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| 870033 |
IMEX American Classic Trucks - American Stake Pickup Truck (1:87 Scale Die-cast Model, Red) 870033 |
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| 870197 |
IMEX American Classic Trucks - International CO190 Max Grocery Box Truck (1:87 Scale Die-cast Model, Orange) 870197 |
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| 870040 |
IMEX American Classic Trucks - CO 16 Fire Dept Water Tanker Truck (1:87 Scale Die-cast Model, Red) 870040 |
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| 870026 |
IMEX American Classic Trucks - Ford Franklin Union Box Truck (1:87 Scale Die-cast Model, White) 870026 |
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| 870165 |
IMEX Classic Trucking - Ford Texaco Fire Chief Gasoline Pickup Truck (1:87 Scale Die-cast Model, Red) 870165 |
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| 870043 |
IMEX American Classic Trucks - Ford US Forest Service Stake Truck (1:87 Scale Die-cast Model, Green) 870043 |
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| 5325D |
Kinsmart - Chevrolet Bel Air Fire Chief (1957, 1:40, Red) 5325D |
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| 5335D |
Kinsmart - Audi TT Coupe Hard Top (2008, 1:32, Asstd.) 5335D |
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God and the Art of Toy and Diecast Marketing
A Compass to Differentiate Right from Wrong
By Lu Su
If you embark on any journey, whether it be a physical or spiritual journey, you need to bring some gear to help you on the journey. Whether it be a physical or spiritual journey, one important piece of equipment is a compass. In a physical journey, having an unchanging device that always tells you which way is North is important. Once you know which way is North, you automatically know which direction is South or East or West.But what tool do we have to help us on our spiritual journey?
Like a compass that constantly points North, it seems to me that it would be very beneficial to us if we also had a device that was unchanging and allowed us to get our bearings -especially in figuring out what path to take. The above is a relevant question because there are multiple spiritual paths to take. This includes the couch potato path in not taking one, which is also a spiritual path.
If you have been with me on this journey, I hope in my essay Infinite Paths to God, has convinced you that NOT all paths can be correct. Obviously, some paths are wrong. So when it comes to a spiritual journey, what tool(s) can we employ (or is it deploy?) in order to discern the right or best path? Do we use one or more of our physical senses (i.e. touch, sight, taste, sound)? I would argue the answer is "No." None of those tools are consistently reliable and I'm not even sure how I could use these senses to discern right and wrong.
Just two nights ago, I was in a bar/grille in Northhampton, MA with my oldest and dearest friend, and this very question surfaced. My friend has a very different world view than myself. From what I can tell, my friend is theistic but takes on more of a Hindu/Buddhist perspective on morality and destiny.
"How do you differentiate between right and wrong?" I asked my friend whose ancestors came from south India. The question surfaced while we were eating these spicy chicken wings. While my mouth was on fire, he ate them with no eye tearing, nose blowing, or the need of copious amounts of water.
He replied, "I use my feelings and what seems logical to me."
We should use our feelings and sense of logic to help us determine right and wrong, but those two tools alone cannot serve as our compass; because our feelings and logic can be totally wrong at times. In my essay Let's Make a Deal and Pretty Small Odds, I hope to have convinced you that our feelings and what seems logically correct can betray us. Here I posed a very simple question that the great majority of people will answer incorrectly and thus take them down the wrong path.
Besides, if feelings and logic was the ultimate tool for us to use in determining the right and wrong, won't this get us in trouble? Whose feelings and sense of logic should we use? Yours? Mine? Adolf Hitler's'? You might "feel" that something is wrong, but I might "feel" that something is right. Who is to say whose feelings are correct? One of my favorite theologians makes an argument that some people like to eat with their new neighbors and some people like to eat their new neighbors -both based on feelings. Do you have a preference?
Feelings and our sense of logic CANNOT serve as our compass on our spiritual journey. TRUTH needs to be our spiritual compass. Truth is unchanging and consistently points in one direction. Once you arrive at the truth, you can then differentiate between right and wrong. What is true is vital for our spiritual journey as well as our daily lives. You would not be able to operate your business if your customers, suppliers, and employees sporadically told you the truth.
Today we seem to be much less active in pursuing Truth. The old great philosophers like Plato and Aristotle were focused on understanding and pursing Truth. They realized that the ultimate philosophy is the pursuit of Truth. All philosophy stems from this concept. I guess In our "busy" world of apps, ring tones and Face Book, we get distracted and believe we no longer need to pursue Truth.
One of America's finest and most prestigious institutions called Harvard has a motto. Harvard's motto is "Veritas " (Latin for Truth). It is taken from the university's original motto " Veritas pro Christo et ecclesia " (Truth for Christ and his Church.) The original version still appears on some gates at Harvard and in buildings on campus. But the institution has dropped the last part of their original motto.
I guess as our country and culture becomes more secular, it will continue to rid itself of Jesus Christ (God). It seems every year we are telling God to get out of our universities, school systems, court systems, federal, state, and local governments. I would not be surprised if one day we remove God from our airways, the Pledge of Allegiance, and our currency. Since nature abhors a vacuum, I wonder what will replace God -perhaps we'll replace it with "In our feelings and sense of logic we trust".
Although Americans seem less and less attracted in pursuing Truth, I want to argue that it is still the best and only accurate compass to use in guiding us on our spiritual journey. So how did Harvard get this motto of Truth for Christ and his Church motto in the first place? I think it originated from this statement from Jesus Christ.
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." -John 14:6
I want to point out some very significant things from this single statement.
1. This is either a true or false statement.
2. The way logic works is if ANY part of the statement is false, the conclusion is false.
3. Jesus is claiming three things here (i.e. way, truth and life). Here Jesus is saying he IS the Truth. This is a very different claim than all other religious founders who claim to point the way to Truth. Jesus is claiming he is the embodiment of Truth. This is actually a mind boggling and very bold claim.
3. Jesus is claiming that there is a single path to God -only through him.
If I've convinced you that Truth is the best compass to use on our spiritual journey, then the life of Jesus Christ should at least be explored to the point where you can determine the first point.
