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How to understand the light made by God in the first day? Where did the light come from? That's well known: God made the sun, the moon and the stars in the fourth day, but he already created the light in the first day, obviously, this light in the first three days did not come from the sun, moon and stars, please explain to me, where did the light come from?A friend of mine had asked this question to a chinese professor well versed in the Bible, the professor answered him, God is a smoker in the first three days, when he was smoking, his cigarette was burning and lighting, this was the Day; when he did not smoke, that was the Night; on the fourth day, God had quitted smoking, and made the sun, moon and stars to rule the day and night. I am not satisfied with this saying, maybe the professor was just advising my friends to quit smoking, so said the joke to him. Please give me a better answer about this question.Genesis 01:01 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 01:02 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 01:03 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 01:04 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 01:05 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. 01:06 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 01:07 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 01:08 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. 01:09 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 01:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 01:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 01:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 01:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. 01:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 01:15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 01:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 01:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 01:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 01:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.Should all use the past tense above. (My bad in grammar - "God is a smoker in the first three days.") Correction: God was a smoker in the first three days.Thanks a lot, Sergey, Denis, Arucard303, Peachey, Eliot, Miss Kaly and 一. Perhaps Sergey and Denis are right, - Only God can answer this question. Human beings always try to understand the things only God can know, but that's impossible. Although God made human beings in his image and likeness, and let us have dominion over other life upon the earth, but we are not omnipotent. Just as the following paradox question of the stone which according to humans‘ own logic: "Can God create a stone so heavy that he cannot lift it?" http://www.existence-of-god.com/paradox-of-the-stone.html http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1034253 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnipotence_paradox Arucard303 attempted to explain it from the Bible is written by humans, and there always were some wrongs in the records by humans, this is really a bright idea. Peachey attempted to explain it literally from the Bible, that had given me a good inspiration. Eliot and Kaly attempted to explain it to me with some similar things in Chinese culture, also had greatly inspired me. As an atheist in a communist country, 一 raised a pointed question: "Why did God make so many atheists such as me?!" I am much obliged to everyone for helping me!From a non-Communist country, johnboon49 also thanks God for making him as an atheist.

Where and when did Samuel Johnson say this? Why is it right or wrong? Samuel Johnson said: "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."A young Chinese man told me ever, this saying of Samuel Johnson is wrong. He said to me: "As well as we known, Americans are the most patriotic people in the world, according to such logic of Samuel Johnson's saying, would not it mean that most Americans are scoundrels?" I did not know how to answer him. Please advise me.Thank you, Eliot. You're Justified, you should be right. But I would also like to know the background about the sentence, where and when?Thank you very much, Eliot. http://www.samueljohnson.com/refuge.html Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Boswell tells us that Samuel Johnson made this famous pronouncement that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel on the evening of April 7, 1775. He doesn't provide any context for how the remark arose, so we don't really know for sure what was on Johnson's mind at the time. However, Boswell assures us that Johnson was not indicting patriotism in general, only false patriotism. For more of Samuel Johnson's thoughts on patriotism in general, go to the patriotism page. http://www.samueljohnson.com/patrioti.html For a discussion on a possible false patriot who Johnson might have been thinking of, see this discussion. http://www.samueljohnson.com/qotw02q2.html#0630 For more on Johnson's politics, click here. http://www.samueljohnson.com/politics

How to understand this saying? Why is it right or wrong? Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.Thank you very much, Eliot. But I still like such extreme sounds and this extremist.

Where and when did USA Judge Learned Hand say this? Judge Learned Hand said: "Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it. The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understand the minds of other men and women; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which weighs their interests alongside its own without bias; the spirit of liberty remembers that not even a sparrow falls to earth unheeded; the spirit of liberty is the spirit of Him who, near two thousand years ago, taught mankind that lesson it has never learned, but has never quite forgotten; that there may be a kingdom where the least shall be heard and considered side by side with the greatest." If it's from a speech, how could I find the full text of this speech?Thanks a lot, Jura. But that's not full text where from the link you provided, it's just only a part of it. Later, by your guide and inspiration, I found the full text in: Our Nation's Archive: The History of the United States in Documents By Erik A. Bruun, Page 658, from following link: http://books.google.com/books?id=scHi0mVNoS8C&pg=PA658 Where the link above is: On May 21, 1944, during "I AM an American Day" Federal Judge Learned Hand spoke the “The Spirit of Liberty” speech in Central Park, New York City.

Why Ham saw his father Noah naked, but Noah's grandson Canaan had to bear the sins and curses? That's well known: Noah is Canaan's grandpa, Ham was Noah's son, and Canaan is the son of Ham. Maybe it was an immoral sin which a son saw the nakedness of his father in the ethics of the ancients. But first Noah had drunk himself to nakedness, he had made a gaffe by himself, but he had been far from self-blame after he had awakened from his wine, and had actually made curses on his grandson, how outrageous it is? It's just like you are a grandpa, your son has been at fault, but you actually blame and curse your grandson, is it reasonable? As a modern person, I really hard to understand it! Please advise me.The following is from "The Holy Bible (King James Version)" Genesis 9:18~28: Genesis 9:18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. Genesis 9:19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread. Genesis 9:20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: Genesis 9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. Genesis 9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. Genesis 9:23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. Genesis 9:24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. Genesis 9:25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. Genesis 9:26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. Genesis 9:27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. Genesis 9:28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.Sorry, perhaps there are some grammar errors above, maybe should all use the "was" Correction: That's well known: Noah was Canaan's grandpa, Ham was Noah's son, and Canaan was the son of Ham.Sergey, thank you very much, especially thank you for teaching me use the Bible in Russian. You're right, and you're all right. You make me a better understanding of God's character. I am obliged much for you. I had interpreted the ancients' behavior with modern concepts, and had taken it for granted, that's wrong. Now I see: Ham's crime was that he committed the taboo of speaking his father's negative. Canaan had to bear the sins and curses due to implication. God who put his words into Noah's lips. All are according to the law of God. What is said by God must be done and not doubted or objected. Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; Deuteronomy 5:9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, 2 Kings 23:24~26 Moreover the [workers with] familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him. Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal. It's a bit like our Chinese saying: “子承父过”~ Sons have to bear father's sins or faults. More powerful is in our China: “满门抄斩”~ The slaughter of a family; The whole family that due to implication have been all killed, even the babies.It's a bit like our Chinese saying: “子承父過”~ Sons have to bear father's sins or faults. More powerful is in our China: “滿門抄斬”~ The slaughter of a family; The whole family that due to implication have been all killed, even the babies. Yu luoke - a China's freedom fighter and thought leader, he wrote an aticle "Origin Theory" to against the thought that sons had to bear father's sins or faults. In 1966 the Cultrual Revolution outbroke, Tai Zu - Our first emperor taught the Red Guards, and the Red Guards taught the "bad" sons: "Your ancestors are bad, your family origin is your crime." Yu luoke wrote a long essay "Origin Theory" refute it, so he was thrown into a prison, then he was killed by Tai Zu's people.Later, the idea of God has changed. Ezekiel Chapter 18 1: The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, 2: What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? 3: As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. 4: Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. 5: But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right, 6: And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman, 7: And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; 8: He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man, 9: Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD. 10: If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things, 11: And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife, 12: Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination, 13: Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him. 14: Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like, 15: That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife, 16: Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment, 17: That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live. 18: As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.19: Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live. 20: The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. 21: But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 22: All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. 23: Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live? 24: But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.25: Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? 26: When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. 27: Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. 28: Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 29: Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal? 30: Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

“饞”如何英譯？嘴饞、眼饞、饞涎欲滴的“饞” 看到有人將“饞”譯為“greedy”，覺得不滿意，greedy是“貪吃”，不是“饞”啊。請推薦更好的譯法。