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echineko

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  1. At my eikaiwa class, I must make preparation for talk on "what is evil?" It is quite dark subject I think but I have some problem understading nuance.

     

    Wiki encyclopedia says this:

     

    "In ethics, evil refers to behavior, which does harm, is dishonest, or fails to honor agreements. In some religions, notably Christianity, evil is an active force. In the Christian religion, good is, by definition, what God intends, and Satan works to spread evil (disobedience) in the world. Evil thoughts are as serious as evil actions. In Zoroastrianism there are two Gods, the good Ahura Mazda and the evil Ahriman. In most cultures, evil is used to describe acts or thoughts which are contrary to an established religion, or which could bring about suffering and death — the opposite of good."

     

    What do you think is meaning of evil? Like what make a person "evil"?

  2. Did you see the wonderful picture of earth rise?

     

    http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2007/11/20071113_kaguya_e.html

     

    The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) have successfully performed the world's first high-definition image taking of an Earth-rise* by the lunar explorer "KAGUYA" (SELENE,) which was injected into a lunar orbit at an altitude of about 100 km on October 18, 2007 (Japan Standard Time. Following times and dates are all JST.)

     

    The Apollo project was the first mission to take images of Earth rising over the Moon. The KAGUYA successfully shot high-definition images of the Earth-rise showing an impressive image of the blue Earth which was the only floating object in pitch-dark space. These are the world's first high-definition earth images taken from about 380,000 km away from the earth in space.

     

  3. I was wonder when you living in Japan how many friends you have are Japanese or other foreigners in community?

     

    I know a few people here from US and UK. One has only Japanese friends, I think he is his choice. The other is like opposite, with only few Japanese friends.

     

    How about you?

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