Comments by "" (@MayaTheDecemberGirl) on "TAKASHii"
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About missionaries in Japan, the most well known Christian missionary from my country that came to Japan was saint Maximilian Kolbe. He came to Japan, to Nagasaki in 1930 and spent there six years. He learned Japanese. He founded in Nagasaki a Fransiscian monastery (called Mugenzai no Sono), that's still existing. To build the monastery he chose a place on the outskirts of Nagasaki, on the slopes of a mountain Hikosan (although it was said then not to be the best place for that). But thanks to this the monastery survived the atom bomb attack. And the Franciscians, after the atom bomb attack, were helping the victims. Maximilian Kolbe is known worldwide (among Catholics, but not only) also because of his heroic death in 1941 in the German death camp of Auschwitz when he volunteered to die in place of another prisoner (who had wife and children). And another Polish missionary known in Japan was friar Zeno Żebrowski, who also came to Japan in 1930 and when the war ended he was organizing orphanages and housing for homeless people in Japan, the victims of the war. He died in Tokyo in 1982. In his work he cooperated for instance with Satiko Kitahara, a Japanese woman, whose beatification process has been opened by the Pope and is still ongoing.
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It's interesting to read about Japanese saints and beatified - like Satoko Kitahara (her beatification peocess is ongoing) or Ukon Takayama (beatified by Pope Francis in 2017). Or about another Japanese Catholic, Takashi Nagai. Also about Polish saint (known by many Catholics, in many countries) Maksymilian Kolbe - who came to Japan in 1930 and spent six years there. He established in Nagasaki a Fransiscian monastery (called Mugenzai no Sono - The Garden of the Immaculata), still existing. To build a monastery he chose a place on slopes of a nearby mountain Hikosan (although it was said then them it's not a good place for that). But thanks to such decision the monastery survived, not destroyed, the atom bomb attack. After the attack and after the war also the Franciscians were helping the victims of the war, orphans, homeless, sick etc. Saint Maksymilian Kolbe himself came back in 1936 to Poland - he is worlwide known for giving his life voluntarily for another prisoner in Auschwitz German Nazi concentration camp, where he was murdered (in a hunger bunker) on 14th August 1941 (the prisoner he sacrificed his life for, thanks to him, survived whole war). And another Fransiscian friar who worked for his whole life in Japan, was friar Zeno Żebrowski - he came to Japan in 1930 together with saint Maksymilian Kolbe, but he stayed, and when the war ended he was organizing orphanages and housing for homeless people in Japan, the victims of the war, he was also cooperating with above mentioned Satoko Kitahara (who is going to be beatified by Pope). He died in Tokyo in 1982.
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It seems that for interviewed Japanese people relationships or marriage is not about being really close to each other and to really care about your partner. Such relationships or marriages seem to be rather for reasons of social status or some economic interests, or at most only to have and raise children and to share a household - but not to be real life partners to each other. And if people spent most of their lives in their work and then after work they go to prostitutes or cheat on their partners, they in fact do not have much in common and are indifferent to each other, like strangers. They live not with each other, but only next to each other. That is no real partnership, relationship or family. In real, serious, adult relationship you cannot just separate such aspects as feelings, emotions, love, mutual trust, intimacy and sex as well, these all should just naturally go together between people who really want to be with each other and really care. And in this interview, it was so terrible when one of the girls was saying that she has a boyfriend, but she cheats on him, because she doesn't like him at all. It is so superficial and terrible to this person. Why she just doesn't not have enough respect to him as a person to break up with him. It is so fake and doesn't make sense at all to call something like that a real relationship and to stay in it. And also it is so cringe when one of the girls said that an important reason to go to a prostitute may be when men go there with their boss. In Europe, it would be considered completely unacceptable and just sick - having such experiences with your boss, having your professional and private, intimate life so mixed up.
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@casper-z9rkls6gl I don't know the names You wrote, only Mother Teresa - which for me is obviously, without any doubt, a saint in Heaven. I've read a book, with her writings, titled "Come Be My Light. The private writings of the saint of Calcutta". I am Catholic, and as I've mentioned above, for me the true Christian Church, established by Christ, is the Roman Catholic Church (by the way, most of people in my country are Catholics, since centuries). But I also believe that even a murdered can sometimes be saved, because of great God's Mercy - although it's not easy, such things to happen, because such person must truly regret, be able to regret because of the harm done (not just because of fear of punishment), for what such person did. Which not often is possible, just pretended. But we cannot say it for sure, only God knows. It's doesn't mean that such person, if truly regretting and asking God for forgiveness, will be in Heaven, just after his death. Because everyone can face God only if his soul is pure - that's why there's also the Purgatory, where God's Mercy and Justice can be fulfilled both, and the soul can be cleansed. But it's doesn't mean that a sinner cannot be saved, so not condemned for eternal hell, if he asks truly for God's forgiveness, regrets for all the sins, and asks for God's Mercy.
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It was really interesting interview, with some interesting opinions. For instance, about perspectives of Japan in future. Probably, it's impossible, even if people wish so, to leave everything completely unchanged. However, I agree with the comments saying that a wise, reasonable immigration policy is indeed required, not such as in some European countries, where uncontrolled immigration and no real assimilation of immigrants with the country's culture have been causing a lot of serious problems. And I also didn't know about these drinking habits in Japan. In consequence, is there in Japan a bigger social and health problem with alcoholism, if people tend to drink almost everyday? In my country people of course drink alcohol, but I think that few people drink so often, like six days a week (it's easy to get addicted soon in this way). And you usually don't go to drink with your boss, unless there is some special occasion, for instance some integration trip once a year or sth like that. I like also what he says about visiting some places other than only those most known tourist attractions and big cities. I'd like to go to such places one day where you can see also the beauty of Japan's nature.
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@Darur1308 OK, I understand what You mean. But the video is not at all about this really, but only about some people saying just that they converted, mostly because of marriage reasons, that's all. So it's not really about difficulties in practicing any religion in Japan. And I think it would be more interesting about different religions, also about Christianity of course, because it may be interesting if people are able to practice their religion if they go for a longer time to Japan. So it's not only about Muslims. For instance, in case of Christianity there are different churches, like Catholic, various Evangelical ones that differ a lot, Orthodox etc., and probably it's not so easy for everyone to find a church they belong to and that's not far, especially outside the biggest cities.
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I personally cannot understand why some people, especially younger generations nowadays, are not more interested in learning foreign languages. It's a real pleasure to know other languages. I know two foreign languages, namely English and German (German more passively, as I don't use it in my professional life, mostly I like to read books in German, just for fun). At school, I had also some French and later also some Latin. But if I find more time, I'd like to learn some more foreign languages. So in this video, there should be also another question - if they can speak any other foreign language. But if they are in fact taught English for many years at schools, they should know it at a communicative level.
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Yes, Akita is well known. And I can add for instance a name of Satoko Kitahara, whose beatification process is ongoing (there's an article about her in Wikipedia, also in English). She cooperated for instance with Franciscans from Nagasaki, especially with Friar Zeno Żebrowski - who came to Japan, to Nagasaki, in 1930 together with St Maksymilian Kolbe (Father Kolbe came later, after established a monastery in Nagasaki, to Poland, and was murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp by Germans, giving his life voluntarily in exchange for another prisoner there). The monastery survived the atom bomb attack on Nagasaki, and I think it still exists.
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It's so sad. It seems that many of these children and teenagers experienced much violence and mistreatment, and often probably also earlier at their home or school environments. And everyone does nothing, no one cares, but they just pretend not see or even further abuse them. These youngsters suffer, have severe psychological problems, resulting in hurting themselves, commiting suicides, ruining their young lives with drugs and prostitution. It shouldn't be like this. The state and the society should do much more to develop and implement a healthy system to prevent such problems and solve them, starting from early stages, when violence, mistreatment, psychological or mental problems begin, not leaving them alone. And it's very often not easy to help such teenagers, who already experienced so many bad things in their lives. So there should be people who are taught and prepared how to be able to help such teenagers, how to get to them and who would care. The state and society should really care about such young lives. Also taking into account that they do need young people, because of demography showing that their society is getting old and there's much too little young people who will work in future for the retired. So it does matter that lives of such teenagers are not ruined.
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I speak Polish, English and German. I also know a bit of French, as I had it in my primary school, and in my secondary school I had some Latin. It also depends much at what level someone really knows a language. Because it's not so very hard to learn more languages, when it's only about some basic phrases, in basic everyday life situations. Much harder is to master a language to be able to use it in advanced, proffessional situations, with proffessional vocabulary in various fields, like for instance law, medicine, accounting and financial reporting etc.
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@IzzyKawaiichi As I've read about it (but of course, as I've mentioned already above, I'm not any theologian, just an ordinary person), it's for instance already even in the Old Testament, in the Second Book of Maccabees, some other also. But of course, I know that Protestant Christians don't believe in it. We do. And also not being a Catholic, You don't believe in any apparitions of Jesus or Mother of God, srill happening - but we do, it's enough just to mention Fatima or St Faustina Kowalska, or Father Pio of Petrelcina, and other. You don't have to believe in it, but we do. But I don't believe in it of course only because of these apparitions. For me it's just totally logical, that's why I agree with the Catholic Church views on that matter. Because most of us (only some living a saint live already on this world), when we die, we won't be so pure to be ready to stand before God. That's why souls, those not deserving to be condemned, not chosing to reject God and going to hell, need to be purified in order to be able to stand before God, to stay with Him. That's why we pray for our relations and other people that passed away, but are still in purgatory, need our prayers, we are the one Church with them. Of course, You don't have to believe in it, but we do. And as I've already said above, it's not even worth any quarrels, because afterall we will find out all ourselves, in not such a long time, how it really is. For us, purgatory shows both, God's Mercy and His Justice as well.
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@IzzyKawaiichi It's Your opinion. Catholics believe there's purgatory. Of course, I'm not any theologian, but in the Bible there are more places, where there's mentioned the need of praying for the souls of those that are already dead. And it's obvious it's not about those who are already pure in Heaven, because they don't need this. And not for those that are in hell, condemned, apart from God forever. So although there's no such word used "purgatory", but there's a notion of purification after death before one is ready to enter Heaven, to stand before God. And the prayers and sacrifices of those still living can aid in that cleansing, of those souls that need it. Without that notion it would be hard to talk about justice as well as about mercy of God, it would be definitely unjust or merciless. So we just know it's in the Bible, and believe in that since thousands of years already, and will believe. But of course, no one forces You also to believe in that, after all everyone has his own free will. And everyone of us will know themselves, sooner or later, if we want or not, we will see ourselves.
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@leelee12123 I visited Madeira few years ago (before Covid), and I really loved it. There's indeed much to do there, the island is diverse - it's for those who like ocean, as well as for those who like trekking and walking. The whole atmosphere was great there - although I think it's not for those that like some noisy, big parties in big resorts, it's more peaceful, which for me was an advantage. The views were great, people really nice, food tasty, especially fruits - I loved passion fruits, there's plenty of them there. I definitely would like to go there one more time - and maybe I will in future, because it's still much to see (for instance, I didn't manage to go to Porto Santo, or Ponta de São Lorenço, and some other places worth seeing also). By the way, I've recently heard in the news about problems with fires of forests there this year, I'm really sorry for the local people.
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