▲ American civilian Okay, fair enough my Korean friend. Here in America, at least for those of my fellow countrymen that have any regard and respect for our history, this title is antithetical to everything for which we fought a very costly war for liberation. No man has any greater station in life than another, simply due to the circumstances of his birth. Our country's founding was based upon the powerful principle, derived from a Holy God, of equality.
Capitalizing a word (as I have emphasized) only accentuates it. The only King I recognize is the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings, Jesus Christ. On this earth, there is no other king of any sort to which I would assign any honor or respect, as they are undeserving of it. The circumstances of their birth and any elevated position assigned to it means absolutely nothing to me. Nor, I can gently suggest from a biblical perspective, should it to you.
I thought about 's arguments.
He argued that America's freedom and equality originated from Christianity that believes in Jesus alone as God.
American history began when the Puritans migrated to the United States, fleeing the persecution of Catholic emperors, popes, and British kings in Europe.
The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant.[1] Puritanism played a significant role in English history, especially during the Protectorate.
Puritans were dissatisfied with the limited extent of the English Reformation and with the Church of England's toleration of certain practices associated with the Roman Catholic Church. They formed and identified with various religious groups advocating greater purity of worship and doctrine, as well as personal and corporate piety. Puritans adopted a Reformed theology and, in that sense, were Calvinists (as were many of their earlier opponents). In church polity, some advocated separation from all other established Christian denominations in favour of autonomous gathered churches. These Separatist and independent strands of Puritanism became prominent in the 1640s, when the supporters of a presbyterian polity in the Westminster Assembly were unable to forge a new English national church.
By the late 1630s, Puritans were in alliance with the growing commercial world, with the parliamentary opposition to the royal prerogative, and with the Scottish Presbyterians with whom they had much in common. Consequently, they became a major political force in England and came to power as a result of the First English Civil War (1642–1646). Almost all Puritan clergy left the Church of England after the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 and the 1662 Uniformity Act. Many continued to practice their faith in nonconformist denominations, especially in Congregationalist and Presbyterian churches.[2] The nature of the movement in England changed radically, although it retained its character for a much longer period in New England.
Puritanism was never a formally defined religious division within Protestantism, and the term Puritan itself was rarely used after the turn of the 18th century. Some Puritan ideals, including the formal rejection of Roman Catholicism, were incorporated into the doctrines of the Church of England; others were absorbed into the many Protestant denominations that emerged in the late 17th and early 18th centuries in North America and Britain. The Congregational churches, widely considered to be a part of the Reformed tradition, are descended from the Puritans.[3][4] Moreover, Puritan beliefs are enshrined in the Savoy Declaration, the confession of faith held by the Congregationalist churches.
I learned that the ancestors of modern Americans had come to America to escape the persecutions of the European overlords that loved. 😄
Perhaps among the overlords of Europe include the kings of England loved by ? 😳
I could understand a little if my American seniors showed a special loving interest in the overlords of the world.
It has been interesting to me that modern Americans have special feelings for European emperors, popes, kings and nobles.
I don't have fun with the American movie Star Wars, but I was surprised that modern Americans are enthusiastic about Star Wars.
boasted that his ancestors waged war against the king of British and contributed to American independence.
I've been reading articles by and
for a long time, discovering why Americans are crazy about Star Wars.
The confrontation between the Galactic Empire and the Republic symbolized the confrontation between the American Republic and the European Empire.
The republic's victory over the Galactic Empire in Star Wars was a symbol of American pride that the United States confronted Europe and won the final victory. 😄
Perhaps Americans watched Star Wars and felt that American republicanism and democracy were the best in the world.😄
However, an East Asian empire on the other side of the Pacific began to oppose the claims of the Americans.
The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE with the purpose of protecting the emperor in his afterlife.
The figures, dating from approximately the late third century BCE,[1] were discovered in 1974 by local farmers in Lintong County, outside Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. The figures vary in height according to their roles, with the tallest being the generals. The figures include warriors, chariots and horses. Estimates from 2007 were that the three pits containing the Terracotta Army held more than 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses, and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which remained buried in the pits near Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum.[2] Other terracotta non-military figures were found in other pits, including officials, acrobats, strongmen, and musicians.
秦始皇陵
The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (Qin Shi Huang) (Chinese: 秦始皇陵; pinyin: Qínshǐhuáng Líng) is located in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province of China. This mausoleum was constructed over 38 years, from 246 to 208 BC, and is situated underneath a 76-meter-tall tomb mound shaped like a truncated pyramid.[1] The layout of the mausoleum is modeled on the Qin capital Xianyang, divided into inner and outer cities. The circumference of the inner city is 2.5 km (1.55 miles) and the outer is 6.3 km (3.9 miles). The tomb is located in the southwest of the inner city and faces east. The main tomb chamber housing the coffin and burial artifacts is the core of the architectural complex of the mausoleum.
The tomb itself has not yet been excavated. Archaeological explorations currently concentrate on various sites of the extensive necropolis surrounding the tomb, including the Terracotta Army to the east of the tomb mound.[2] The Terracotta Army served as a garrison to the mausoleum and has yet to be completely excavated.[
Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇; lit.'First Emperor of Qin', 18 February 259 BC-10 September 210 BC), the first to unify China, created The Terracotta Army兵馬俑 to conquer the world after death.
Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇; lit. 'First Emperor of Qin', 18 February 259 BC – 10 September 210 BC) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of a unified China. From 247 to 221 BC he was Zheng, King of Qin (秦王政, Qín Wáng Zhèng, personal name 嬴政 Yíng Zhèng or 趙政 Zhào Zhèng). He became China's first emperor when he was 38 after the Qin had conquered all of the other Warring States and unified all of China in 221 BC.[2] Rather than maintain the title of "king" (王 wáng) borne by the previous Shang and Zhou rulers, he ruled as the First Emperor (始皇帝) of the Qin dynasty from 221 BC to 210 BC. His self-invented title "emperor" (皇帝 About this soundhuángdì) would continue to be borne by Chinese rulers for the next two millennia.
During his reign, his generals greatly expanded the size of the Chinese state: campaigns south of Chu permanently added the Yue lands of Hunan and Guangdong to the Chinese cultural orbit; campaigns in Central Asia conquered the Ordos Loop from the nomad Xiongnu, although eventually it would also lead to their confederation under Modu Chanyu.
Qin Shi Huang also worked with his minister Li Si to enact major economic and political reforms aimed at the standardization of the diverse practices of the earlier Chinese states.[2] He is traditionally said to have banned and burned many books and executed scholars. His public works projects included the unification of diverse state walls into a single Great Wall of China and a massive new national road system, as well as the city-sized mausoleum guarded by the life-sized Terracotta Army. He ruled until his death in 210 BC during his fourth tour of Eastern China.
Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇; lit.'First Emperor of Qin', 18 February 259 BC-10 September 210 BC) became China's first emperor and son of heaven(Chinese: 天子; pinyin: Tiānzǐ) . Since then, all Chinese emperors have become the only masters and gods of the world.
Son of Heaven, or Tianzi (Chinese: 天子; pinyin: Tiānzǐ), was the sacred imperial title of the Chinese emperor. It originated with the ancient Zhou dynasty and was founded on the political and spiritual doctrine of the Mandate of Heaven. The secular imperial title of the Son of Heaven was "Emperor of China".
The title, "Son of Heaven", was subsequently adopted by other East Asian monarchs to justify their rule.
The Son of Heaven was the supreme universal emperor, who ruled tianxia (means "all under heaven"). His status is rendered in English as "ruler of the whole universe" or "ruler of the whole world."[1] The title, "Son of Heaven", was interpreted literally only in China and Japan, whose monarchs were referred to as demigods, deities, or "living gods", chosen by all the ancient gods and goddesses
Chinese folk religion, also known as popular religion, is a polyphyletic term used to describe the diversity of practices in areas generally termed "religion", of persons of Chinese heritage, including the Chinese diaspora. Vivienne Wee described it as "an empty bowl, which can variously be filled with the contents of institutionalized religions such as Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, the Chinese syncretic religions."[1] This may include the veneration of forces of nature and ancestors, exorcism of demonic forces, and a belief in the rational order of nature, balance in the universe and reality that can be influenced by human beings and their rulers, as well as spirits and gods.[2] Worship is devoted to a multiplicity of gods and immortals (Chinese: 神; pinyin: shén), who can be deities of phenomena, of human behaviour, or progenitors of lineages. Stories regarding some of these gods are collected into the body of Chinese mythology. By the 11th century (Song period), these practices had been blended with Buddhist ideas of karma (one's own doing) and rebirth, and Taoist teachings about hierarchies of Gods, to form the popular religious system which has lasted in many ways until the present day.[3] Since the 1950s, Chinese folk-religion is also sometimes referred to as Shenism or Shénism (Chinese: Shén-jiào, 神教).[4][5][6] In this context, shen refers to a spirit or a deity. The term 'Shenism' was first used by A. J. A Elliot in 1955.[7] The term 'Chinese folk religion' is not used inside China.
The Mandate of Heaven (Chinese: 天命; pinyin: Tiānmìng; Wade–Giles: T'ien-ming, literally "Heaven's will") is a Chinese political and religious teaching that was used in ancient and imperial China to justify the rule of the King or Emperor of China. According to this belief, Heaven (天, Tian) embodies the natural order and the will of the just ruler of China, the "Son of Heaven" of the "Celestial Empire". If a ruler was overthrown, this was interpreted as an indication that the ruler was unworthy, and had lost the mandate. It was also a common belief that natural disasters such as famine and flood were divine retributions bearing signs of Heaven's displeasure with the ruler, so there would often be revolts following major disasters as the people saw these calamities as signs that the Mandate of Heaven had been withdrawn.
The Mandate of Heaven does not require a legitimate ruler to be of noble birth but how well that person can rule, depending on the just and able performance of the rulers and their heirs. Chinese dynasties such as the Han and Ming were founded by men of common origins, but they were seen as having succeeded because they had gained the Mandate of Heaven. The concept is in some ways similar to the European concept of the divine right of kings; however, unlike the European concept, it does not confer an unconditional right to rule. Intrinsic to the concept of the Mandate of Heaven was the right of rebellion against an unjust ruler. The Mandate of Heaven was often invoked by philosophers and scholars in China as a way to curtail the abuse of power by the ruler, in a system that had few other checks. Chinese historians interpreted a successful revolt as evidence that Heaven had withdrawn its mandate from the ruler. Throughout Chinese history, times of poverty and natural disasters were often taken as signs that heaven considered the incumbent ruler unjust and thus in need of replacement.
The concept of the Mandate of Heaven was first used to support the rule of the kings of the Zhou dynasty (1046–256 BC), and legitimize their overthrow of the earlier Shang dynasty (1600–1069 BC). It was used throughout the history of China to legitimize the successful overthrow and installation of new emperors, including by non-Han Chinese monarchs such as the Qing (1636–1912).
For 3,000 years, Chinese emperors have proclaimed themselves as the sons of gods, chosen by the gods.
The Internationale played in memory at conference celebrating Karl Marx’s 200th birth anniversary
Xi Jinping now claims to be the orthodox successor of the Chinese emperors with a tradition and history of 3000 years.
Xi Jinping claims to be the chosen successor of 's most beloved overlords: Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Mao Zedong.😄
In particular, Xi Jinping emphasizes the fact that he is the successor of the European overlords and insists that he deserves to be the emperor of Europe.
Currently, the emperor of the Chinese Empire serves five gods, including Marx.
However, from the point of view of my esteemed senior , the emperor of China may be seen as an evil idolater serving European and Chinese demons?
From my point of view, I was convinced that a religious war between the United States and China is beginning.
Those who win the new war will rule over the next millennium!
Who will be the masters of the new millennial kingdom?