Compatibility of human parts

Transfusion is one form of transplantation. Or rather the former can be said the earliest attempt of the latter.

Battle of Conscience

Battle of Conscience
2007.06.01 0:39

In the end it's the patient's freedom to see a doctor who honors his direction or change a doctor who ignores his wish. Of course he can choose not to go to see a doctor in the first place or in the end. A doctor can merely suggest a better way to take but he can't force his patients to undergo his way.
Respectable believers won't sue any doctor even if he did what his patients feel detested. But once lawsuits were held, the doctors won't win. He needs to pay compensation for the psychological loss of the patients. But the amount of compensation might be significantly lower in comparison with the benefit the doctor brought. In short, lawsuits are counterproductive and less beneficial. What was important was not keep away from blood itself, but what he did to avoid them. His conscience won't question himself if he did best what he could before his conscience.
For example, as to blood transfusion, products. It's better for him to emphasise the sacredness of blood rather than the risks blood has. Medically speaking, blood products or transfusion has more risks than other treatment. However probably Moses prohibitted it from the health risks blood has. First successful blood transfusion was reported after blood type was found in 18c and blood products are a result of modern medicine. Moses won't prohibit the use of blood in medical purpose for this health reason if now.
Usually people without faith are eager to live just longer, but people like you don't want to live against your faith, instead want to live well in accordance with God's will. Society, doctors ought to respect the patient's wish first. The most important thing is the doctor won't be inquisited for the allegation of euthanasia even if it involved the cases of life and death. Because he did his best to save the life of patients within a range all he allowed to do. That's my idea so far on this matter.

Two Days Leave

Two Days Leave
2007.05.29 3:03

I am going to make a short trip with my girlfriend for two nights from tomorrow. I intend to concentrate on our relationship. See you on Thursday.

Tomorrow Never Comes

Tomorrow Never Comes
2007.05.29 2:55

When I arrived at the office, I saw one parcel with a piece of paper attached. The paper read ' Please send this parcel tomorrow.' The date of certificate of leave was 27th of May, so I understand we ought to submit it today on 28th. The person who wrote this note came before the parcel was collected by freight. I asked him,' When do you want us to submit it? Tomorrow or today? Because the certificate of leave read 27th, so usually this means tomorrow is the next day of 27th. I intended to submit it today.'
He said, 'No, I meant it tomorrow on 29th.'
I said, 'Ok. But please specify the date you want us to submit. '
After the talk with him, I said to my colleague. 'Tomorrrow never comes.' We can't submit it today, but tomorrow we can. But tomorrow, we can't submit it if we follow his note.

Diseased Kidney Transplantation

Diseased Kidney Transplantation
2007.05.28 3:36

Our country doesn't have an established kidney donation system, so those who want a donation need to go overseas, or go to see a medical team formed by Dr Makoto Mannami 66.
After educated in the US, he formed a regional group of kidney transplantation here that allows chronic nephritis patients who need a constant dialysis to receive a diseased kidney that was removed from other patient's body because it had a tumor or cancer in part of it.

Habit

Habit
2007.05.26 3:01

I usually stay up till 4 o'clock and keep on sleeping till 9. Last night I only took a nap for a couple of hours. I was unwell all day long. But I can't sleep earlier than 4. How strong the power of habit is!

Martyr

Martyr
2007.05.26 2:16

Religious people more or less believe in life after death though the notion varies. So they are not afraid of death, or rather they are eager to start another life after their death. Martyr is their ideal form of death. Because otherwise they can't expect another life they hope for. Some religious people are willing to welcome this way to reach death. The desire to martyr shows itself in some refusal to current medicine.

The Rotten Society

The Rotten Society
2007.05.26 1:49

At work I usually take a rest once in two hours. Some people take a rest once in every thirty minutes. They go out to smoke outside.
Please keep on stay there.

The Childish Society

The Childish Society
2007.05.26 1:44

8:00 a rod seller comes. 10:30 a recycle company comes. 13:30 another recycle company comes. 19:30 a baked sweet potato seller comes. 20:00 a noodle stall comes. 22:30 a night watch comes.
I want to go wherever if it's outside of this world. -the word of Charles Baudelaire

Bad Tune

Bad Tune
2007.05.26 1:28

Last night I was writing personal letters, articles, comments...then it was already twenty minutes past six in the morning that I fell asleep. I was forced to get up two minutes before eight in the morning. I was supposed to keep on sleeping till 9:30. Three hours sleep like a log is enough for one day's activity.
It was rainy at 8. Hawkers are moving slowly broadcasting loudly in speaker.
They were a rod seller, so particular in Japan.
My one of the worst day started. All day long I was unbale to concentrate on anything. I replied to a couple of comments, trying to concentrate on otherwise diversiphying mind.
I went to the beach at 23:00. It was really a horrible day.

High Monk & Politics

High Monk & Politics
2007.05.24 2:48

In 761, a Buddhist monk Dokyo 700-772cured the disease of then Empress Koken -later she became Emperor Shotoku. Since then he had got a steady political position in court. In 769, he failed to be Emperor. It was iossible to be Emperor from outside lineage of royal family. After Emprero Shotoku died in 770, he was exiled to northern region.
In 1904, Rasputin 1869 -1916 cured haemophilia of Tsarevich and started gaining political influence in Russian court. He was poisoned to death in 1916.
These are similar incidents over the time and place.

Atheist

Atheist
2007.05.22 3:04

This is a hypothesis in history. For many years many people believe in one God. A man who doesn't believe in God was one day asked whether he believes in God or not. The person said, 'I am Atheist.' But people thought atheist means monotheist, people who believe in only one God. But of course he meant he doesn't believe in God. Thus the word atheist started being used to satisfy both theists and atheists.

Atheist, Agnostic, Secular

Atheist, Agnostic, Secular
2007.05.22 2:14

Many people believe atheist means someone who does not believe in God or belives there's no God. Prefix a means without in Greek. But actually I think atheist means a theist or one theist. They still think whether God exists or not, then they will believe in God or not.
There's still one God in their mind, so atheist means one theist.
Those who never thought about God are called secular people. They lack the notion of God in their mind at all. They are secular, but not an atheist.
Many people believe the agnostic means someone that think human can't know whether there's God or not within a range of limited human wisdom. This is also a kind of theism. They know human wisdom is limited. They can comprehend if there's unlimited being, suggesting it might be God.
Please put the word secular in religion section in our profile. I can't choose any words.

Apprentice

Apprentice
2007.05.21 3:12
I asked a 20 year old young girl about her email. She kindly told me her email address. I invited her to have date with me in an email. She wrote she has a boyfriend.

Sexual relationship is a means to know one another for adult men and women, we can't evade passing through it. She's an apprentice teacher in a kindergarden. But she seemd not to be an apprentice of romantic relationship.

Pickled Plums

Pickled Plums
2007.05.19 0:31

I always make luncheon by myself. In June we have a rainy season and it is prone to have food-poisoning most in this rainy season. I always put a pickled plum especially in this season at the centre of rice to prevent this food-poisoning. I had thought this produce is common in Asia, but actually this one is only found here. This produce is too salty, too sour, and too redish. This must not be a food but a preservative in origin.

Patient's Will & Doctor's Duty

Patient's Will & Doctor's Duty
2007.05.18 22:54

One of my friends who works as interpreter showed me a card -blood transfusion refusal card. He showed his intention in the card to refuse not only blood transfusion itself but also blood products. Do doctors respect his will? If doctors found alternative measures, they can avoid using blood to patients. But how about the case there's no alternative other than using blood transfusion, blood products. Any patients have a right to direct the kinds of treatment doctors can do. At the same time doctors have a right to either refuse or respect patient's will. I don't think patients' will can affect doctor's dicision if there's no alternatives. It might be fulfil patient's will to accept their wish, but it is against the ethics of doctors. It is doctor's duty to do his best. Doctors can do whatever they want in a matter related to life.

Pieta, Piety, Pity

Pieta, Piety, Pity
2007.05.18 20:51

I think these three words derive from the same etymology.
Pieta is a painting or sculpture of Virgin Mary holding her dead son Jesus with lamentation. Piety is a religious devotion in short. Pity means compassionate, etc. Then altogether means the crusification of Jesus was his devotion to mankind for compensation of sin humans made. Christians are people who not only feel conpassionate to Jesus, but also willing to show his example in them. They feel satisfied when they had sufferings similar to those of which Jesus had. Sometimes it's pleasure for them to be suffered.
It's nearly hard to understand their feelings, though, some people certainly have such distinguished tendencies.

Over the Ideology

Over the Ideology
2007.05.18 0:26
Humans are not a slave of particular ideology. Any ideology ought to serve the happiness of humans.

Existentialism appeared as antithesis to inhumanity of world war. This thought was humanism.

Structuralism appeared as antitheis to existentialism.

Time has passed and two thoughts were gone. The age of computer comes. This age ought to be in accordance with the rise of homocentrism or anthropocentrism. As long as this thought is called -ism, 'Over the ideology' never would be able to overcome the ideology itself though.

The eternal fight between system and men continues.

Armageddon

Armageddon
2007.05.15 1:14

Armageddon is a thought typically represented the catchphrase as 'Repent, the end is nigh'. In short, armageddon is the end of the world.
This idea exists in many faiths. Usually the appearance of this thought corresponds to the social unstability. The more the unfair of the society enlarges, the more this thought gains popular.
From the social phycological point of view, the unfulfiled desire of people is subject to take this form. The nearness of the end of the world helps promote their fulfilment of desire. By their setting a timetable shorter, more quickly they can satisfy their unfulfiled desire in a limited time.
Armageddon won't come as far as we keep on trying to make an effort to improve our society. Even if it comes, nothing can stop the stream of time. The end of something is the beginning of another thing.

Manifest Destiny

Karl Marx 1818-1883 knew that communism was the biggest illusion people started to have at the dawn of first capitalism era. Look at the first part of Communist Manifesto published in 1848, that says

A spectre is haunting Europe -- the spectre of communism.

He proposed Communism as an ideal social system that had been thought to be found in primitive society in a form 'primitive communist society'. He was an advocate of communim as an ultimate ideal form of social system, but he was not so-called a 'communist' as a political activist. He was a scholar. He was unable to know what would become of the future society. Communism was a thought particularly popular in 20th century.

Biggest Illusion

Biggest Illusion
2007.05.13 4:58

Founder of scientific socialism - in short, Communism, Karl Marx once wrote that religion is opium.
Religion is opium, because it makes people to hold illusion.
He died before we realised what the name of illusion people had at that time. If he said,
'Religion is opium, because it causes people to start holding illusion. The biggest illusion people had had is unfortunately 'Communism',
he might be regarded as one of the greatest contributers to the modern capitalism. He had a qualification at least. What he made clear was a system of capitalism in 'The Capital', and it was not 'The Communism.'
He was unable to see what he was. It stands to reason - since he was the very person who reflected this illusion in mirror.

Christianity and the Principle of Socialism

Christianity and the Principle of Socialism
2007.05.12 23:57

2 Thessalonians 3:10 read something like you mustn't eat unless you work. In other words, 'work in ability, get according to your ability.' I had thought it is a principle of socialism. I didn't know this catchphrase was taken from the verse in Bible.
This phrase is quite acceptable, but how about the phrase of communism which was 'work in ability, get as you want'. This is the reason communism is called an unrealistic idea in Utopia.
Many teachings in Christianity, especially those in Paul's are very realistic. He was a Roman citizen before he's a Christian, let alone Apostle. He exercised the freedom of belief under the full benevolence of Roman citizenry. It is necessary for Christians to be a good citizen before anything else.

Truth

Truth
2007.05.12 3:08

A friend of mine is an interpreter, at the same time a respectful Christian. He said 'Truth is simple, if it's not, not everyone can understand.' I interpret what he wanted to say 'Truth is simple, because truth must be the one that everyone can understand.' Probably he was referring to the phrase like God is Almighty, intending to invite me.
Einstein made the theory of relativism by himself. In 20th century many physicists made quantum theory collectively. Einstein never gave up trying to unify two theories together. He dreamt of making a unified field theory that explains both relativism in macrocosm and quantum theory in microcosm. A unified field theory is simple, yet no one could reach this theory.
He ought to have said, 'Truth is simple, therefore it's hard to reach.'

Invaluable & Priceless

Invaluable & Priceless
2007.05.12 0:41

I feel questionable every time I encounter these two words. These terms are not used to refer to gold, money, love, etc. those are really valuable and beyond price.
Invaluable, priceless are used to refer to something like water, air, time. Those exist everywhere, omnipresent countless, limitlessly. All come up with value, but that only depends on how we use them.

Sin

Sin
2007.05.10 4:58

My understanding is we were born, that is our sin. We have to fight with this sin throughout our life. Our life is a purgatory.

Trinity

Trinity is a difficult theology, the reason trinity had been so accpeted was because it was beneficial for us to think about Our relation with God through Christ.

This theology matches a traditional logical way of thinking, dialectics, which had developed from the tradition of ancient Greek philosophy. Westeners preferred to grasp the truth from logics rather than intuition.

Beelzebub

Re:i think i was confused(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2007.05.09 23:41 (#19051597) (http://www2.blogger....00096157591312337186 Last Journal: 2007.05.09 1:40)
Beelzebub is a god in Ekron, one of the Philistine city states. Originally the name means the Lord of things that flies. Philistines and Jewish people were always under conflict throughout Biblical days, so as opposed to Jewish God, this god -Beelzebub started being meant devil soon, so the title the Lord of flies started being used thereafter.
Philistine people were called one of Sea Peoples, they came from Crete or Aegean islands, indeed their lineage was Indo-European, and probably invaded coastal area of what we call now Palestine in 1180-1150 BC, soon after the fall of Jericho in 1240-1220 BC, so almost the same time they arrived Levant area and started the long history of conflicts.
Philistines are sure to come there by ship, they certainly wanted to fly after their arrival, the name of their god tells that. Flies was replaced instead of the things that fly in association with the image of adversary to Jewish God. The fate of god greatly relies on the rise and downfall of the people he created.
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Scapegoat Whose Name Was Azarel

Scapegoat Whose Name Was Azarel
2007.05.09 1:40

These three days and nights I was completely occupied by the word Azazel. That itself is a good thing. I am a teacher and recently I've been trying to learn Bible. What I was wondering was what Azazel means. According to several sources, azazel means the place where the feast of expiation or Yom Kippur, Day of Attonement was took place, or the goat itself that was sent to the field alive so that it can flee, or the guardian of goat to whom the goat was sent.
Aaron needed two goats, one is for Jehovah and the other is for Azazel, when he needed to name the name of god-like being the name had better be named after the goat that will be sent to this being. Therefore the name of god-like being to which the goat will be sent was named Azarel which means goat that departs. So the name of goat that sent was scapegoat, and the the name of god-like being that the scapegoat was sent to was Azarel that also means goat that departs. It is no hard for them to call the name of the place Azarel, because there is where goat that departs.
Taking everything binto consideration, all three names are the same origin. We tend to think there were many in the fields, but probably one goat Azarel was walking in the field called Azarel to be offerred to the name of God Azarel.
The etymological meaning of Azarel was all the same -scapegoat.

Essenes

When the Dead Sea Scroll was found at Qumran in 1947, I wonder what Essenes is, that had been kept Bible as well as other apocryphal writings in a community. Some sources insist that Jesus and John the Baptist came from this community. It's interesting if Christianity not started abruptly but had some hotbed to nurture the typical teachings that differ from Judaism. It is favourable if the ones who shared a common value formed a community and lead a life.

Origen & Josephus

Origen & Josephus
2007.05.08 14:58

Origen 185- 254 AD, Josephus 37 -101 AD, both are an interesting figure. Basically they tried to grasp religious belief from non believer's point of view scholastically. That's my understanding. Religion exists to tell us how to live.

Azazel -Original

Azazel
2007.05.08 7:02

Hi ***
Today I believe most scholars consider Azazel is one of the spirits. The etymological analysis of this word is unclear. Some say it means goat that departs, others God strengthens, etc.
You see Septuagint -3 b.c. translated it as the one carrying away evil which has nothing to do with scapegoat yet.
It was not until Vulgate which is the work in 4 c, that started translating as the emmisary goat, which is very similar to the notion of scapegoat.
Since then almost all major translations - Tyndale 1530, King James Version 1611 rendered the word scapegoat for the word Azazel.
If this word is translated as scapegoat, one of the goats was offered to scapegoat, anyway the your explanation above is completely in accordance with the traditional Christian theology -Azazel is a scapegoat and prefiguration of Jesus Christ.
American Standard Version preferred to use the word itself rather than the translated word, that leaves us a room to look it up the meaning of the word Azazel.
Anyway I was able to understand what Azazel means clearly by the explanation in your letter.
Thanks a lot.
Mer

Azazel - Comment

Re:i thought(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2007.05.08 14:04 (#19032257) (http://www2.blogger.com/profile/00096157591312337186 Last Journal: 2007.05.08 7:02)
Azazel is a guardian of goat to which scapegoat was believed to be sent in the Day of Attonement. Probably I suppose the name was used in some game as a lord of flies. Many angels have wings, so that makes sense.
By the way I wrote about this topic in a personal letter to one of my colleagues. How hard to deal with the same topic in an article after I wrote about it in a personal letter. Many traces of private matters had to be omitted. Next time I write an article first. It's easy to add a personal matter, though, it's not easy to omit them without changing the main meaning of the writings.
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Azazel II

Azazel
2007.05.08 7:02

Today I believe most scholars consider Azazel is one of spirits. The etymological analysis of this word is unclear. Some say it means goat that departs, others God strengthens, etc.
You see Septuagint -3 b.c. translated it as the one carrying away evil which has nothing to do with scapegoat yet.
It was not until Vulgate which is the work in 4 c, that started translating as the emmisary goat, which is very similar to the notion of scapegoat.
Since then almost all major translations - Tyndale 1530, King James Version 1611 rendered the word scapegoat for the word Azazel.
If this word is translated as scapegoat, one of the goats was offerred as a scapegoat, here as or to is desputable though, which is completely in accordance with the traditional Christian theology -Azazel is a scapegoat and prefiguration of Jesus Christ. Although I raise some question.
But American Standard Version 1901 preferred to use the word itself rather than translation word, that leaves us a room to look it up the meaning of the word Azazel.
Anyway I was able to understand what Azazel means clearly thanks to the direct use of this word in Leviticus 16:8 in this version.

For Your Eyes Only

For Your Eyes Only
2007.05.08 6:51

I spent one night and day happily with my girlfriend. She's eager to marry me, yet we are not married. When her leaving my house I noticed she abruptly lost the shinning in her eyes. The phrase 'For your eyes only' are used as 'Top secret, confidential', but for me the phrase was used like the shinning of her eyes are only for me, not for others. I'm sure her shinning comes back again when she see me again. Till then her eyes are nobody's but mine.

Azazel

Scapegoat
2007.05.08 3:19

Today I believe most scholars consider Azazel is one of spirits. The etymological analysis of this word is unclear. Some say it means goat that departs, others God strengthens, etc.
You see Septuagint -3 b.c. translated it as the one carrying away evil which has nothing to do with scapegoat yet.
It was not until Vulgate which is the work in 4 c, that started translating as the emmisary goat, which is very similar to the notion of scapegoat.
Since then almost all major translations - Tyndale 1530, King James Version 1611 rendered the word scapegoat for the word Azazel.
If this word is translated as scapegoat, one of the goats was offerred as a scapegoat, which is completely in accordance with the traditional Christian theology -Azazel is a scapegoat and prefiguration of Jesus Christ. Although I raise some question.
But American Standard Version 1901 preferred to use the word itself rather than translation word, that leaves us a room to look it up the meaning of the word Azazel.
Anyway I was able to understand what Azazel means clearly thanks to the direct use of this word in Leviticus 16:8 in this version.

Exception Proves The Rule

Exception Proves The Rule
2007.05.08 5:30

Matthew 5:31-34 states, except for marital unfaithfulness, unchastity, or fornication which differs depends on the translation, you can divorce your wife. This is unique as a word of Jesus.
If I were authorised to talk about marriage, I'd say you ought not to divorce your wife even if you found your wife is engaging in unfaithful relations with others, stays under unchastity, or commits fornication. Marriage ought to keep in the face of all obstacles you and your wife had. Am I rather idyllic, thus more Hellenistic? Adultery proves the marriage.

Nephilim

Nephilim
2007.05.08 4:11

Genesis 6:1-4 states nephilim are children born by the intermarriage between sons of God and daughters of men before Deluge. The borderline between spiritual beings and physical ones is uncertain in ancient times.

Scapegoat

Scapegoat
2007.05.08 3:19

There's one description of the word Azazel in Leviticus 16:8 -10. Today I believe most scholars consider Azazel is one of Spirits. The etymological analysis of this word is unclear. Some say it means goat that departs, others God strengthens, etc.
Septuagint -3 b.c. translated it as the one carrying away evil which has nothing to do with scapegoat yet.
It was not until Jerome's Vulgate which is the work in 4 c, that started translating as the emmisary goat, which is very similar to the notion of scapegoat.
Since then almost all major translations - Tyndale 1530, King James Version 1611 rendered the word scapegoat for the word Azazel except American Standard Version 1901 that used the word Azazel itself.
If this word is translated as scapegoat, one of the goats was offered to scapegoat, in Christian theology scapegoat is a prefiguration of Jesus Christ.
Jesus was really a scapegoat.

Baptism

Baptism
2007.05.04 23:37
It's hard for me to imagine how important baptism is. It's just hard to imagine the difference before and after someone baptised. Immersion in water relates to purification traditionally, and baptism means conversion from non believer to believer. I understand it has symbolic meaning, but I think religion is most of all a matter of our inner conviction.

Epiphany
2007.05.04 18:45
After Ezra-Nehemiah period 5c BC to the birth of Jesus, for about 400 years was a hard time for the history of Jewish people. After Alexander the Great took power in Levantine region, Jewish religion and culture were on the verge of extinction. Particurarly Antiochus IV's reign 175 -164 BC, he oppressed Judaism, by forcing Jewish people to violate their food rule, by putting Greek God Zeus to their temple, etc.

He was called 'Epiphanes', people usually imagine the word's apparent relation to 'Epiphany'. Epiphany is a feast which commemorates Jesus's appearance on the earth and the following Magi's visit to infant Christ.

Until recently I was wondering why the fierce oppressor of Judaism was called 'Epiphanes'. For four hundred years the teaching of Judaism was influenced by the waves of Hellenism from the West and Zoroasterianism from the East. We can usually see a Bible in a combined form of Old and New Testament, but the teachings of two scriptures are very different as if Christianity is baptised by Hellenism and Zoroasterianism. Jesus was celebrated by Magi from the East.

Sakura

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Translation

Translation
2007.05.03 3:54

One word in one language has several meanings, so we must replace it in several different words according to the context the word was used. If you automatically replace one word in one language to other word in other language, I must say it is a bad translation. Again, this is not a matter of consistency, instead, we have to change the word of translation depending on the context.

Who Jacob Struggled With?

Who Jacob Struggled With?
2007.05.03 2:55

I read this part of Genesis 32:22-32 some year ago and I took it for granted that Jacob wrestled with God and later Jacob started being called Isreal because of this incident since Israel means in Hebrew 'he struggles with God'.
I just wondered why angel instead of God when I found many arts titled 'Jacob Wrestled With Angels'. Was someone interpret it angel from the context? But judging from the later flourishment of Jewish 12 tribes from Jacob, I think it's natural to think the one who fought with Jacob was God.