Avoid Linguistic Idolatry!
Jehovah deserves from us Mandarin field language learners the best Mandarin-speaking ability we can cultivate.—Mal. 1:6–8.
— tiandi, Links News (@TiandiLinksNews) March 16, 2023
To achieve this, avoid linguistic idolatry involving human-designed Chinese characters. Instead, use the abilities Jehovah built in to us to learn SPEECH. pic.twitter.com/JvyhCR6sms
Literal idolatry involves focusing on physical idols that are visible, instead of on the true God Jehovah, who is invisible.
— tiandi, Links News (@TiandiLinksNews) March 16, 2023
Linguistic idolatry with Chinese characters involves focusing on these characters that are visible, instead of on Mandarin speech, which is invisible.
