers:
(Side note from the video above: Judd Saul, Executive Director and Founder of equippingthepersecuted.org, seems legit. It's the first non-profit organization I know who full staffs are all volunteers.)
On Persecution/bearing the cross:
Wayne Cordeiro sharing a testimony of his trip to China and his experience with underground Christian leaders there. He is the founding and former Senior Pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu, Hawaii:
Seems to be a popular topic lately, thanks to the late Charlie Kirk. So after mentioning it a few times in my journal, I'll gather all continuation of it here.
I wouldn't equate Christian Nationalism with White/European Christian Nationalism. Besides, Christianity is of Eastern origin (which resulted in the word "middle-EAST"), not Western, if we're really playing that game.
But Christian Nationalism = requiring everyone to be Christian/abiding Biblical laws (as interpreted by certain group) as if they are all Christians. With the inevitable belief that their country is also #1 in the world.
It actually despises the Gospel by using the Bible. Thus, it's anti-intellectual, anti-gospel and anti-biblical. And lots of self-righteousness with a sprinkle of having a god-complex.
Christian patriotism/patriot is just a Christian who loves his country. Which is alright.
Take your time to do your study of it, but Christian Nationalism is anti-intellectual from a biblical sense, violating Gospel principle in Hebrews 11:6. Jesus never said to the gentiles "It is written...", J.G. Machen knew it well against public school Bible reading.
Therefore, those who like to begin politics in the public settings with "The Bible says so", they are not really saying "Thus saith the Lord", but rather, "You better listen to me, because you are wrong and I CAN NEVER be wrong, for I am a prophet of divine element" in disguise. In a way, they maybe blaspheming the Lord's name by secret implication of having god-complex toward any opponent, but hey, gotta be humble about it, so "Because the Bible says so" is more apt, right?
If you sense of community can only be spoken of through state/federal laws, then your community is on a self destructive path. The Pharisees did this, and Jesus called them out having no love for the poor, their neighbors, etc. Church fellowship is the true family and it should act like so. Not the reverse, not from a national level down to family unite.
Update 2/2/2026 Christian Nationalism definition by Allie Beth Stuckey:
Slightly different than Charlie Kirk's definition (America is the best country in the world) but ultimately not far in principal meaning, Stuckey: Christians who put the priorities of their nation first. I'll respect that she is finally willing to define it. And the definition is fair enough. Which does allow me to debunk the entire term Christian Nationalism as unbiblical, as the Bible only teaches putting the priorities of God's kingdom, which is obviously not limited to nor has to be my own country, first. It's also good that Allie clarifies that Christian Nationalism doesn't mean America as the chosen nation/new Israel of God. What she was wrong, was to assert that MOST Christians who are called Christian Nationalists derisively don't believe those things i.e. USA = new Israel, hence her double standards here. Again, she does not seem to know how to distinguish Nationalism and Patriotism, so while trying to justify herself, she could not call out the selfishness of Nationalism:
This was my comment on her Video:
Good that Allie finally defines her version of Christian Nationalism (which is slightly different and perhaps better than Charlie Kirk's USA #1 definition), so I can respect that. Nonetheless, You couldn't distinguish Patriotism & Nationalism, hence the problem where you fail from a Christian perspective. A Patriot loves his country and does things sacrificially for his own country; A Nationalist prioritizes his own country over other countries, which is not much different than a mother who puts her children first above other children who are not her own (i.e. A mother who support all acts of her own children over other kids unjustly, etc.), which is actually unbiblical as a generalizing principle.
We have responsibility to our children, our family, to prioritize raising them well, but not at the expense of absolute. As Jesus referred His brothers and mother to be not of blood in Matthew 12:46-50. God's family come first before our immediate family. Something most American Christians don't usually get in the Bible. Sorry to say that.
A Christian prioritizes not his own country, but God's kingdom first, which may call attention to other countries first sometimes (i.e. give credit to where credit is due). At least you have admitted that America is not the new chosen Israel, which is generally what Christian Nationalists basically want to be true. The "majority" of what Allie's referred to as those being called "Nationalists" derisively that aren't really Nationalists do not exist. At best, I can distinguish some Christians as patriots, which is a good thing, Christian Patriots, not nationalists.
My advice, maybe go visit Christians in other countries, especially ones who won't flatter you as an American. Have fellowship with them. You should have enough money and time to do this by now.
Jim Cassidy's take on the Book of Job is so bad. Basically he's saying that Job blamed God for his suffering. I don't know how these people read Job, because Job (and his friends) clearly was aware of the blameless God, and God-fearingly avoiding that narrative and motive. So Job's sin is not how he view God but how he view man or God's created man and the lack of I-Thou relationship with God which David championed:
So I made this rhetorical comment on his Facebook when he said that Job thought God was not infinitely wise than he was.
11/26/2025 Wednesday
Kaitlyn Schiess a Calvinist. Though she's also supposedly an elder in a PCUSA church. So I'm not sure where she really leans, but so far, seems closer to conservative. She's smarter than Allie Beth Stuckey nonetheless:
11/24/2025 Monday
Of Allie Beth Stuckey's podcast:
Stephanie Gray Connors recommended by Trent Horn to be the best Pro-life debater. Not really in my interest but good to keep in mind of who this is.
On Death Penalty: Trent Horn, as a Catholic, obviously do not support capital punishment, now, because there's this thing called prison. "People are not hanged for stealing horses, they are hanged so horses won't be stolen." John MacArthur answered this using what Jesus said "those who live by the sword will die by the sword." She said Genesis 9:6, which would be similar beforehand. Perhaps Allie chickened out on this (not the same treatment she would others such as Tim Keller) here and let Horn teach her that you must have purpose to have capital punishment rather than just principle. Or it could also be that Trent did not see Allie's point from the Bible, as they probably are both very bad at general revelation. Not able to weigh in what the other is saying against his/her own view, but just full of themselves. One says God's command needs to be explained; the other says God's command needs to be obeyed, so they are talking across each other, so to speak.
The prison argument fails if you find imperfection in the prison system, which is plentiful (i.e. risks of another crime, prison cost, etc.) and biblical death penalty is never about future prevention, but testifying the gravity of the crime against the sanctity of human life.
Using ultrasound to induce smell. Using sound to mimic smell? What's next, taste?
11/23/2025 Sunday
This day marks our official departure from Grace Community Church, due to the sermons. Nadia felt that she wasn't being fed by Pastor Chris, and in order to have her not getting frustrated and looking down on the preacher, we decided to attend Crossroads Community Church which is about 10 mins away from GCC. I myself don't mind Pastor Chris' preaching (I'm used to it and know how to deal with it - it actually helps me learn how to deal with bad preaching, finding ways to attack bad messages, examining where there are biblical fails, etc.) though I could agree with most of Nadia's criticism of the sermons. They were typical of many OPC, PCA, reformed preachers of America, very boring, using sophisticated and many words for shallow context, and as some have already said though in well meaning but I'll treat this as a negative remark: preaching like a lecturer/professor, no life in their sermons and take on Scripture. When I told pastor Chris about our departure the day before, I commended him on his leading of the adult Sunday School, which was rare as he opens the floor not just for questions but criticisms as well, at least as far as I know. Not that he's well equipped for all challenges, but it was good enough to seemingly open for it. It's their loss if they do not challenge him because other pastors either lead a Bible discussion because of their job or have no interest in facing challenges. But it is no good for Nadia, so we must leave.
I think I have a way to test someone's pride level. That is by their reaction through optical illusions. Works on anybody.
It's not about how we are fooled or not fooled by those illusions, but how we react towards them. The ones who find any of these illusions intriguing despite being fooled, curious about them, are the most humble ones, and the reverse is true for the proud ones. The proud ones will get frustrated and even angry.
A quick google search on "optical illusions" provide plenty of samples.
