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Interesting insights you have about the Chinese.
--I took a summer class in Cantonese, just for the heck of it. We also learned about the Chinese culture.
--My husband and I also traveled to China with a group of ARAMCOns way back in 1981. WHAT an eye-opener that was.
--Our final dinner, for 5000 people, obviously with other tour groups, was in a HUGE dining hall-500 tables.
There was ONE huge carpet, of silk, of course, for the entire banquet hall.
There were FOUR wall hanging, one for each wall...made of jade carvings...all colors of jade as well.
So when I write about some BAD stuff I DO remember some good stuff.

Did you watch that video I linked? I found it astonishing, and I also found it reassuring to people of faith that prophecies made so long before did come to pass.
It indicates that God really is controlling the destiny of man.
I did watch it. I didn't quite believe all that was said but THOSE folks believed it.
Our good Lord knew all of this before He created ... "Let there be light."
OF COURSE our good Lord is controlling the destiny of man. We get to choose but He ALWAYS knew what we would choose.
He gave us FREE WILL so we DO get to choose.

--I took a summer class in Cantonese, just for the heck of it.

Can you still speak any of it? I've always heard that Chinese has two dominate languages. Mandarin and Cantonese. I thought Mandarin was the dominant one though.

--My husband and I also traveled to China with a group of ARAMCOns way back in 1981. WHAT an eye-opener that was. --Our final dinner, for 5000 people, obviously with other tour groups, was in a HUGE dining hall-500 tables. There was ONE huge carpet, of silk, of course, for the entire banquet hall. There were FOUR wall hanging, one for each wall...made of jade carvings...all colors of jade as well. So when I write about some BAD stuff I DO remember some good stuff.

China used to be considered far more civilized and powerful than the European powers, but Europe grew in capability while China remained the same. It has been claimed that Confucius-ism is the cultural force which held China back from further development like that of the Western world.

I did watch it. I didn't quite believe all that was said but THOSE folks believed it.

I thought it was pretty impressive the way he translated those ancient Chinese symbols in light of later events surrounding Jesus. It seems as if they were prophetic.