last week i went to LA again for dance classes and bonnie was kind enough to allow me to crash in her apartment at USC. debbie reynolds dance studio is in north hollywood while USC campus is in downtown LA so I had to take the metro to commute back n forth. So while waiting for the metro a guy handed me this:
whoooooaaa 1 thousand US dollars cold hard cash! thats like 4k ringgit! i never see before ok.
on the other side of the note:
potong steam. surprise surprise, it is not 1 thousand dollar! it is a message about Jesus Christ! it talks about how money itself is not root but the love of money is and how believing in Him will give us eternal life (which btw is true, read john 3:16). being a christian myself, i totally have no problems with the message itself but i am rather disturbed by the way it is presented. is the gospel so repulsive that it has to be sugar-coated just so that it can be easily swallowed? i used to attend chinese church when i was young and gospel when translated to chinese is called fu-yin(福音) or happiness-tune/message. And why does message that gives people happiness require so much gimmick/marketing?
this being a video from the channel "Amazingatheist" i do not agree with 95% of what he says but i believe that he shares the same disgust that i have against such methods. Is there a need to sneak in Jesus? i believe that the Good News can be shared in any way so long as it is effective in reaching out to a group of people (Mars Hill Church is a punk rock church) and the essential message of john 3:16 remains intact but i think there's a line where after you crossed it you sort of belittle of the message and the gimmicks take the center stage instead of salvation.
this brings me to people who "preach" at junctions as well. in LA and las vegas (there's actually people doing this when i was going for the killer's concert as well) , it is not uncommon to see people using a microphone and a speaker warning passer-bys that if you do not believe in Jesus you will be sent to hell ( which btw again is true) but from a passer-by perspective you kinda wonder is the guy doing it out of love for his neighbours or are being judgemental and mocking people...
i know i am being judgemental though i am not supposed to but as i always say " i am not there yet" hahaha
p/s: just kena fined $400 USD for parking my car in front of a person's driveway in SF. i could really use the $1000 dollars! drinking Hornsby (can someone find out how to get this in sg?) now to feel better.
pss: dancers: check out tricia miranda, jian and candace brown. sick choreographers. the song empire state of mind by jay-z feat. alicia keys is niceee too. tricia miranda did a siiick choreo to the song too bad is not on youtube
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