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I was born in Hong Kong. My father named me Ying Tung. It means something like "should pass through" (with no problem). It probably has some kind of Buddhist significance.

No, see How much does drinking become sin?

It depends on the individual. Titus 2: 1 Peter 5: Strong's Greek: 3525. νήφω (néphó) — 6 Occurrences HELPS Word-studies: 1 Thessalonians 5: When one is no longer sober-minded and has lost control, then he is drunk. How do we judge that? The line is not really that clear-cut. There are...

It could be a sin, depending on the intention/attitude of the speaker.

CERN: NASA: Job 38: Genesis 1: Was this the invisible dark earth, the foundation of the earth? Did angels exist at this point? Were these dark waters made of dark matter and dark photons? Could angels be composed of dark matter and dark energy before physical space-time existed? Angels in...

I don't, and I didn't let my kids say that when living under my roof. Having said that, when other people say it, Christians or not, they don't bother me. The phrase by itself does not violate the commandment: You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain. It is not what you say but...

Within 4 centuries, the early church arrived at a consensus: Today, however, different denominations accept different sets of books in the general NT canon. howstuffworks: Personally, I do not dismiss any book but I put my highest weight on the 66 books and less weight on other books. Wiki...

What does "gates" mean? NIV Matthew 16: I.e., The church will overcome the gates of Hades. The gates represent the entrance and exit points of the stronghold of Hades. Hades is compared to a city. The gates are the positions reinforced by powerful defenses. The church represents the Kingdom...

New World Translation, Matthew 27: Thayer's Greek Lexicon: an upright stake, especially a pointed one (Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon). a cross. The Greek is ambiguous, New International Version: Was Jesus nailed on an I-shaped stake or a T-shaped cross? There are clues that point...

Thanks for the verse references. This is how to do referencing in a scholarly manner: Display and indent the quoted text. Selectively bold the relevant keywords that are important to the point that you are making. No need to bold the entire sentence. Have a laser-sharp focus. Be concise and...

Right, and this is the last time I am asking you: According to your bet, mathematically and scientifically, your faith is worth $1 in this case. Do you care to increase the value of your faith by increasing your bet?

Yes, Douay-Rheims Bible, Gen 9: The word for "soul" is H5315, נָ֫פֶשׁ, nephesh. It appears 754 times. NASB translated it as soul (238), life (146), person (68). Brown-Driver-Briggs: Aramaic Bible in Plain English, Prov 12: Do animals possess nephesh-souls? Yes. See also Do pets go to heaven?.

Right. According to your bet, mathematically and scientifically, your faith is worth $1 in this case. Do you care to increase the value of your faith by increasing your bet?

At this point, I am not asking for logical explanations. Please focus on the following: Let proposition P1 = Mary is the Mother of God. P2 = Mary is not the Mother of God. Between 0 and 10, how much weight do you put on each of the above propositions? The stronger your belief in a proposition...

Salt was and is a preservative. Mark 9: Everyone will be preserved after having successfully gone through fiery trials.. Let's see the parallelism: Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with each other Salt is the preservative of peace among salted Christians...

Let proposition P1 = Mary is the Mother of God. P2 = Mary is not the Mother of God. Between 0 and 10, how much weight do you put on each of the above propositions? The stronger your belief in a proposition, the higher the weight.

Disclaimer: I am not against people using the term Mother of God. I neither believe nor disbelieve that Mary is the Mother of God. The term/string "Mother of God" is not written in the Bible. Further, Matthew 12: When it comes to doctrines, I'd rather stick to the wording of the Bible. See...

Right, I use 2 Timothy 3:15-17 as well. It is included in my hermeneutics.

There is a mathematical way to do it. See Subjective (Bayesian) Probability and betting

My point was written as the last sentence in the OP: