Jeju island has amazing beauty
right turn, march
And so most of the Hungarian electorate did yesterday. The BBC describes the situation and the results HERE. Some papers blame the Socialist’s ineptitude. No matter. It’s four more years for Mr. Orban and his “change Hungary machine.”
Dumbfounded, I asked a Hungarian friend to explain the result. He did. And so, to be sure I understood, I asked “So Hungarians (not all of course) are looking to Mr. Orban as Russians look to Mr. Putin, a hero who is protecting Hungary from the world? Yes! My friend replied, that’s it, they need a hero. But will this help Hungary get out of the “unhappiest” country category anytime soon?
Yet another reason to say that this world, these Shadowlands, are not our home, we’re just passing thru heading to that which is Real.
Filed under culture, Eastern Europe, shifts
“We don’t want to be Russians”
From The Economist:
“We don’t want to be Russians, we want to be Ukrainians,” he said, sitting in a room of brightly coloured bunk-beds. He and his wife had moved to Crimea in 1992 from Uzbekistan, where their parents had been sent during Stalin’s deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944. They worked in construction and got on well with the local Russians. Then the Russian soldiers took over last month. “Now Russians are squabbling over how they will divide up the houses of their Tatar neighbours,” said Kerim’s 21-year-old son. “Even those who are still there.”
I’ve heard this before. It sounds a bit like ethnic cleansing.
Read the complete blog post HERE.
Filed under culture, Eastern Europe, shifts
Hungary votes #prayForHungary
Hungary is voting today. The Economist previews it HERE.
Please pray for Hungary.
Filed under culture, things Central European
Noah – the movie
Intense, suspenseful, violent, at times pretty gruesome, but yes it was awesome.
While awesome, the artistic liberties taken by this film paint a non-biblical portrait of Noah and of God and of their relationship. I gotta admit, I knew there would be artistic liberties, but these did keep me from enjoying it as much as I might.
So, enjoy the movie, it is really an amazing thing to see, BUT PLEASE DON’T take your theological understanding of the flood, of God’s intentions, of the family situation (lack of two wives… wait… not gonna spoil it – too much of the suspense rides on this), of Noah’s psyche, of a lot of other stuff from this film.
It may be a blockbuster with an amazing cast (I really am glad I saw it on the big screen… it’s an amazing depiction of the flood itself), BUT after the movie, to get the real story, go read the Bible… in fact, here you go – CLICK HERE and then read for a few chapters.
Clearly my biggest concern is for the millions who will see this and may already have a negative view of God and limited or no biblical knowledge. They may walk away from this and not understand that the film does not paint an accurate picture. Amazing it is, accurate on the character of God it is not. This bugs me because, I fear this will flavor people’s perception of God. Hence, my lack of full enjoyment.
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