tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343771172165876705.post5927411511094947856..comments2023-09-07T01:05:11.500+10:00Comments on Hwaet!: The Diverse Significances of the Humble PoppyGABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10431348330548240949noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343771172165876705.post-60764657559402161602010-11-21T11:08:15.844+11:002010-11-21T11:08:15.844+11:00Interesting, Matthias. I must admit I know very li...Interesting, Matthias. I must admit I know very little about feng shui or what the basis for it is, so can't really comment on what these folks did. I would be interested to hear how they understood it though.<br /><br />I'm all for enculturation of the gospel. I think it's a danger for missionaries, and very difficult for them, to draw the line sometimes between bearing witness to Christ and bearing witness to their particular culture. But there is a line to be drawn when certain practices are at odds with the gospel. The trick is working out where that line is. I'm still trying to work out where it was in the Chinese rites controversy in 1715. I've no idea where it is in regards to something like feng shui (though would probably err on the side of caution subject to greater knowledge).GABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10431348330548240949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343771172165876705.post-27548667896961554702010-11-20T13:11:24.017+11:002010-11-20T13:11:24.017+11:00I agree. I know of people supposedly Christians wh...I agree. I know of people supposedly Christians who attend a staunch Protestant church,who are Chinese ,when visiting my colleague and her husband (their son) refused to enter the hosue until they had put the black labrador outside. This is feng shui but if they are Christians are they not meant to out away this belief in bad luckMatthiasnoreply@blogger.com