English vs Spanish

[Caroline]

hey Jamie,
that is not what the verse really means. Like you said, it is dangerous to interpret things without looking at the context, that is why it is important to at least read the chapter before and the chapter after the verse, so you can get the context of it. What James is trying to say with that verse is that you should demonstrate your faith by your works. It doesn't have to do with the doctrine of Justification explained by Paul in the book of Romans. Perhaps if they had used a different word than "justified" on the translation of that verse, that wouldn't cause so much confusion.
Anyway, you can find a better explanation of that on this link: http://www.carm.org/questions/faithorworks.htm

Also, because I work for this web site, I do not want people thinking I'm using it to try to evangelize instead of teaching English, but because there seems to be an interest on this subject I just created a website so we can freely talk about it. So if you would like to reply to my post, please do it over there. I extend the invitation to anybody else that is interested in this topic and wants to talk about it more. Here is the link to the web site:
http://www.xanga.com/morningstar_cb
If it requires for you to set up an account in order to post a comment over there, and you do not wish to do so, you can try just leaving a message on my guestbook or e-mailing me and I publish my answer over there.
The e-mail you can use is: morningstar_cb@hotmail.com also set up just for this purpose.
This is my last post on this topic over here. Thanks for your understanding!

[Dankles]

Hey all, I'm a USA citizen but I lived in Honduras for 2 years. I'm very fluent in Spanish from that. But my point in posting is that I met many people in Central America that had once lived in the United States (most of them illegally) for 1 to 10 years that don't know any English. But the ones that come legally do seem to learn English. I don't really know why this is, but it's true. I was with people every day all day in my work down there and that seemed to be the trend.
I also think that English has become so popular because most Americans refuse to learn any other language and that forces others to learn English. We get taught Spanish or French or German or what ever in our public schools, but most people don't seem to care about "Really Learning" a new language.
Any ways... thanks for listening to me :) and good luck with your studies

[Prezbucky]

[Jorge_Carrillo]

Quizá el español no sea una lengua que el estadaunidense promedio desearía aprender más por la rivalidd histórica entre las culturas Católica-Hispánica y la cultura Protestantes-Anglosajona, sin embargo existe una palabra en español que cualquier estadaunidense tiene que aprender. América.

Perhaps Spanish is not a language that average USA citizen would like to learn, more because of the historical rivalry between both cultures, in one side, Catholics-Spanish and in the other side Protestants-Anglosajons, However there is a spanish word that every USA Citizen have to learn, America.

And also we can see in all Airports of USA and Mexico, signals in both languages, Speaking Spanish do not prives hispnics from the so called "american dream", which by the way has become the morgage nightmare.

[Jamie (K)]

Spanish is the most commonly taught foreign language in the US, but most people don't remember it after they learn it, because it's not that useful here. Competition between Catholics and Protestants is not an issue at all in the US anymore, so that explains nothing about any problem an English speaker might have with Spanish.

You're wrong that all US airports have signs and announcements in both English and Spanish. In my large city, the announcements are usually in English, Japanese and Chinese, and occasionally German. They are almost never in Spanish.

[Kkebe]

English Vs Spanish

I have read all the discussion, and I found it very interesting. I personally do not believe Spanish will replace the English language.
I learned that the language will become dominant when spoken by the powerful leaders or organization. Because language is the way of life, style, and it will be imposed on others. Sometimes, language can be replaced completely. For example, Native American languages were replaced by English and Spanish as the result of colonization.
English is a dominant language and acceptable almost all over the world, although, if you speak more than one languages, you will have a good job opportunity.
I would love to learn Spanish language. I took Spanish I and II a few years ago, but I do not remember anything at all. I do not have anybody to practice with. Maybe if I start taking Zumba class, I will find friends to practice Spanish language.
I will be grateful for your comment.
Thank you,

Kkebe