Quote of the day-90

Science investigates, religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power, religion gives man wisdom which is control.


~ Martin Luther King. Jr

Continued- Tamiya 1/10 Nissan 350Z Nismo version

26 mm wheels with +3 mm offset. 

HPI T-Drift tires.

I purchased a new set of wheels and tires today. Learned a new trick too, heating up the tires. On first try, HPI's T-Drift 26 mm tires performed more to my liking than Tamiya's Drift Tech 24 mm tires. Will have to run another 10 hours or so before I can conclude which I prefer in the long run, literally. 

Tamiya 1/10 Nissan 350Z Fairlady Nismo version ..and the real deal.

Tamiya's Nissan 350Z Fairlady Nismo edition fitted on the TA-05 VDF. I might  try sanding the edges off. 

I initially feared that white would be an unforgiving colour, and I was right. Lack of patience led to some bleeding of the second coat of paint into the white coat, giving the hood of my car an unshaven look. Nevertheless I am more for form than detail in this case, so I can overlook it. 

A coincidental sighting of the real 350Z right after my purchase of the shell. This version is reproduced by Yokomo. I intend to get one  when there is stock available, will try painting it in another colour then. 

Why faith is not privatised.

The Gospel will inevitably cause offense, regardless of how one chooses to convey the message. The God of the Christian gospel is not transcultural, God being God and not a product of man. 

"If an offense come out of the truth, better is it that the offense come than that the truth be concealed." 

That said, we cannot keep religious faith completely private.

"Efforts to craft a public square from which religious conversation is absent, no matter how thoughtfully worked out, will always in the end say to those of organized religion that they alone, unlike everybody else, must enter public dialogue only after leaving behind that part of themselves that they may consider the most vital." ~Stephen L. Carter.
Right and wrong is a human concept, one that is formed implicitly or not, and it is rooted in a set of faith-assumptions about the nature of our world. Secular concepts of "autonomy" eventually come from an implicit moral position.

The expression of offence at a truth claim is in itself a truth claim, either of superior know-how or know-why or know-what or a combination of the mentioned. 

In any case it is a claim of superiority in knowledge or morality, sometimes both. 

Therefore the view that one should keep religious belief private stems from a religious belief, one that is implicit. Preaching such a view then, is hypocrisy.

The Christian Gospel is different from other faiths because of the belief that we are not saved by our own righteousness, but by Christ's record.

We all have our set of exclusive beliefs stemming from unprovable faiths. I believe that peace comes from the set that excludes self-righteousness from the equation, not one that silences the rest.

Quote of the day -89

If an offense come out of the truth, better is it that the offense come than that the truth be concealed.

In taking offense at something, always ask why. Does one get offended by a truth claim that is morally indistinguishable? I think not. Yet truths are anything but indistinguishable. They are different as night and day.

How does one say that he is right without saying that another is wrong? The implication behind every truth claim is that someone else is holding onto a lie. How then does one express a belief without calling bluff on someone? Then lies the obstacle of having nothing but rationality to back one's account of the world around him. Whose account of what God makes one sensible and another irrational, one right and one wrong. Now then, not everyone can be pleased by God being God.