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Posted on: International vs. Local Schools

It's nice people can discuss their worldview to a degree on this site.

My point about sin wasn't inclined to be what some would refer to as religious talk. As peoples worldview, understanding, and way of thinking causes them to word things very differently. Much of the grammar i used to me is just daily grammar. Common language. Common thought and way of thinking.

If i word things a bit differently to fit the common mindset grid of what is considered right and wrong to say then it should be ok.

In other words, my point is discussing the actions of the chinese and foreigners in how they treat people good or bad, and how people in China may have a cultural bias to purposefully cheat and rob foreigners.

The point we discussed was both western and chinese nations have their lists of what people would consider intolerable acts or evil acts or bad behavior or however is best to word it.

My point about sin (acts of evil toward a human) was that in the context of China and America and peoples lifestyles. What i meant to clarify was that someone who tells a 1,000 lies and someone who tells one single lie are the same. they are liers. someone who steals $20 or someone who steals $200,000 they are both theives. My worldview is based on the Bible which says God will judge mens hearts and that if someone hates someone in their heart it is like murdering them in their heart. This is mine and millions of chinese peoples worldview. If anyone wants to share the Tao way of thinking or any other on this site they are and should be free to do so and the many likenesses are actually very interesting between Bible doctrines, Taoism, Buddhism, etc. And since China has maybe close to 100,000,000 christians it is good to look into different peoples way of thinking.

The point was to be made in context with what we were saying in relation to chinese and foreigners and their everyday way of life.

Posted on: International vs. Local Schools

Sorry for going off on a tangent guys.

I just take it very seriously when people lie through their teethe and i think it is nothing to be taken lightly even if it is a dollar or a million as a matter of principle and respect to other people.

I did get taken off on a tangent that i shouldn't have gone off on.

My apologies if i offended anyone. I can be too opinionated at times and also go off on stuff i shouldn't as i am passionate about many things and sometimes it can be like a fire that leads me to say this and that when it is not the right time nor context. for this i am sorry.

So please bear with me and accept my apology. thank you.

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it is the same mis-translation on the PDF as well

Posted on: International vs. Local Schools

You're right. Only he who is without sin has the authority and holiness to condemn and judge.

As in my post earlier i spoke of the humble place of mercy where we accept and love others.

The reality is sin is sin.

Whose blood is on whose hands? An attempt to compare would likely lead us all to an incomplete outlook in our lack of sovereignty and power and understanding of what is really going on.

Someone maybe cheated a dollar or millions. Who has the greater sin?

Someone can tell one lie another tell 1,000. Who has the greater sin?

Someone could have murdered someone another could have hatred and bitterness towards another in his heart. Who has the greater sin?

You know what i am sayin?

It is not about throwing stones or speaking as if chinese people are worse than others. Many of us live in China so the struggles we face and the sin we see taking place in front of us is mostly committed by chinese people. Hence chinese people become the topic on C-Pod.

If i am in my hometown in the States my focus is on the sin in the nation i was born and raised in in America. The gluttony, blasphemy, vanity, fornication, pride, and wickedness of a people that live for mammon and hell-ovision and don't love or care for others who have little or nothing, let alone their own family.

The issue is not a dollar or a million, it is not Chinese or American the issue is sin.

I wouldn't want to encourage anyone to look over there shoulder in fear because of someone with evil intent. But how can we say there is less evil in China than America, or visa versa.

You may be less likely to get your legs and arms chopped off and become the black socities "beggar slave" for your whole life in America. And you may be less likely to get your children stolen and sold into prostitution in America. Does that mean China has the greater sin?

If we were without sin we could rightly say.

But who are we to throw a stone?

As we have to firmly understand the issue is not chinese or american it is sin, evil, wickedness.

I would be careful walking around at night though. seriously.

Some peoples full time jobs are to stick up people for money at night. Many of them come from poor towns and have no work so they take a knife to people and scare them for there every Yuan.

This evil will happen in America too, surely. But we don't live in America, right?

There is though righteous judgement though if i may be bold enough to say on C-Pod. Also there is righteous anger, as the righteous anger of Jesus led him to whip people out of the temple.

But people (including myself) got to be careful with the righteous anger thing as we all have to give an account and none of us are without sin.

As you said,

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

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谢谢您

Posted on: International vs. Local Schools

i will try to clarify.

the first time my wife and i bought the chicken and the 2nd time i went by myself the price difference was about 7 RMB. they say it is 8.5 RMB per half kilo here where i am from. but chicken 1 and 2 were about the same size. i am confident chicken 1 was even bigger though chicken 2 was more expensive.

anyways, i got to the point were i was pretty good at buying food in HK and people couldn't cheat me, now it is like starting over again. the same day i got cheated on buying "gwa" and peppers over here.

Just have to start over again like i did in the past and learn the ropes (the real prices for stuff) here so i won't get cheated.

It just hurts me to think people don't have a conscience to lie for a dollar. but that is not just China but the evil world we live in.

it just happens to be more obvious in some places more than others.

Anyways, thanks for taking the venting.

Posted on: International vs. Local Schools

When i am tempted to be angry or bitter at chinese people often my wive's first words to me are "no one has taught them". This leads me to the humble place of mercy where i just accept and love the people no matter how they treat me.

Like yesterday, my wife wasn't feeling good and has to take care of our daughter, etc. so i decide to take out from my work to go and by groceries because it is really cold outside where i am in China.

So i am trying to feel like a good husband and dad and be happy to go and buy some groceries just hoping i can be at peace and hurry up and get back to work and hoping the outcome will be happy wife feeling better, etc. etc. and i can get on with my day.

what happens,

someone purposefully lies to me and cheats me on buying a chicken. To try and make a long story short, the lady that outright lied to me told me the chicken weighed over 4 kilos. then i had the other auntie weigh it after it was killed, she said it was over 3 kilos. where did one kilo go?

hello, somebody was lying. (i know this stuff happens to foreigners throughout China and is common) but this story doesn't stop there.

Then, i outrightly explained how the first lady weighed it wrongly etc. etc. then people are yelling at me, shouting at me, and this dude obnoxiously grabs my jacket as an explanation with what he was saying. He should be glad he didn't get the box of eggs i had smashed on his head. u know what i'm sayin?

and these poor chicken sellers children are chiming in after all this abuse, a little kid maybe about 5 saying "you're not getting cheated"

and it is just like my wife reminds me. "no one has taught them"

then i face the sober reality and accept these people that don't know how to respect and care about other people. My wife said that mainland chinese people used to do the same thing to her when she sold clothing and would grab at her, etc.

It's just that no one has taught them how to respect and have agape love towards other people, and treat people rightly and care and think about other peoples feelings, privacy, rights, and how to communicate to people properly and care for others, etc. etc.

i hope u don't mind my tangent i am still trying to recover from such an experience that went from i was hoping to be the good guy and got beat around and mistreated. anyways. forget it.

just thought of all this stuff after your comment. and i really hope chinese parents can show the love and affection their children need and teach their children rightly so the next chinese generation can grow up to be a generation that loves one another and cares for one another and act as respectful, loving, and caring human beings.

that's it. thanks. had to get that one off my chest.

Posted on: International vs. Local Schools

Where was a public school 1,000 years ago?

For centuries it was mom and dad doing their job teaching their children and being the greatest example and role model in their childrens lives.

Anyways i will stop myself.

I wanted to ask someone from mainland China about the laws with home schooling children.

I know it is illegal to homeschool children in Hong Kong. (unless the child is a citizen of another country as well but these children are an exception to the populous) so what is the law and legalities about home school in China for mainland Chinese? are their legalities?

I haven't a clue about this matter as far as gov. law goes in China with home school. curious to know. hmm.

Posted on: Funerals and Consolation

hi david is "谢谢为你的关心"

better to say than: "谢谢关心"

or does it just depend on the context？

Posted on: Funerals and Consolation

A number of soups that the chinese talk about do work though i must say. I am not sure how many. And that is probably a good thing as i never had to have surgery in China, nor my family since i've moved here.

One soup i can say i know works that supports the chinese way of thinking is the chinese belief that fish soup helps breast feeding mothers. That is one soup that i would definetly agree with the chinese as it definetly works.