Issues with Koonlung K1S car dual dash cam (not recording sometimes), made me think the 128GB micro SD card is expiring. Made me look into getting the memory card (apparently max is 64GB class 6+ according to manual) and battery (the K1S uses a standard gopro battery used in the HERO 1 or 2 with the model number AHDBT-001 or AHDBT-002):
A couple of clips from dad, on Erhu 二胡. Played by 高韶青, 《戰馬奔騰》Enjoying Strings of East and West.
And a short documentary of Cicada蟬: Apparently it takes them 17 years to grow out of the ground to full adult, but this seems to be a special species of Cicada.
Water consumption requirement: many things contain water, depending on your need - based on your urine color - aim for pale straw yellow. Per Doctor Mike:
A good intro to Rhode Island by couple of Taiwanese:
I realized that to get Zoom Meeting recording to work with ShareX, I need to switch from Headphones (Crusher Wireless Stereo) to Headset (Crusher Wireless Hands-Free AG Audio), or else audio will not be recorded. Despite having audio set in ShareX > Task settings > Capture > Screen Recorder > Screen recording options... > audio source: virtual-audio-capturer.
After much learning from my marine tank, I've tried to take it slow. Started water changes, to even 50%+ a week. After about 5 weeks or so, I think I got the NO3 down from 50+ to <20.
Also after placing the first group of frags I got closer to the Fluval light (before my AI Prime 16HD came), the zoas began to resurrect and bloom again!!! So I glue one to the lower rocks when the Prime light came. Build a rack myself to hold the light, can't trust the tank glass to hold it.
This Wednesday (10/20), finally went to visit the Staten Island local fish store, Frag Farm. Small, but cheap, just as google reviews said it. The only catch is that $16 toll Willy has to pay every time I drive over the Outerbridge Crossing.
On Last week's Thursday Bible Study, on discussion of difficult passage, the pastor brought up Matthew 7's "Judge not". His point was, in what I believe to be an error, that here Jesus is distinguishing God's JUDGMENT and our "discernment". Thus, we do not judge as God judges. We merely discerns. Why I think this to be a grave error, not to mention influenced by fundamentalists' hermeneutics, is that first of all, a judgment is the result of discernment. Therefore, he felt a bit challenged when I asked about "presidential elections", is that not judgment involved. His response was "of course we could never escape judging"....What I would have said, if I could have such authority, is that "It is GOOD to Judge!!!", "it is the blessed gift from God to us when He made us in His image!", "It is what differentiates us from animals!", "It is not something to ESCAPE from!" But I think enough point was made. I'm not sure if this interpretation of "discernment" vs. "judgment" is popular in American Christianity/fundamentalists. But even any secular logic will show that it is not only a bad interpretation of the verse, but making such distinction is futile. Perhaps they really can't accept judging contestants in various activities...that it is not biblical or something. But that's me judging. I maybe wrong, I maybe right. So I just have to patiently watch and learn, although one thing for sure is not to be, that is such interpretation. Secondly, I already have plenty of entries on this, even a few of Pak Tong's Sunday sermon series on Matthew 7. Also, James 2:13 is also a good reference point to reflect upon.
This week's Bible Study, learned that the pastor is Young Earth creationist. Although, when he tried to answer my question, which wasn't about what are Young/Old Earth creationists, he gave pretty neutral credits to both sides, until I insisted he reveal his stand when he asked if he answered my question. I would have not bothered if he hadn't asked me if that answered my question, and let the mystery of his position go on. He mentioned aliens a few times, calling some demonic, brought up StarTrek original pilot episode once in his sermon, I am beginning to think that he's a trek fan or something. Young Earthers are usually under fundamentalist influence. But it also appears that he's coming away from that group. So I can only pray. Not even sure if his version of Young Earth is a 6000 year old universe or not.
So far it is around 10.2.1. Don't even try to upgrade it as Chinese characters will fail in parallel view and the author Rick Meyers, though as generous as he is talented, didn't seem that interested to deal with the fix when I reached out to him years ago. I tried to take a crack at the codes myself, but it's better just to stick with the older version, good thing I saved a copy of the old installer. And I'm not missing out on anything new with this old one.
I need the parallel view with Chinese to not only improve my Chinese but for hermeneutic reasons as well.
Another new quote I have, after much reflection of churches I've been, particularly the Chinese ones: The love of showing we are caring, love God's words/works, is not the same as loving to care, and love God's words/works.
Came across one of Alex's FB posting:
Though I would agree with Alex against WLC's historical Adam argument, I wouldn't go as far as to look down on someone much less a fellow Christian scholar. Secondly, we shouldn't follow the academia restriction of "one should only stick to one's own field of professional expertise". Such hypocritical statement from Alex is not surprising, who sometimes try to prove his expertise in fields outside of his "expertise" by secret googlings.
This is a question I am still wondering. Stephen Tong believes there will not be distinction of man and woman:
I'm likely differ from Tong about this. The way I see it, Jesus only mentioned no marriage, but not no gender difference. And gender creation is prior to the fall, so it cannot be a cursed grace (cursed grace = post-fall grace, that I coined myself, is what I consider things that come as a result of the fall and very likely only as the result of the fall, such as various human languages, money, rain, etc., all of which are not likely to continue in the new heaven and earth.)
I can understand why they would differ from me in this, as they would think there is no sex in the after-life. But that's just based on an assumption, if not false one, that when Jesus said there's no marriage, then there will be no sex. At this point, of course, we must thread carefully, for I am not proposing lascivious sexual conducts, human centered orgies, but that which may be mystery beyond us and as more innocent than animal understood it. And unlike the fundamentalists, I do not here prevent myself to think further as if Deu 29:29 applies here, for what God creates, is holy and beautiful and not to be denied. I only allow my creativity be restrain by the precepts of God's word. Deu 29:29 is not such precepts and doing so is actually breaking the precepts of God's word, for it is a twisting of God's meaning.
It's likely that Tong's version of heaven may not be a bodily resurrected ones. The reformed have argued that in the afterlife our bodies are a resurrected bodies, eternal, as our Lord Jesus' resurrected body is as the prototype. Not as spirits in some ethereal realm called heaven like the movies portray it. I would pay attention to if Tong ever mentions this, for I am only assuming here for now. So I'll leave this topic in QUESTIONS category.
In search of masturbation topic, this is as close as I found, this should be an important discussion on sexual desire in general:
Tong claimed that masturbation is not necessarily considered adultery because there is no partner in crime involved. And it is done out with desire to not disobey God and not denying sexual function and with self control to keep oneself holy and abstain from unholy sexual desire.
Second question of the video also questioned about masturbation and pornography.
3rd question is on incest in the First generation. I must insist here now, after hearing so many experts use genetic diversity as the cause against Later prohibition against incest. Yes, that sounds reasonable. But I do protest, that this is not the cause. The prohibition against incest IS THE CAUSE of genetic diversity. I believe this explanation proclaims better God's power and sovereignty. God decides, not nature decides for God. God prohibits, therefore God designed it this way, not nature is this way, therefore God prohibits this according to nature. I have not heard anyone else explains it this way, but I think this is a better answer. But why then is there such prohibition, the enlightenment that I have is so that God may enrich the human family tree with the richness of various relationships: For bosses are not the same as colleagues, mothers are not the same as wives, sisters are not the same as spouses, and so on in an ever expanding community that build and shows God's greatness more and more. Ever roles in relationships are unique when human kind populates, but not before, these roles are not needed. When two partners start a business, they are bosses, one does not need to be a servant and the other a master, until their company expanded, there we have hierarchy of organizational chart. The bigger the company, the more complex the hierarchy, but never confused.
