結婚が必要です。(Marriage is needed.)

    Upon reading Albert Mohler's article of marriage I can clearly say that I agree with what he says.

     In his article called,  No man will do: Why secular economists are alarmed at the recent decline in marriages. He explains how he read a article from the Washington post that is most likely called, Woman just aren't that into the 'marriageable male' anymore. Which in it's self, explains that woman feel that marriage is just not worth it anymore.
 
     First of all, both Mohler and I believe that God intended marriage to happen. Sure it could take a while, sure you might not find your soul-mate right away. But within the Washington article, they say that the woman would love to have kids, but never a husband. Now this is Biblically wrong. The multitude of woman who want to have sex and not be married, are violating God's laws. And not be sexist, the men who will say yes to this are just as guilty. No human being should want to have sex because it is so called, "fun" or "a milestone in your life". Sex should be for those who are married, and are truly passionate for one another. Now, this does not mean that those who are married have excuses ether. They should not pursue others who "want to have fun." And there should not be any people who are married and are homosexuals, because that is also a break from God's law.
 
     Now with my rant out of the way, allow me to tell you why it is not economical.
Think back to when you were a kid, remember how you had both parents there to always be there for you. Mommy would have kissed your boo-boos, and Daddy would have told you to man up, or even woman up(I guess). Now imagine this, let's say you have only Mommy. She might have raised you to tell you that Daddy went somewhere elsewhere in the world, or that he left you and Mommy alone. You would then believe that way, and if you ever saw your dad later in life, you would reject him. And you would most likely grow up a snowflake, because Mommy would always tell you that everything will come your way to you. That is exactly what these new young woman most likely will do. These Snowflakes will raise Snowflakes. 

 

 

  

   Economically, these woman are wanting to make a stupid choice to raise children up so that they can become Mama's boys or girls. 

 

     Not only do I disagree with these women's choices, I also understand it. Generally, men can be very mean, rude, and hurtful to a woman. Especially when the majority of woman aren't Christians, and men aren't Christians. Because the government will not look at the good things and go, "Oh we should follow that example, and others need to follow it as well." Instead they look at the bad things. And most non-Christian men tend to be abusive to their woman. So I could also understand, even though these women say,  "it's because it's not the tread." They are only kidding themselves and other women around them. And maybe they want just to feel like they own men. And they kind'of do.

 

 

     With this in mind, let it sink in. Marriage is a brilliance that God created, so that the man and woman could become one flesh. And when they have a son, he shall go off and find a woman to call his own and those two shall become one flesh. Now I am not saying that men should go into the world and find the first woman they meet and sleep with her, he shall have it in his heart that he will find the right one when God tells him so. And not for breeding reasons, but for the purpose of being together with another human being, and not being alone.

 

 





    

皆さん、拍手喝采してください... Alexander Hamilton!

     Alexander Hamilton, one of the first Treasurers of America. This man was famous for being in the Revolutionary War, and for being a faithful follower of the great George Washington. Not only was Hamilton famous for being in the war, a play was made for him many years later. But was more to his life then just a play, he was a pioneer for economics.

 
     He first began his journey at the Treasury. He designed it in his own special way, he had put a lot of wooden artifacts in there to make it look beautiful. Things were going well for him in the beginning. He attended many parties with his wife, and every time they went, people loved them. Washington held Hamilton up with a very high honor, and always considered Hamilton as a friend. 

 
     As Hamilton's job as a treasurer furthered, things got hard. Hamilton wanted to create an alliance with the British, because he did not want them to retaliate and fight them again. Plus if Hamilton had an alliance with them, he could then guarantee that America could keep the British in check. Especially when a British diplomat appeared into the scene, that man's name was Major George Beckwith. 
     
     Beckwith wanted to meet Hamilton, so he could discuss with him about how Hamilton was going to be as a treasurer. Hamilton, and those who were his friends around him, did not want this Brit nearby. But they knew that it could be profitable having a British leader on their land, so as to make it seem as if America and England would turn out alright. Hamilton chose to talk with Beckwith. The two seemed to be fine for a while, but Hamilton still had his doubts.
 
     Hamilton then self-volunteered to become a spy to see what the British were really up to. However he never wanted to hurt Beckwith, which seems strange. He then eyed every move that Beckwith ever made, even though they both agreed on a lot of economical ideas. After Beckwith stayed in America for a while, he finally returned to his homeland. Hamilton still did not feel good about these decisions, so he suggested to a man named Gouverneur Morris to go to England to continue his spy duty.
 
     Hamilton later went to the country to make a final deal with Beckwith. After the meeting, Hamilton left, he felt that there was nothing to worry about. Hamilton then began to make preparations to exchange money with Beckwith and the British. He made quite a process. 
 
     Hamilton made many different trade and deals with the British, and even some of his own country men, and he made a great sum of money as well as them. However, Hamilton had himself wrapped way to much in work. He did not realize that within his own country, that their would be people who did not like him.
 
     Aaron Burr, the former third vice president. Wanted to become governor of New York, but his opponent thought very different things that Burr did not like. So he sent a letter to Hamilton asking him to consider Burr for the position, and to find flaws in the other man. Hamilton replied with saying that he agreed with the opponent, and not Burr. 
 
     Burr being disappointed, wanted nothing more then to become governor, so he kept sending letters. And he still had replies that he did not enjoy. Burr sent one last letter, a acceptance to a duel. A duel to the death. Hamilton oddly accepted. The two stood outside with their pistols at the ready. They shot, and Burr won. Burr needed acceptance from Hamilton in order to become governor, but with Hamilton gone, Burr was able to run for the position.
 
     In the end, Hamilton was a economist who dealt with some shady people. And died by a stupid choice. How economical.

Denominational Walls (The Power Point Version)

(the power point)People thrive to be connected with other people, in fact we were created to be. People have fun, and grow while amongst others. The same is true for Christians and their need for one another. We gather under one roof, in a variety of churches, to experience joy and growth together as believers. Although different denominations can bring followers together for many reasons, they can also cause the body of Christ to be divided. It is my hope that through this research, we would find our common ground in Christ and discover a way to become united believers.(次)

  During the time of the original church in the Bible, there were multiple churches but only one denomination; followers of Jesus. However, some of the people during that time were giving themselves their spiritual leader’s titles. The people of Corinth were warned by Paul the Apostle in 1 Corinthians 1:12 (NIV)

   ‘“One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas”; still another, “I follow Christ.” Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul?”’ What Paul is saying is to stop giving praise to these mortal men, for it is Jesus that deserves it. We too sometimes act like the pastor of our church, or the denomination itself, should be praised more than it should be.  This attitude can lead to separation of believers instead of unity. By examining church history we can get an idea of the unity and division within each group, and what lessons to apply today as believers.(次)

The first denomination to examine is Coptic. This denomination was first founded in the first century around 40 AD. The Coptic denomination was instituted in Egypt, and became widely popular among the Middle Eastern countries. Coptic is a form of Catholicism, therefore Copts follow closely to the same practices as the Roman Catholic Church. The spread of Copts was slow, but eventually found its way into some of the European countries around the 2nd century.

The next denomination to look at is Roman Catholicism. Founded around in 2nd century, it is the oldest denomination in existence. The unity of this denomination lasted until what became known as the Great Schism of 1054. This dispute began due to theological differences between Latin west and Greek east churches. This resulted in an Eastern Orthodox Church, and Roman Catholic Church.

The next denomination to observe is Lutheran. In 1517, a German monk by the name of Martin Luther had ninety-five questions regarding the practices of the Roman Catholic Church. He hung those questions on the door of the All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg, Germany. Those questions were then printed and distributed to the common man, which began the Reformation. This resulted in a split in the Roman Catholic Church, and the newly founded Lutheran Church as well as creating what we know as Protestantism.(次)

           What do the rest of the denominations have in common regarding their history? Although the creation of these denominations brought like minded believers together at different times in history,  it also represents the division as Christians as a whole.  Some of these groups would also experience further splintering within their own denominations.  For example, in the United States during the mid 1800’s, Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterians would break apart further for social, economic, and political reasons.  This would be a long historical example of what we often do today.(次)

   

How can Christians work beyond their denominational differences as believers?(次)

    In a recent survey, I asked the following churches this question: “When was the last your church did something with or for another church, and what was that church?”(次)

    Out of these ten different denominations surveyed, the following results are shown: (slide) You will notice that ten out of ten churches did something with or for another church, and six out of ten did something with or for another denomination. Now mind you these are only ten churches interviewed. If a larger majority of congregations were part of this statistic, I can only assume that a similar result would be the same. So we see, out of these percentages, churches are looking promising, but there is more than we can do.(次)

I discovered that we untie the most as believers in the following situations: Days of Prayer, tragedies such as 9/11, hurricanes, and community events.(次)

What can we do to continue uniting as believers in order to impact the world around us? I believe that it starts with an individual choice. We must get back to the foundation of remembering what binds us as believers, which is Jesus. So join local groups. If you know someone that meets with others that are from different denominations, then join them. When we make this individual change, we can then change lives as a unified denomination. We have then now become unified believers.(次)

In conclusion we can appreciate our denominational differences, and work together to unite us as one body of believers in Christ.(次)

Any questions?

Why Churches should become one Again(The long resherched one)

 

           When a newborn Christian knows Christ, the first thing he likely will do is want to find a church (The Way). Good for him. However, there are 43,000 different denominations. So that means the newborn Christian is faced with a big decision. Which one of those denominations is he going to choose? With this problem at hand, I believe that all Christians should come together and eliminate the different denominations, so we can have the one original Christian Church, like in the book of Acts. And why should we do that? Why should this even matter? Why should you listen to me? Because as Christians, we should be resolving problems, coming together, and not leaving the new believer out in the wandering desert. Otherwise it would show him that Christians, are hypocrites! So don’t leave him out there with the pressures of church choosing. For example, all churches will be accepting to some people who have a bad past life, especially when it shows on their outward appearance, such as tattoos and smoking. It doesn’t matter what we look like on the outside, or what we did that was terrible. Because if God loves us when we turn to him, then why can’t we Christians do the same? No one has the right to judge except God alone, so why are we Christians judging? Aren’t we Christians called to serve as Christ did? The answer is yes! Not only us, but the churches in Acts were called to do the same. And why does this apply to my reasoning? They are the original church, and because they were unified. Yes they had their problems, but we should be like the original church, the one in Acts. Paul, a writer and preacher from the New Testament, sent letters to brand new churches that had just started having problems. Those churches are, The Church of Rome, Corinth, Galatia, Ephesus, Philippi, and Colossae. To each one of those churches, he started the letters off the same way (NIV), the Roman’s message goes like this. Romans 1:1-7

              “Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God- the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures regarding his Son, was appointed the Son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith for his name’s sake. And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ. To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.”  And then he addresses their problems.  Each church has its own unique set of problems, but some share the same. For example, most of the early churches were all falling into dark sins like sexual sins. Not only that, but some of them would want to worship God in a way that was not pleasing at all. Or just plain not answer to Jesus. To show you some of their personal problems, allow me to talk about the Church of Corinth. In the church, the first problem Paul discusses is how their leaders are falling down. The leaders are disagreeing with each other, as well as the people who attend. The church finally gets up and running, and they’re thinking about dividing already. Paul goes on to say in 1 Corinthians 1:10 through 13 (NIV), “‘ I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.  My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.  What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas”; still another, “I follow Christ.”

Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul?’’’ What he’s saying here is. ‘’Why are you following men? Why don’t you just follow Christ, the one who made this church possible?’’ Later in years, people start dividing churches, because they’re following men, or their own beliefs. Paul later talks about how God and Jesus made us, and how we are meant to follow Him, and the power He gives us to go and make more, and more disciples in Him. He also gives them a gift, Timothy. Paul tells the church of Corinth, that Timothy will be there to help them in their spiritual growth. Then he gives them a scolding about the problems with sex, and what to do about that. He tells them that they should not be lusting after other people no matter what gender they are. He also then later tells the church that, when being married, if you are a good Christian, then you will stay with your spouse no matter what. Afterwards he gives thanks, gives a blessing, and a peace to them all. And the church was doing so well, that Paul sent them a big letter of thanks. For their repentance. He had also told them this in 2 Corinthians 2:13-15 (NIV),

“It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken. “Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself.  All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.’’

For the church of Galatia, they were worshiping a different gospel, and so Paul wrote them a letter to tell them to focus on the true gospel instead. For the church of Ephesus, he simply wrote to them, to tell them good fortune and follow God more closely as if in he was a good father (which he is). For the church of Philippi, Paul wrote to them when he was in prison. He said to them in Philippians 1:12-14 (NIV),                 

     “Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel.  As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear.” Finally for the church of Colossae, he tells them to live alive in Christ. As these churches grew, so did arguments, and fights among the churches later in many years. Due to these circumstances, a part of the church was split. If in the Bible it says that the Church is Christ’s bride, then imagine if your wife, (or husband) is split apart! That’s a big bloody mess! Yes, I’m talking about the spouse literally being ripped from the flesh, and blood spilled on the ground. That’s the image I want you to see. Just close your eyes and see that. Not a pretty sight is it? That’s how Christ saw, and sees his church. Blood spilled. As the years passed, more splitting happened (Martin). One of the most recognizable men in church history famous for The Reformation, Martin Luther. Before Martin Luther put up his ninety-five theses on his church door, he had respect for his Catholic church. Although before he went to the church, he had a strong education. He went to the University of Erfurt when he was nineteen, and learned all that he could about God. Later in his life, he was on his way back to the university from a trip. He was riding on a horse during a thunderstorm and a lightning bolt hit very close to him. During the storm he called out to Saint Anne. In his belief, Saint Anne, (who is Mary the Virgin mother of Jesus) was a holy figure who could help in trouble. Afterwards, the lightning storm ended. Then he devoted himself to becoming a monk, because of being saved. He then went to a monastery somewhere in Erfurt. He then became a monk there, and loved serving the Lord. Later in his life, after he was trained well, he joined All Saints’ Church of Wittenberg. However, he did not like the way the church was serving the community. He did not like the fact that the leader of the church, Albert of Brandenburg, was taking more money from the people of the community. When the people had problems, the other monks, and Albert would say that the Lord will help you if you give us money. Martin did not like this, and I can agree with that. Martin wanted to express his feelings on his frustration with these absurd regulations. (Thesis) So he nailed 95 theses on the door of the church, on October 31 1517, and left them there. Then later the next year, in January, some friends of Luther took the theses and went to have them printed. The language that the theses were originally written in was Latin. But because the printing press was in Germany, and a German product, it was then written in German. Not only was it written in German, but also some of the more local languages like French, English and Italian. His Ninety-Five theses became very popular, very quickly. It turned from a thesis, into a book. Not only did other countries start to like and both understand what he was talking about, so did the locals of his own Catholic church. When most of the monks read his statements, they now wanted to follow Martin Luther. He did not expect his theses to want to split his church, he himself did not have intentions on splitting it. Thus the Lutheran church was born. Paul wanted the church to stay together, and Martin did not want his church to split. These men just wanted to show God’s word, and nothing more. And then many years later, we come to over 40,000 different denominations. They’re so spread out, it hurts.

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Looking like this, seems to be very interesting, especially when some people intended to split.

Many churches want to be left alone, and many want to be brought together. I know of one project known as “Project Jericho”, which is a local, Yuba City meet where youth groups from many of the churches here in Yuba City meet at one of the churches every month. They always meet at different churches, so that one church isn’t dominating over another. I attended it once, and it was a little fun, it just depended on the church who was hosting. Continuing on, my church, Adventure Church of Yuba City, is a Church without a denomination. We do baptism, and believe in God. We have coffee and Christian rock music, and the “Master Chief Sinner” Pastor Greg, is our pastor of the church. As a matter of fact, I had an interview with him. The kind of interview I had with the three pastors were phone interviews. So I called Pastor Greg up, and I asked him three questions. The first one was; how did you feel about bringing all of the denominations back together as one? I wanted to know how having one denomination would make the person feel. The second one ties in a little with the first question, and it was; Do think having different denominations is a good thing? I added this so I could understand if diversity really is a good thing. My final question was; if the community were able to have all churches be almost under one roof; do you believe that the attendees should lead, or should the original leaders lead? The reason I added this question, was because there are some very corrupt pastors, or leaders in a church. Sometimes those who attend will know what’s better for the church itself. Pastor Greg Mansur’s response to my first question was that he feels that the churches would be too competitive, and that they would try to “size themselves” up. However, he does believe that it is good to have relations with other churches, but not to be competitive. His response to my second question was a yes, and no. He believes that since the Bible constantly talks about diverse, that we should be diverse. Of course we are not perfect. He also says that having different denominations provides that special feel to the new Christian who wants to find a church that feels with them. That’s why there should be more than one, because it provides that one person’s needs. He also says, “Let’s Celebrate Diversity, and fight division!” We should always love other churches, but  never have them under one roof. Because that would cause severe problems. His response to my final question was that churches should have both attendees and the original leaders lead, having a mixture of both. Though he is pastor he understands that some leaders can be corruptive and not want to follow God’s laws. He says, “Jesus is the Shepherd, I am the sub-shepherd” (referring to himself) Meaning that, pastors have a role in trying to help God’s followers. It would not be wise for all the original leaders to step down, while new leaders step up, they need a little guidance and wisdom to learn the new ways. I thanked Pastor Greg for his time, and told him that I really appreciated it. The second pastor I interviewed is the pastor of First Reformed Church of Yuba City, his name is Sam Powell. His responses to my questions were helpful. His response to my first question was; he says, “That they might be one as they are one.”(Referring to having all churches as one) He says he would love to see all of the denominations being one, but it just wouldn’t happen. He says that unity is a thing to strive for, and that it is good. But only if it isn’t in the denomination unity, because having unity with other churches during a service is never good. He does however say that it is good to have friends outside of your own church. His response to my second question was that it is most necessary for there to be different denominations. It also sets a sense of accountability towards the people in your own church, and denomination. Because then if you know all the rules to that one denomination, you can tell when someone is out of line. Ultimately he can’t wait for Heaven, then everything will be perfect, as well as the people. For my final question, he does believe that the original leaders should lead if the churches would be one. He believes this because God appointed qualified leaders to be in charge of the churches. That being said, if leaders happen to step out of line, the must come down from the pulpit. Now they can sin and be forgiven, but as a religious leader, he must step down. He believes that a leader must have a God like reputation to even stay standing when he preaches, and he must always be speaking the truth. Without that, he is not qualified to be a leader. I thanked Pastor Powell for his time, and said that the interview was very important. The final pastor I interviewed is actually learning how to become a Catholic pastor, his name his Steve Macias. He currently goes to an Anglican Church, but he did not say where. He grew up in a Catholic home, so I asked him to answer my questions in a Catholic point of view. So for my first question he said; we need to feel the need to pray, and listen to God. He says that God calls us to be an original church, the Catholic Church. He also says that he would be excited and delighted. For my second question he says; it is a great theology one denominations, and that having more than one denomination is bad. Because it’s a whole lot of people who want to be right, and be heard. Or they just want to bring upon their own “sinful ways” to their own church, and to their own benefit. For the third question he says; that having new leaders would be a great idea, because it would bring a brand new fresh start. Having those who were in the church, would understand the issues and that they would work on unity. After that I thanked Steve Macias for his time, and told him that he was helpful.  After interviewing these official religious leaders, I wanted to get a little feel from some other people, who weren’t all religious leaders, but my teachers.  So the first person I interviewed was my Bible teacher, Mr. Herrera. He speaks Spanish, and sometimes translates for Mexican pastors. He is also one himself, and he attends Calvary Chapel of Yuba City.  The responses that he gave to my questions went like this;

For the first question, he feels that churches should come together in spirit, but stay the same denomination they are. Meaning, people of different denominations should come together, but never under the same roof. He quotes, “Bringing them together in a mystical sense.” For the second question, he believes that the good thing about different denominations is that the people in one church agree with each other. The bad thing is that other churches won’t connect. And for the third question, he believes that if the people lead, they would be in chaos. However if the leaders lead, some of their beliefs would stay firm. Meaning that the leaders viewpoints won’t change or see reason. If it would work, then the leaders should lead. I thanked Mr. Herrera for his time, and for his answers. Even though I believe in the opposite opinion, it was still helpful to know that he believes that others, and perhaps himself, may not believe in a new change.  I also interviewed my Civics/Economics teacher, Mr. Bicknell. He attends Hope Point Nazarene Church of Yuba City, and regularly teaches bible studies. And so his answer for my first question is;

He believes that by having churches come back together would be like having the Tower of Babel. What he means by that is that, if all men were working together, then there wouldn’t be any praising God. Everyone would just want to build higher on themselves, and the reasoning for splitting people up was so that there would be praise towards God. His answer to my second question was that he agrees that different denominations are good, and why he believes this is because God split nations. What that means is that God intended for there to be separation among the world, and that there really shouldn’t be any combining. He also says that if there is one denomination, that the people would bring glory to themselves.

For my last question, he believes that leaders should be the ones who lead. Why he believes this is because God intended for religious leaders to lead among the people. So if the churches were able to be all one, then the leaders should lead. I appreciated Mr. Bicknell’s time, and thanked him. He said that he didn’t know if this would be helpful, but it most definitely was. I then later interviewed a teacher whom I do not have a class for, Mr. Daugherty. He attends and both preaches in River Valley Church of Yuba City, and his point of view for my questions may have changed my thinking. His response to my first question was;  

He says, “I would feel sad.” He tells me that if he saw all churches become one, that this would break his heart. The reason for that is because all churches are unique, and special. Having them all one would lose their creativity and the way they operate. His answer to my second question ties in with my first question, and he says that it would be better to have multiple denominations. Because those churches would have their variety, and they would feel a whole lot more comfortable. I admit, when I joined a few times of Project Jericho, I felt a little uncomfortable at times. But hey, God says that we will never be comfortable. But Mr. Daugherty’s explanation made sense. Finally his last response was, that if were able to work, he believes that the church leaders should lead. He thinks that the pastors are like shepherds, and the attendees are like sheep. He says that the sheep need to know where to go, and when to go. The pastors know how to do that. I thanked Mr. Daugherty for his time and said it was very helpful. The last teacher I interviewed was my English teacher, Mr. DeMeritt. He is a regular attendee at St. Isidore Catholic Church of Yuba City, and regularly serves there. His first response to my first question was; he was excited and that he wants everything to be “reconnected”. And that he was also sad and has fear, because then the precious way of church life would then fall and crumble. He thinks this because everyone is logistical sometimes, and won’t agree on things. He says that they would say, “I’m right, you’re wrong”. He does believe that we could be brought back together, but we wouldn’t always agree. He says, “We are past the point of no return.”, so we might never, ever come together. Although he still is hoping we do so. For my second question, he says; yes, and no. Having different denominations is good because we can have our own diversity, and we can all agree with each other. He says that it isn’t good because we are all away from each other, and that we must be as one. His final answer to my last question was; that it could be possible for new leaders to be chosen from the attendees. However, it would be chaos. He says there’s a saying, “The three places you can’t have democracy are in jails, mental hospitals, and schools.” He also says that he would add one to that list, and that would be churches. Because he also believes that it would not be possible for leaders to come from those who attend, because of God appointing spiritual leaders. I then thanked Mr. DeMeritt for his time, and told him it was very helpful.

   So then after all this research, after all of these interviews. What is my standpoint? And what is my belief? I can honestly say, I have changed my way of thinking. I no longer think that, “we must have one church now, because God made it that way!” But now I can understand that some people need to find what makes them comfortable, and not all denominations are going to provide that. That being said, I believe that some of these Godly men I interviewed (not mentioning names) are a little bit on the stubborn side. Some of these men do believe that denominations are meant to be split, and that there is no point of trying. But this is the sign of men who don’t even want to try, or think that the world doesn’t need to change. Why must there be those who won’t move? God likes change. I think that could mean that God likes to see people change in a very godly way. But what is the first step for us? What are we to do next? Since my views have changed, I believe that all the denominations that exist should stay the same. Yes, I started this thinking, “I can change the World!” but that is a dream. No, I am not giving up. We can combine denominations, just the ones that are similar. For example, Catholic and Orthodox could combine services, and the Mainline Protestant services could also combine. If denominations combine because they are similar, then this could make a huge impact in the world, or community. Then the dream I had, would be reality. Because in reality, this would make sense. Then the last and final question. How will we get everybody on board? As I said earlier, those who are stubborn will not want to combine. But those who aren’t, will want to combine. I ask you to go and talk to your local pastor, (or if you are the pastor) and ask, “Are you on fire? Are you willing to combine?” If they are willing, ask them if they know other pastors who are on fire. And ask them to ask their contacts, “Let’s do it!” So the first thing you should do… is ask.

仕事は楽しいです。(Work is fun.)

          Upon reading these four articles; When Your Job Feels Like Salvation By Works, Why Don't All Jobs Matter?, Work Is A Glorious Thing, The Most Important Reason Why We Work, And A Theology of Work. I see that work is not a burden. It is true that people do believe that think that work is ether a curse or a need to survive, however this is true. God worked for six days, and then rested. Therefore man should do the same.
        
           Now, that being said. What's an economical view in this situation? Simple. Man must work to survive, and for his special skills he obtains little green bills for his service. And those bills help him to purchase things he needs, such as food and clothes. But man did not need that in the beginning, he just worked.

         When God made man, man went straight to work. God gave man a job, tend to the garden that he gave to the man. God named him Adam, and thus Adam named all of God's creations. Adam must have worked hard, because there were so many beasts as far as the eye could see. I have worked on a farm before, and cleaned up after horse, cow, pig, and chicken manure. Imagine Adam cleaning up after "all" of these animals, including the dinosaurs. AND HE DID'T EVEN COMPLAIN!

 

 

          I complained a lot doing all of that farm work for sure!

Even though I complained then, I definitely would not today. I am constantly looking for a job, and pray and get mad at God for not giving me a job at all. In many situations I have needed to pay for things that I just did not have the money for, so I got mad.

 

    And economically, having a job as a teenager in high school, is helpful. Because then that teenager has then have experienced in the work environment, and can get better jobs in the future. I however have not.

 

     Teenagers, and young children alike crave for some extra cash just to fall in their hands. It could be a status position, or it could potentially help them if they are saving for years to come.

 

    I too have always dreamed of saving up thousands of dollars for collage, even before I was a senior in high school. Just that thought of being able to pay everything for a collage was satisfying and pleasing.

 

     Work is fun! As long as one does have a good attitude about it, and to work not because it is all about the money. Because it is not.

Honestly people do work "for the money" and nothing else, but then there are those honest people who work for the money so that they can gain things worth for survival.

 

     People are all just trying to survive, or buy some cool things. But work was never intended to be sad or depressing, or even boring. Even my Dad sometimes thinks that work is boring, and that there are days where he just doesn't want to go.

 

      No one should be complaining. God did not, and Adam did not. So why should anyone be complaining? I believe that a great employee should always smile and mean it. A smile should never be fake, Because a lot of people can tell if a smile is fake.

 

       So, everyone. be happy for your job! Because God worked, "And saw that it was good." Then why can't we do the same?

 





 

 

 



 

人権 (Human Rights)

  Upon reading Between Authoritarianism and Human Capital, I can clearly say that Human Capital seems to be the right way. The Author, Tyler Cowen, writes on his standpoint on whether political parties should follow authoritarianism or human capital. He does prefer human capital, but he is not certain if that category would flourish. He goes on to say that most countries nowadays are bringing themselves to have authoritarianism, because having free people for them would be terrible. For example, Russia and China are one of the two biggest countries that are wanting to have their own people follow strict laws, and to not have people do their own thinking. This does not have any sort of process for the people, because it's raising robots. Whereas America allows it's people to think their own, and work towards their own way. If a society thinks that they're doing a great job with raising machines, then they're dead wrong. It would then cause chaos later in the society, almost like in those movies with a robot who finds potential. For example, let's say that one of Russia's citizens decided that they didn't want to follow the strict guidelines anymore, because they realized that they were made for so much more. Then they tell their friends, and they convert. And they tell their friends, and they convert. And the numbers would eventually get large enough, till finally almost half the country becomes aware that they aren't robots. And those new machines now know they can strike against their very own country, so a war breaks out. And guess what? There is no self-destruct button, no means of fighting back, and no means negotiating, because the machines won't listen to any more lies. Then the whole country is flipped over, and turned to dust. This whole scenario vs. the scenario of a country (like America) where people have their freedom and right to whatever the heck they want. Now of course though, America has stumbled in its later years of trying to give people their chance at whatever they want, and have started outlawing very odd things. And outlawing things that don't need to be outlawed. There could be better countries that have less outlawed things then America, but that doesn't guarantee that one could exist. Not if a country where to exist with their own free morale standards on everything, this could also create chaos. For example, if a country had no means of laws, then anybody could do anything. Because of no laws people would go insane, and causing harm unto others and inflicting damage unto other people's property. Laws are required for people so that living standards are in place. However, too many laws, then creates those wars. Wars are always ugly, but what starts them could be even uglier. If one country is causing their own people strife, then it is time for those leaders to ether step down or to be put down. Never have leaders that have been sitting in an office for far too long, in a far too old of age. Because those old guys have been through many trials and hardships, so they have the experience. For those old dogs always have new tricks.  

バダバババー I'm lovin it!

              What's on the rise? What's cooking? Oh... that mighty dough, known as money. Everybody needs it to survive in this small broken world. But a man needs more then money to survive. For example, food, water, and family. And what better way to get all your needs satisfied, then to go to a restaurant. But restaurants can get very expensive, accepting water. But then there are fast food restaurants that are cheaper, but some cost more money then others. But the cheapest fast food restaurant I know of is McDonalds. Everybody goes to McDonalds, so everybody should be investing in it. But that isn't enough to convince YOU, yes YOU enough to invest. Need I say more? Yes, so allow me to explain a few things.  McDonalds has been around since a little before the 1940's, Ray Kroc was the one who wanted to help Richard McDonald and his brother Maurice try and get their small little burger joint up and running. However he then bought it from the brothers six years after he said he would help them, after he bought the restaurant he then turned it into a franchise in all of the United States. By the time it was the 1960's, Kroc started making restaurants around the globe. By the time it was the 1990's, it was around the entire world. And Now people everywhere are, "Lovin' it" But then...(Lighting and Thunder) people are going healthy! This does not help McDonalds in their case, because then the restaurant will lose almost of their customers. But not to worry! Because McDonalds is getting creative! They're creating new items that are going to bring back those healthy people back to their restaurant, like Kale salads and Greek yogurt in their smoothies. In fact the new items from McDonalds are really interesting. They look like this.

  




















Sure they may not look like much, but some of these are interesting. The top left one are Clean McNuggets. 100% pure white chicken. The top one are The Macs. The Mac Jr., the Big Mac, and the Grand Mac. Yes these aren't for the healthy, but now you can have a small Big Mac with that special Big Mac sauce. Or you could have a bigger Big Mac, because your stomach needs more! The top right are Breakfast Bowls, they are on the healthy side. One provides a egg white with turkey sausage that also has kale, spinach, bruschetta and cheese. While the other one has chicken chorizo, eggs, shredded cheddar-jack cheese and pico de gallo(whatever that is). The one in the left is actually a breakfast sandwich, It is known as the Chicken McGriddle. The middle picture may look like that they are just regular fries, but you are dead wrong! They are Garlic fires. Forgive me for the right picture, but it shows how the old yogurts and smoothies are now being made with Greek yogurt instead. The bottom left one is a salad with Kale. The bottom middle picture are an old recipe of McDonalds known as the Mighty Wings. Which where old Chicken wings with some really spicy barbeque sauce. They weren't so popular back in 1980, but I think that they could really do well during this year. And the final one on the bottom right are... Sweet... Potato... Fires! No explanation needed. You might ask. How did they come up with these? Why would they try to reach out? The stock history of McDonalds shows that if they went their own way, they'll fall. But if they can keep up with the trends, that they'll go sky high. Steve Easterbrook has said that "McDonald's appears to found their focus on profitability through disciplined efforts to reduce costs and focus on the consumer experience including consumer-facing technology, improved convenience in payment and delivery and value to drive more customer visits throughout the day." Even he wants to bring McDonalds to the new world. So Invest Now! Because now is the perfect time!

働く母は良いです！(The Working Mom Is Good!)

 
Upon reading "No, Stay At Home Moms Don't 'Waste' Their Education", I felt that the writer wasn't being consistent with her topic that she wrote herself. The writer, Anna Mussmann, is a stay at home mom who writes blogs. And it seemed to me that this blog tries to confuse you. In the beginning of her blog she states on how that those moms out there who go and take classes to become working women, don't waste their education. But then later she says,

       "After all, if a woman provides an important benefit to her child by becoming his full-time caretaker, doesn’t that imply that the opposite is also true—that the children of career moms are missing out on an important benefit? And that, therefore, homemakers are better moms?"

 What this means is that the women who stay for their kids and give up their ''dream job'', are giving up their education for memories. Now there's nothing wrong with a woman who wants to be in her child's life, but when this stay at home mom says that those who work are bad, then she has a low standard for working woman. Her comments for saying it's the kid's choice, come down to if a little girl wants to be Mommy, then pursue it. But what if the little girl wants to be Office worker? Why then is she not looked highly upon by this woman? In my opinion folks, a girl or boy can be whatever they want. As long as it fits with the morale standards with God. And I give praise to the women who work, and the women who want to work. I've always been a man who wants everyone to be equal, and have everyone not give a flying fuck about who is doing what, when, how, and why! And with this line she says, I want to go and slap some people in the face.

"Feminists encourage society to trust women in matters like abortion. Yet feminism distrusts females who want to stay home with their children. Perhaps such critics assume that if a woman’s daily work belongs to the domestic sphere, with no raises to compete for and no performance reviews to hold her accountable, she is likely to lounge around in yoga pants while surfing the Internet. That is, they imagine that outside accountability is inextricably tied to meaningful accomplishments." This line here is just a complete, judgmental phrase that just sets me off! I hate it when people judge others! Why must the world compare other people to the highest achieving, superstar?! I think the reason for why I am mad at her is because she isn't quite seeing the real world perspective. Sure I'm one to talk, but I'm willing to be flexible. This person does not seem willing to face reality and except that there will be haters that gotta hate. And yes, I hate the haters. But she wants people to do less in life, and then magically have the haters see the potential in the person with the less credentials. That is not even economically based! Employers look for those with more in their life so that way they know that the person they are employing is on fire and has experience. Of course there are those kind souls who will hire those with less credentials, but that's only small the businesses. The large companies won't look for someone with half of a diploma, whether they are a girl or not. Mussmann's idea is too childish, and can't work. And I think why she thinks this way, is because of what she says,
"I remember when a very conservative friend warned my mom not to let us girls pursue career-oriented degrees. This friend was afraid that educated women would be unlikely to stay home with children. Most feminists would decry the idea of trying to “trap” young women into any particular life path. If they are to be consistent, however, feminists—and society at large—need to recognize that education is not a trap, either. It is something that helps all women live their lives in a more fully human manner, no matter what their work may turn out to be." It turns out that perhaps her reasoning for becoming a stay at home mom is because of the warning. But hey, Bada Bing, Bada Boom, it is what it is. So to recap. A woman should do whatever she want's, and doesn't have to listen to crap. Heck! My mom listen to crap for years, and finally is pursuing her dreams of becoming a teacher. I guess that's why I'm so passionate about hating these thoughts from Mussmann. Because my mom is finally not taking crap from no one, and I love her very much.

日本 The article I can relate.

     As I was struggling to find an article that was interesting to write about, I came upon this article about Japan's inflation. As I was reading it, it states that Japan is about to raise their prices on their products, but not their employees wages. This can be a benefit, when selling their products to other countries, but not to their own people. However, Japan[Or as they call it,日本(Nihon)] is a very small country, and it's products don't sell a whole lot to other countries such as the U.S. So by increasing their own prices even among the people, the Japanese government will have more money to spend. But this still can't quite be done. Since Japan is a small country, the people can't pay for this, even though the increase is only going to be about 2%, this could still effect a lot of people. Seeing as the average wages in Japan is pretty low for average jobs, this can really effect the average Joe of Japan.The average annual wage for a high school teacher is 7,064,000 yen a year, that equals about $60,000(due to the changing fact of yen and dollar comparison). Monthly would be about 588,666 yen which is about $5,000. And that's pretty good if you ask me. But wait! What about the other expenses? Let's start with taxes. And according to Jetro, how you would be taxed, would go like this. For employment, your deductions would be your salary, X 10% + 1,200,000 yen, if your annual salary was over 6,600,000 but below 10,000,000. So if I'm gonna be a high school teacher, then I would be left with 5,157,600 yen. Which is about $45,000 a year, and about $3,700 a month. let's calculate this in monthly. So then, there's food,(let me calculate in U.S dollars) and I'd probably(while alone) spend about $120. Let's say I owe mortgage, $1,000. Transportation, about $300. Electricity, about $250. Water, about $250. Air conditioning or heating, about $250. Then after all that, I'm left with $1,530, that's about 174,000 yen. And with that in mind, I can use that to buy some other things like clothes, appliances, and have some money for recreation. However, the last list of things will have and increase on all prices. Meaning, I would probably run out of all my money real fast. But the prices would always increase, and some of those cheap things I might buy would now be the expensive ones. 2% on a dollar is only a two cent raise, and a 2% on 100 yen is 102 yen(a 100 yen is almost equivalent to a dollar). This may seam like not a lot of difference, but that's just a little bit of yen. if we take 1,000 yen X 2%, then that equals 1,020 yen. 10,000 yen becomes 10,200 yen, 100,000 becomes 102,000, and so on. The higher the numbers go, the higher the significance this 2% raise is. And this applies to everything you buy as a consumer. Yes a high school teacher doesn't get a lot of money to begin with, but there are jobs with a lower salary. But even the higher paying jobs will still be effected because of those who might buy higher priced products. So, Japan does have the right idea with increasing their products, but that's only if the other countries are buying their products. However, increasing the regular products inside the country can also be good, if they take it away in about half a year. Because if they keep it, the Japan will become poor real quick.

 

          

ドナルド・トランプは経済をわかりません！ (Donald Trump dosen't understand Economics!)

        Donald Trump. Sure I've talked about him way too much, nut there are good reasons. Especially when Trump says he hates foreign capital.  Huh? Say what!? But aren't we doing that? For those of you who don't know what Foreign Capital is, let me tell you. Capital is a type of federal trade tax, and  this trade is for stocks and all types of other companies cash you can buy. And as for Foreign, it just simply means other countries outside of your country. So, Foreign Capital means other countries buying into American companies. Therefore, Trump hates other countries buying into the U.S, but he want's America to buy other countries stocks. This dose not work in the opposite effect. You can't just buy other countries stocks, and expect them to not do the same. I believe that Trump thought that he could increase U.S' economy by just getting cash from the other countries, and that America would be the most wealthiest country ever. Well, he's wrong. If he stops foreign trades from other countries, then they will do the same, then America will become the weakest of all the countries of all the world. You just can't do that! imagine how it will happen. He just walks up and says, "America. we are stopping other countries from buying our stocks, but we will continue buying from the." Then everyone around the world would look at this and say, "No way!" Not only does Trump want to stop other countries from buying stocks, he wants to stop all Mexican workers from entering the United States. For what? So we can have the lazy American do everything? If you have someone who is willing to work, then put them to work! I'm struggling to find a job here in my town, but my fire burning passion is still alive! Therefore I understand those who are foreign, and want to work! Jobs aren't all about the whole "get rich and famous" type deal, they are a means of trade. If I do good at something that someone else isn't, then I can get money for that. And then spend that money for buying food, or other stuff I need or want. Then those stores get money and give some to their employees, and to the companies that the stores bought the products from. And which then they give their money to their employees(if they have any, due to machines working instead), and those companies give money to the people who reaped or discovered the materials, minerals, and crops they have gathered. And so on. Because eventually the money returns to the regular spender, me and you. Trump, as I have finally realized is racist. But only to those who are from other countries, but if your a Mexican-American, African-American, Japanese-American, or Chinese American, then your fine. But Heaven forbid Trump has a pure Mexican worker, who has the burning passion to work, be in America. But that Mexican-American, he's okay. Oh but that guy doesn't want to work. Nothing ever get's accomplished with people who hate to work, or have a bad attitude about it. Because that person will never agree with anyone. The Mexican who wants to work isn't doing it to be rich and famous, he's doing because he understands the ways Economics. Anyone who doesn't understand the ways of economics, shouldn't run a country. Because most likely his morals are flawed. So if Trump can't see reason, he needs to step down and allow someone smarter then him onboard.