Utusan Online melapor bahawa UMNO mengingatkan Majlis Pegaum supaya bertanggungjawab.
Sememangnya, hal ini hal keadilan. Bukan ingin mempertikaikan agama Islam. Jika tiada sesuatu penganut dalam kerajaan berhubungan kes seperti kes Lina Joy, mahu bertindak selama ini sebagai pihak yang bertanggungjawab, bagaimana perkara ini tidak akan dibincangkan secara terbuka?
Bilakah hal ini menjadi tak sensitif? Jadi kita boleh bertolak angsur sebagai rakyat kebenaran terhadap 2020.
Voice of America reported that not just the fireworks on TV were prerecorded during the open ceremony, but apparently the singing of a 9 year old girl who lip-synched to a less adorable 7 year old. I was troubled by this news for a while, because this has just gone too far. Has a habit of piracy produced such unethical behavior? I thought avoiding the show would be a wise use of my time; now I've just got to buy that 3 dollar Olympic ceremony videos that's selling so hot on the chinatown streets everywhere.
But then again, often times we are cheated. It is not easy, but the best response is always better ourselves and be wiser and don't hold grudge.
If the paper is slanted so that the text direction is more parallel to the drawing curve pivoted at the elbow, then it would explain why this is so naturally convenient for many. But the real question is, is there any side effect? Contrasting to the aligned paper position with the writer.
Sometimes I wonder what the Reformed Churches are preserving? Especially the English speaking ones. Is it cultural tradition? or orthodox doctrine?
Some, especially the liberals and the agnostics, even the Jews, might argue that if Jesus was truly God, he need not behaved as if concealing His divine authority.
As I revisit the book of Esther recently, I believe that Mordecai charged his cousin, Hadassah, that her Jewish identity be a secret, hence the alias name: Esther (Esther 2:10), for the reason that the righteousness of the Jewish people not be defiled by the Persians, for they perceived not the way of God's children. And what more is Christ, if He bears the righteousness of the Almighty? Righteousness of whom who is from above? Yet, Christ did speak and they understood not even of earthly things. Neither would we of today's generation, if it had not been revealed to us.
Many Christians today take it for granted of their faith and presume that they would be more zealous than the people of those days, even the twelve. As if none would place themselves as Judas Iscariot's equal. Loyalty is good. But the question is not loyalty alone, it is loyalty according to the truth, to the word of God, one which entails patience.
Even though there is no account whether Jesus did drink during his 40 day fasting, there were already other accounts where fasting was devoid of not just food, but water as well. Such as Moses' 40 days in Deuteronomy 9:9, Acts 9:9 of Paul's 3 day fasting of conversion, and Esther's 3 days in Esther 4:16.
Of course, the purpose of fasting is not to show off one's endurance, but one's true desire to rely on God.
According to the Christian Today News: http://www.christiantoday.com/article/joel.osteen.says.no.way.his.wife.assaulted.flight.attendant/21187.htm, Victoria Osteen was sued by a flight attendant for assaulting her physically after she accidentally spilled on her.
Personally, I do not believe that flight attendant's story. However, if it did happen, it's more like a revenge now than justice. As for how the verdict will go, I don't know, but I wouldn't be surprised if Victoria was found guilty. Nowadays, you can just sue anyone for childish reason and win some money, this is the America today.
p17-18, 提到有些像 Tennent's Unconverted Ministry 的传道人。令我对宋博士再加另眼相看。 他说：“。。。朋友，不要以服务社会而自欺。。。【上帝是轻慢不得的，人种的是什么，收的也是什么！】“
今天很多基督徒爱讲周济穷人，行义工，但不懂得追求圣洁生活。正像我在美国看见很多义工其实并不是出于怜悯，而是贪到也要在义务上有份，以关心做借口。
基督徒在社会为人服务乃是为了神，不是为了人，是要人归荣耀於上帝。 要达到这个而得上帝喜悦，自己必须先对圣洁公义有所不断追求。
The only popular use that I know of this date, 08-08-08, is the 29th Olympics in China. Having its open ceremony starting at 8:08pm on this day as a sign of good fortune as the chinese character for 8 represents.
I wonder what other implications are there?
The frequency of similar occurence seems to be a little less than a yearly thing, so it's not too rare: We have 01-01-01 to 12-12-12 and 2-22-22, 2-2-22 to 9-9-99 every ten years or so.
What is the significance of each of these? Or are they merely dependent on the interpretations of the beholders?
Anyway, I can already see how one can use this to motivate himself or others in various fields, such as mathematics, etc.
If doctors are just ones who have good grades from schools and make $$$, then they should be as common as any hard working citizen.
As I read a news today: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7542404.stm, now there's a TRUE doctor: Who actually use what he has learned to make breakthrough (homemade Dialysis Machine for babies) that actually helps people, instead of useless dissertations merely for the purpose of graduation.
