Vertu Ltd, an independently run subsidiary of Nokia - offering hand-crafted cellular phones, adorned with gold or platinum, and costing as much as a typical family car. Vertu sells its phone range at its stores in some of the most exclusive shopping areas in the United States, Europe and Asia.
However, after looking at the specs - besides outstanding capacity (PIM contacts and memory), better screens and luxury hardware, there is nothing in particular that really stands out.
Its sort of the same thing between drinking orange juice from a plastic cup or drinking the same fluid out of another made in platinum.
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You did not hurt me at all. I love debating/exchanging ideas intellectually and getting other points of view other than my own. Only then, can I increase my own understanding.
I will address what I am doing. This blog is only the tip of the iceberg of who I am. There are who facets to my personality that I have chosen not to display here. This blog is mostly concerned about my PERSONAL search/quest for meaning in life, and I am finding it through the message of grace that is Christ loving me when I am unlovable. As I wrestle with this, I put my thoughts and feelings about this on my blog, hence the name: adventures in god, searching for him, a wild goose chase. I want to live a well rounded life as an intellectual, traveler, poet, designer, cinema lover, friend, cyclist etc but always displaying this grace and even trying to understand it intellectually as well as just taking it in faith. This grace is the true message of Jesus. All faiths have virtues, creeds, justice, and truth, but Jesus speaks merely of receiving the love that God has for us. Accepting it, not earning it or making ourselves worthy of it. And frankly, accepting something we have not earned or are not worthy of is not an easy thing for most of us.
In truth, grace is both utterly simple and utterly confounding. Little by little, Yancey guides us into a clearer understanding of grace by using stories, in much the same way Jesus did. We read stories of both grace and ungrace at work in people's lives. Sadly, it is stories of ungrace that are more prevalent today, the current culture wars painful acknowledgments of ungrace in our lives as Christians in this country. Yancey helps us understand that ungrace is that state of being in which self-righteousness and pride are a result of thinking that we have somehow earned God's approval and may now stand in judgment in his behalf.
You know do not need to tell me about tolerance, although I understand the need for caution. As you have put it, at times, people have used religion as an excuse for gross atrocities. I just watched the movie kingdom of heaven and I see men searching for meaning and trying to use faith to justify their actions. It is just one more example. I grew up in Africa, that is mostly Islamic and many my dearest and closest friends are Muslims and I respect them utterly. In addition, admire them intellectually and despair that a lot of my fellow Christians have given up that aspect; thinking critically. If you look at my blog from the very beginning, you will see this playing out. I lash out at Christians more than any other group for their hypocrisy. I am not even trying to evangelize with my blog. I am putting my personal struggles on display. Hope that makes sense. Thanks for the sincere thoughts.
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