Comments by "" (@MayaTheDecemberGirl) on "TAKASHii" channel.

  1. There are. Even saints or those whose beatification process is ongoing. Just to mention for instance Satoko Kitahara. You can read also for instance about St Maksymilian Kolbe, and the Franciscians monastery established by him in Nagasaki (he came there in 1930) - called "Mugenzai no Sono" ("Garden of the Immaculata") - that survived the atom bomb attack and is still existing. Father Kolbe himself returned in 1936 to Poland, where he was murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp, giving voluntarily his life for another prisoner there. He was an outstanding person.
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  2.  @wilkesmcdermid7906  And it would be also interesting, to watch a video about this. By the way, in my country there's a popular YouTuber (Gabriel Hyodo), whose father is Japanese, living here since many years - but Gabriel's granpa is living in Japan and the whole family are Catholics. He had some videos also about Sunday spent in Japan, and as You say, a church was run by Japanese.
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  3.  @TedEhioghae  Of course, there are differences, because of various schisms that occured thoughout ages, because of various reasons. But the most important is that all these Christian Churches believe in Christ as God and Savior, so we try to look for what we have all in common, in ecumenical cooperation, rather than concentrating only on the differences. Of course, for me as a Catholic, the only true Church, established by Christ Himself, is the Catholic Church. But it doesn't mean I cannot respect other Christians, although we do differ, in various dogmatic issues.
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  4.  @TedEhioghae  That's obvious that You cannot say that You really believe in Christ, if Your doing bad things, hurting the others etc. And all the commanments in fact are included in the command to love God and to love one another, like Christ did (the New Commandment of love, in the New Testament). So of course, believing it's not just calling oneself a Christian, if someone does the opposite things and is a bad person, with bad intentions in his heart. That's obvious.
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  5.  @hogandonahue9598  Best wishes from Poland.
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  6. It don't think it can be regarded in terms of "comedy" or being "funny". Because if they become a citizen, they can have all the public rights in a country, especially the right to vote. And voting rights means also being able to influence the society, especially if there is more of such votes. So these are real rights, which are important.
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  7.  SabinaS.N.O.W.  I'm also a viewer, subscribed already since some longer time, and as such that's obvious I can express my opinion, like everyone else. After all, that's the point of such public, international channels. And as I've already stated above, I think that generally religion is a very sensitive topic. So taking into account that subcribers are also different, from many different countries, of many religions, it should be about more of the religions, in a fair proportion (at least about all those biggest ones), or about none of them. That's my opinion to which, like everyone else, I'm entitled, and which I can express freely. After all, this is why there are the comment sections on YouTube channels, for everyone.
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  8. ​ @Dangomochi1 Actually, I think it is allowe only in case of children/youngsters up to the age of 22. When they turn 22, they have to choose - and if they want to still have Japanese citizenship, they are required to renounce citizenship of another state. And I've read that there were even some lawsuits filed in Japanese courts by Japanese who wanted to change this and were questioning this rule (they wanted to have two citizenships, for instance of a EU member state). There was even an appeal to the Japanese highest court - Supreme Court of Japan in Tokio. But all the claims were rejected. The court upheld the Japan's ban on having double citizenship, as constitutional. So it depends on a state - it's each state sovereign decision.
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  9. But Americans believe that all these different ethnic groups, who are the USA citizens, create as a whole one American nation. So this is different.
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  10. Most states currently allow double citizenship, but not all. It depends on a state, it's sovereign decision of each state.
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  11. Oh, yes. Recently I've watched a video about him - it was at a Catholic YouTube channel titled "Journeying with the saints" (of Jerome Chong), the video was interesting. But there were more Catholic saints or saints-to-be in Japan, for instance also Satoko Kitahara (her beatification process is ongoing). And St Maksymilian Kolbe also.
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  12. ​ @Hewillcome And that Jesus is God (like the Father and the Holy Spirit, so the Holy Trinity).
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  13. In Japan there is ius sanguinis rule, as a main way to become a citizen (so it's by birth of Japanese parents or at least one of the parents being Japanese). The children can have double citizenship up till the age of 22. Then they have to choose and renounce citizenship of another state. And naturalization is not the same as ius sanguinis/ius soli rule. This is another way to acquire citizenship - it regards foreigners who want to become citizens of another state. In every country, apart from ius sanguinis/ius soli rule, there are also rules regarding naturalization of foreigners.
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  14. I think that no one from them needs any plastic surgery.
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  15.  @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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  16.  @leelee12123  About this current fire in Madeira, I've read that unfortunately it was arson. Hard to imagine that someone may do something like this, so much harm.
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  17. Yeah, especially taking into account that the Kremlin regime says, more times, insane threats recently, even to Japan - for instance because of the Kuril Islands, and also because of Japan's good relations with other democratic countries.
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  18. ​ @MrWackydoodles All the countries You've mentioned above, at least European ones, have currently huge, still growing, population of immigrants, from totally foreign countries, mostly muslim ones. So that's what they have in common. And in these countries few people are still Christians. And for instance in my country most of the people are still Christians (over 90%), mostly Catholics (about 88% or so). As I've checked in Internet, currently the crime rate is about 29.1 (in Japan it's said to be 22.7). And the reason why the rate is a bit higher, it's definitely not because of religion.
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  19. The same.
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  20. I think yes (as Japan has so-called "ius sanguinis", meaning "by blood", rule regarding acquiring the citizenship). But if a child has double citizenship, he/she must choose at the age of 22 and renounce citizenship of another state (formally cannot have double after the age of 22).
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  21. ​ @realnoscope Of course, I won't cry. But for me it's just boring, another video like this. It's maybe interesting only for Muslims, for all others not at all.
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  22.  @realnoscope  OK. But You know, I can watch one video about Muslims in Japan, it's OK, but not more. And also taking into account that among viewers of that channel are people of different religions (not mentioning atheists), it's also quite unfair to have more only about one of them, again. It would be more interesting to find out rather about religion, philosophy and tradition that's characteristic, specific for Japan itself.
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  23. LMAO. Like before the centuries when all these religions existed, there was no war, no genocide, no massacres, no horrible atrocities on thousands of people. Learn history. By the way, as we all know, Japanese during the WW II were also committing horrible atrocities on millions, so it had nothing to do with above mentioned religions.
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  24. @homie3461 Generally, around the world there are two approaches to citizenship - one is so-called "ius sanguinis" (in Latin), meaning the citizenship by bloodline and the other is so-called "ius soli", meaning the citizenship by place of birth. So in the USA is "ius soli" system, and also in Canada and some countries in South America, like Brasil or Argentina. In European countries the main approach is "ius sanguinis" (with some rare exceptions, for instance when the parents of a child are not known or have no citizenship, and the child is born or found in a country). And allowing the double nationality is another thing. Actually, nowadays most of the countries, with some exceptions like Japan and few othe countries, allow having double citizenship.
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  25.  @small_fries7573  What You write just doesn't make sense and I must say I don't agree with it. Such thinking that because Jesus Christ died on the Holy Cross to redeem us, took our sins on Himself, doesn't mean that we will all go to Heaven no matter how we live our earthly life and what we do. How can You write that it doesn't matter if we keep the Commandments or not? In the Commandments all is about destroying by human acts the relationship with God and with the others, about doing harm, like killing, stealing, betraying, not respecting God and worshipping other, often evil, things more etc. So it's definitely, completely, obviously wrong, such way of thinking. That one can be a bad, horrible person, doing for his whole life only harm and evil, even killing, one can be an egoist not caring about anyone at all - and he don't even have to repent, ask for forgiveness and try to repair the harm done, and it all doesn't matter at all, because no matter what you do and how you live, you have quaranteed in advance a place in Heaven. So what kind of morality, not even religion, is it, such way of thinking? Of course, it matters much how we live, what we do, if we harm the others, what are our true intentions, how we act, if we help the others around us etc. And I am a Catholic and I love the Holy Catholic Church, established by Christ (although it doesn't of course mean that Catholics, being people, like all the other humans, are not sinners, because we all are). I really hope I will stay in the Catholic faith till my rest breath at this world. I love also the Mother of God, the saints to which we pray, the sacraments, the rosary. I believe that the Divine Mercy is the greatest feature of God, so everyone, even the biggest sinners, can be saved. But it most be also their will to be saved by God and His Mercy. God doesn't force us to be with Him, for eternity, against our own choice and free will. If we reject Him, live our lives bad and die not regretting for all the harm with done, don't ask God, with our free will, to forgive us, don't ask for His help and Mercy, don't care about it, it will be our choice, according to our free will given by God Himself to every human, to be condemned, by rejecting all the good, evil and love that God is. So it's not enough to just believe in God's existence, because even Satan knows that God exists, but he rejected God. And I also think that even those who were born in different cultures and in consequence don't know God, if they live a good life, allow the God's light and love in that way to their souls, will be saved, not condemned, because of God's Mercy. But it does matter how we live, what we do in our lifetime, what our heart, soul and intentions truly are. And also, because of God's Justice as well as God's Mercy, all those who die with their souls not being pure enough to stand before God, to be in Heaven right away, but who didn't reject God completely, their souls will have to be cleansed first in the purgatory, and it's fair and just. Because our earthly lives and intentions do affect the purity of our souls, it does matter how someone lived at this Earth, how he made use of the time given Him by God here, in his earthly life.
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  26. Not only business language - it's also a language of the academic community. So You need ut to be able to read any recognized scientific journals (in any field of knowledge), publications, to be able to take part in significant international scientific conferences etc. So te be able what's the current development in the world in most of the fields of science and knowledge. I just cannot imagine doing my Ph.D. without knowing English at a very good level. So if you want any academic career at all, you also have to know it.
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  27. We like Georgia, it's an interesting country. Best wishes from Poland.
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  28. Learning languages is a really great activity, indeed. But for sure, in fact tt's a life long learning. Also because each language (except maybe Latin) is alive, it develops. So it's a life long task.
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  29. Well, they should definitely think about this. Especially about allowing double citizenship to the people coming from mixed families, having one of a parent being Japanese. Now such people, when they turn 22, have to choose - and if they want to still have Japanese citizenship, they have to renounce citizenship of another state. There were even lawsuits in Japanese courts of some Japanese who questioned this ban of having double citizenship. I think they should allow this to people from mixed families - especially taking into account that they also have, as is said, quite serious problem with demography, not having enough younger people to work for pensions of increasing number of old people.
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  30. German grammar is much more difficult than English. With all these Artikel or Rektion des Verbs, and so on. So to start with German would not make it easier for them at all.
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  31.  @anewmindsetforeveryone  The words are not really so similar. I know, because I've learned both of the languages, English and German, and I like both. By games You can learn for sure some vocabulary, and so on. Agree that games may be sth good to start with. I started to learn English when I was 8 years old, and it was indeed much easier as a child. I see the difference in the way of learning - because learning German I started later, when I was not a kid anymore. But if someone wants to learn at the higher level, for proffesional purposes, You have to also learn all the grammar. And for sure, German grammar is more complicated than English. That's why I believe it's easier to start with English. But of course, if someone has time, it's best to learn more languages at the same time, and the best in the childhood.
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  32. Well, and I don't think that if they have problems to learn English, they wouldn't have problems with other European languages. Learning any language requires determination and real interest.
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  33.  @anewmindsetforeveryone  Mine was also a comment, and I think that polite - just to exchange opinions about learning these two languages. I'm not rude to anyone.
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  34. Interesting interviews. Indeed younger generations should be more interested in politics and take part in the elections, if they want to change something in their country. They should take such responsibility. However, in order to be able to do this, they should be much more interested in what is happening around them and why, in their own country as well as in the world, and what are the real connections between various events and situations. So that giving a vote could be really an informed, conscious choice, not just unwise populism.
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  35. It really looks like that. It's surprising. If it was be true, it would be clear why there's more videos about muslims again recently at the channel.
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  36. One of the girls in the video - she was able to speak English. But she seemed so stressed and nervous, while speaking. So it's probably not always, in case of some of the Japanese, an issue that they don't know or understand English, but sometimes maybe it's about not having opportunities to speak and not being confident enough. But it's always better to try to speak a language. even if making mistakes, than not to do it.
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  37. Well, probably in many cases it's not just "a phase". Like the girl who said that she experienced some bad things at home, and it resulted in severe psychological problems, like cutting herself. And these teenagers commiting suicide. A lot of them for sure experienced much of violence and mistreatment, were misused, have severe psychological problems, some probably are addicted to drugs and so on. Having experienced such bad things in their young lives, it's not easy just to forget and start another life, without any proper help.
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  38. No society in the world is perfect, and never will be. So I don't think that there are people who think this. And for sure, every country and society has its problems, advantages as well as disadvantages. Humans are not perfect, so naturally societies consisting of humans also.
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  39.  @AlvesHeim  Yeah, I know. Not only Ukrainians know what Russia really is. But so many unfortunately are totally ignorant about history and reality.
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  40. Why Eastern Europe? I think demographic problems, aging society, low birth rates are issues of most of the developed countries, including most of the Europe. Unless You mean here such countries as Russia, which is a completely different reality.
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  41. ​ @LuGuang20 Well, Hitler and Nazists were in fact no Christians, just the opposite. They created they own, neopagan form of religion, they even had some occult practices, supported especially nlby Heinrich Himmler but others also, for instance special occult meetings and rites organized at the Wewelsburg castle.
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  42. Well, it's not only some "piece of paper". Because when someone becomes citizen of a country, such person can formally have all the public rights of a citizen, especially the right to vote. And voting rights are important in modern, democratic countries, as they can influence the society, especially if there's more of such votes. So these are real rights, not just some insignifact piece of paper.
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  43. ​ @TedEhioghae Yes, sure (it's irony, of course). In my country most people are Catholics, but there are also Evangelical and Orthodox Churches. And all Christians respect the others. Also in the past, they were living in peace.
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  44. LOL. Catholicims is Christianity. Within Christianity there are many more different Churches, as we all know.
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  45.  @russellward4624  Really, it's so easy to defame the others nowadays, and especially those who cannot defend their good name anymore. What is hard it's to go and sacrifice so much, in such extreme conditions, like Mother Teresa and other sisters did, in the poorest slums, among lepers, rejected by everyone. There would always be such attacks and attempts to destroy and hate towards those that do such God's work like her. So of course, You can believe in everything You want, it's Your free will and Your opinion. I myself read even one or twice such "revelations" and Internet sensations about her, but I'm totally convinced - among others after reading her writings, and also taking into account that during the beatification and canonization processes, that are formalized and are conducted under detailed rules, after thorough investigations concerning the life of each beatified or canonized person - that's it's obviously not true. And if there are really proven any defraudations of money caused by her, the congregation would have to pay it back, even after her death, which just didn't happen. So that's my opinion. Afterall, we all know that she was so extremely rich, she lived in luxury and she was spending so much money on her pleasures, sure (it's of course irony). And we all know she received the Nobel Prize for nothing, was canonization for nothing, is revered much by so many people just for nothing, sure. But I don't say that You cannot believe in such defamations, it's a free world.
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  46. Well, of course we know the history. And these were really horrible things happening in the times of war, including the II WW. My country (in Europe) also suffered greatly during the II WW. It would be good that such things really do not happen again in the world.
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  47. I've also learned some Latin in my secondary school. I still remember some sentences from Latin readings, like for instance "Rosa pulchra est". Or a piece from Gaius Julius Caesar commentaries on the Gallic War. And later, I had to learn also some Latin legal maxims. Knowing some Latin makes it easier to learn some other languages, in particular Italian.
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  48. ​ @chillout914 Well, unfortunately it's not so easy. Because in some Western or Scandinavian European countries immigrants, despite of living for more decades or even generations there, do not want to assimilate at all, don't even respect legal order and values of these countries - which we can see in TV news, like riots on the streets, burning of cars, violence, security threats and so on. And also many do not really contribute to a state's economy, but just live of social benefits, not working. So this is indeed a complex, difficult and sensitive topic.
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  49.  @PigeonSpeaks  Unfortunately, such incentives, like for instance social benefits for families on every child which is born paid every month until the child is adult and other social benefits, also may appear not to really work. When such incentives are introduced, at the beginning there's a change visible, like the rising number of births, but then it appears to fall down again. So it is a difficult topic.
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  50. Where? In this video, are You sure? I think that maybe You mean the next one (about people coming from mixed families), not this one.
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