A wise king was growing old and had no heir to his thrown. He summoned the three wisest men in the kingdom and decided to put them to a test, to determine the wisest and thus the next king. \nHe put them to sit down in a triangle facing each other and said that he was going to blind fold them and paint either a red or green dot on their foreheads, such that they can see everyone elses dot but not their own. Then when he reomves the blindfold, if they see a green dot on anyone's head they have to raise their hands, and when they could tell the color of the dot on their own head, stand up and say so. HE BLIND FOLDS THEM AND PAINTED GREEN DOTS ON ALL THEIR HEADS.\nHe removed the blind fold, and everyone put up their hands, after a couple of seconds one man stood up and said "Ihave a green dot on my head"
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It's not just a question of puzzle logic, but also a question of people logic. It works like this.\n\nSince all 3 of the men raised their hand, they could all see at least one green dot. By this, they could all determine that there were at least 2 green dots. That's the puzzle logic part.\n\nFor the people logic, you have to remember that all three of the men were wise and probably came to the first conclusion immediately. However, they hesitated for a couple of seconds after their blindfolds were removed. This hesitation is important.\n\nThey all knew there were at least 2 green dots. So, if any of them could see a red dot, then he would have said immediately "I have a green dot". After all, if there must be two green dots and he (any of the wise men) could see only one, then he could easily conclude that the second green dot is on his own forehead.\n\nNone of them did that. They each saw 2 green dots which was the minimum amount that could be there according to the puzzle logic. So, they didn't know if the dot on their own forehead was green or red. Since they all hesitated, the one man who stood up concluded that the other two were having the same issue of seeing two green dots that he was. The only way that could happen was if all three dots were green.
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In the past, there was a Ch'an master who had three disciples. One day, two of them got into a heated argument. One of them went to the Master, stated his case and asked if he was right or not. The Master replied: "Yes, you are right." The monk then went back outside and told the other two monks. The other monk who had participated in the argument didn't believe him and went to see the Master himself. After stating his argument, the Master told him that he was correct. Upon hearing this the third monk was confused, thinking it's impossible that both monks are right. Thereupon, he also went to see the Master and asked: "Isn't one right and the other wrong." The Master replied: "Yes, you are right." The three monks then went to see the master to ask how it was possible for all three of them to be right. Had he made a mistake? No, all of them had been right.\nThis story illustrates that it is meaningless to get into any kind of argument. In this world, there is no absolute truth. From the Buddhist point of view everything in the world is impermanent and conditioned and therefore can only be considered from a comparative or relative point of view. When we judge one thing to be better than another we always do so from a relative or comparative standpoint. The Enlightened mind, which sees things as they really are, does not attach to any particular thing as being the absolute truth nor does it reject any particular thing as not being the absolute truth.
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"funny" King Saul did the same with the Witch of Endor\n\nto answer: \nJohn 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. \n\nMen rather seek man, then God for light. God is truth, and the truth hurts
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He asks one of the person, "Which road will the other man tell me leading to X?"\n\nJust take the opposite road.. Simple..\n\nJustification:\nIf the man was truthteller, then the other man would have told the person the wrong way and so the truthteller would also tell him the wrong way..\n\nIf the man was the liar, then the truthteller would have told the right way but the liar would tell the other way round to the traveller, hence the wrong...\n\nSo whatever answer the traveller gets for this question, he goes the opposite way.
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He is trying to state that Prophets do not make their own prophecies, but they come from God.\n\nHope this helped. God Bless You.
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Acts 8:9  But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:\n10  To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.\n11  And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.\n12  But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.\n13  Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.\n\nOf course he was treated fairly.  He was shown his mistake and allowed to change from the error of his ways.\n\nMagicians can't do miracles.  Only God can do those or empower others to do them.
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hahahah......agreed the joke is long, but worth reading it......hilarious one......LOL\n\nYou can make this joke a bit short by editing . I have tried with the first para and see the difference....you can save  one line.\n\nJack decided to go skiing with his buddy, Bob. So they loaded up Jack's minivan and headed north. After driving for a few hours, they got caught in a terrible blizzard. So they pulled into a nearby farm and asked the attractive lady who answered the door if they could spend the night.
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From the King James Verson in Matthew 15:14\n\n"Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."\n\nIn the Webster version the quote is:\n\n"Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leadeth the blind, both will fall into the ditch."
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1s, there were 2 people, dreamwalker and miss 3na. dreamwalker was 4ing for her but tried to 5 his feelings. he 6 for her name for 7al days. he w8ed 9 and day. 10 su10ly, he saw almost the 9est mes8es for the whole day. his longing for 7al days was answered by the words he 6. he tried to 5 down, but he can't. then he 4ed all his emotions 3ple time in2 1 story.\n\nthis is the story he wrote...
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Um no\nbelieve in Him for can you to tell the sun to rise?Can you tell the clouds to rain? Did you make the stars shine in the night time sky? Were you there when He layed the foundations of the heavens and the earth? Mad all the animals in their various ways? Did the ocean come from your womb? Did you incept your soul? Do the heavens obey your commands? Have you raised the dead? Have you told the earth to quake? Has your only Son been Crucified so our sins may be forgiven? Can you bind the Pleiades? Have you let the wild donkey free? Have you cut the channels for the rain, a path for the thunderstorm? Have you fathered the rain and the dew? Have you fixed limits for the seas and told its waves to halt? Were you there when the morning stars snag together and the angels lept in joy? Did you shut up the sea in its gates? Haave you been shown the gates of the shadow of death? Jave you jjourneyed to the springs of the ses or walked in the recesses of the deep? What is the way to the abode of light? Where does darkness reside? What is the way to the place from which the lightning is spread over the earth? Have you been to the origins of the east winds? Have you seen the storehouses of the snow and hail? Have you ever give orders to the morning, or shown dawn its place? Have you the wisdom to count the clouds or the stars in their glory? Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you loose the bounds of orion, or bring the constellations forth in their seasons? Do you provide food to the raven when its young cry out in hunger?\nCan you tip the waterjars of the heavens when the dust grows hard? Have you made the desert wastes sprout with grass? DO you send the lightning forth and it reports back to you saying i am here? Do you command the gates of death? Can you take away the labor pains of the sheep on the mountain and the doe in the forest? Do you satisfy the hunger of the lions as they wait in the thicket? Did you set up Gods dominion over the Earth? Can you look on proud and haughty men and bring them low? Can your voice thunder from the clouds? Did yyou give the horse his strngth or the hawk its wisdom? Are you a Savior of Man, the Son of God? Does the moon stay in its orbit and shine every night because you told it to? Can you block out the light of the sun and rein in the moon? Will show all the world your glory, and slay many from your words? Can you judge all peoples and bring them to eternal life or forced to bring them to eternal damnation?....................... He has, He is, and He will forever.\nI believe because I chose my path, which is the only to salvation, that is, through The Lord Almighty, Jesus Christ.
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Here's a joke for ya:-\n\n\nOnce upon a time there was a Prince who, through\nno fault of his own was cast under a spell by an\nevil witch.\nThe curse was that the Prince could speak only\none word each year. However, he could save up\nthe words so that if he did not speak for a whole\nyear, then the following year he was allowed to\nspeak two words. (This was before the time of\nletter writing or sign language.)\nOne day he met a beautiful princess (ruby lips,\ngolden hair, sapphire eyes,) and fell madly in love.\nWith the greatest difficulty he decided to refrain\nfrom speaking for two whole years so that he could\nlook at her and say "my darling".\nBut at the end of the two years he wished to tell\nher that he loved her.\nBecause of this he waited three more years\nwithout speaking\n(bringing the total number of silent years to 5).\nBut at the end of these five years he realized that\nhe had to ask her to marry him.\nSo he waited ANOTHER four years without\nspeaking.\n\nFinally as the ninth year of silence ended, his joy\nknew no bounds.\n\nLeading the lovely princess to the most secluded\nand romantic place in that beautiful royal garden\nthe prince heaped a hundred red roses on her lap,\nknelt before her, and taking her hand in his, said\nhuskily,\n"My darling,I love you! Will you marry me?"\nAnd the princess tucked a strand of golden hair\nbehind a dainty ear,\nopened her sapphire eyes in wonder, and parting\nher ruby lips, said:\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\nscroll down.............\n\n3 hours ago\nWell, guess what she said ..........\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.......come on, guess what could she have\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\nsaid..............\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n...........well, she said..............\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n.\n\n"Pardon??''\n\n=============================\n\n::There goes another 9 Yearx...::
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For decades, two heroic statues, one male and one female, faced each other in a city park, until one day an angel came down from heaven.\n\n"You've been such exemplary statues," he announced to them, "That I'm going to give you a special gift. I'm going to bring you both to life for thirty minutes, in which you can do anything you want." And with a clap of his hands, the angel brought the statues to life.\n\nThe two approached each other a bit shyly, but soon dashed for the bushes, from which shortly emerged a good deal of giggling, laughter, and shaking of branches. Fifteen minutes later, the two statues emerged from the bushes, wide grins on their faces.\n\n"You still have fifteen more minutes," said the angel, winking at them.\n\nGrinning even more widely the female statue turned to the male statue and said, "Great! Only this time you hold the pigeon down and I'll crap on it's head."
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This story (2 Kings 2:23-25), like the one about Elijah and the captains (2 Kings 1), is preserved for us in Scripture to convey a popular understanding of the dignity of the prophet. Told in popular vein, it becomes a caricature, in which neither Elisha nor the bears behave in character.\n\nThe story in 2 Kings 1 was told among the people to enhance the dignity of the prophet and to reflect the power of God whom he served. The prophet Elijah was well aware of the mercy which God extends even to the wicked. "Then the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, 'Have you seen that Ahab has humbled himself before me? Since he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his time. I will bring the evil upon his house during the reign of his son.'" 1 Kings 21:28-29.\n\nSee also the contrasting narrative in 2 Kings 4.
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Philip one of the disciples ask  Jesus to show them the Father. And Jesus answered him: 'have I been w/ you for just a short time, how come you are asking me to show you the father? Those who have seen me has seen the Father. If you don't believe me, then believe in the WORKS that I did'.\n\nIn short Jesus was telling the disciples that he did what his Father would have done if He came to earth. Just like a son, doing the works of a father--we say: 'like father, like son'.
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I think the second time around the man should pull his waist line out for the donkey to actually see. How could the donkey see if the man was whispering in his ear? I know it could be implied it was done afterwards but the joke would run smoother if it were rewritten. Still not a bad joke. It's been a while since I've heard it.
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Festus lumbered up to Doc and said, "Doc! Come quick! He beat Matthew up somethin' awful!\n Doc replied, "Now, Festus, don't you be lyin' to me. I'll get on you like ugly on an ape."\n Festus snorted, "Doc, if I'm lyin', I'm dyin'! Some feller named Liberace tried to get too close to Miss Kitty. Somethin' about askin' about make-up tips or some nonsense. Matthew took it the wrong way, and said, "Mister, I don't know when you rolled into town, but you better watch yourself."\n That Liberace feller told him, "It was about the same time that Mama's old sow had that record litter of pigs, that's when I got here!" And then he commenced to whoopin' up on ol' Matt. He left ol' Matthew a layin' on the floor of the Long Branch, I tell ya! The last thing I heard before I came lookin' fer you was Miss Kitty sayin', "Matt, do you know how I worry about you?"\n Doc said, "come on, Festus, let's go give it a look." They went to the Long Branch, and sure enough, there laid ol' Matthew out on the floor with 2 black eyes. Doc cried, "Matt, you shoulda known better than to tangle with that varmint! Well...fiddle...don't you see?"\n Matt replied, "No, Doc, actually, I CAN'T see. Both my eyes are swelled shut!"
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There was a man who had worked all of his life, had saved all of his money, and was a real miser when it came to his money.\n \nJust before he died, he said to his wife, "When I die, I want you to take all my money and put it in the casket with me.  I want to take my money to the afterlife with me."\n \nAnd so he got his wife to promise him with all of her heart that when he died she would put all of the money in the casket with him.\n \nWell, he died.\n \nHe was stretched out in the casket, his wife was sitting there in black, and her friend was sitting next to her.\n \nWhen they finished the ceremony, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said, "Wait just a minute!"\n \nShe had a box with her, she came over with the box and put it in the casket.\n \nThen the undertakers locked the casket down and they rolled it away.\n \nSo her friend said, "Girl, I know you weren't fool enough to put all that money in there with your husband."\n \nThe loyal wife replied "Listen, I'm a Christian, I can't go back on my word.  I promised him that I was going to put that money in that casket with him."\n \n"You mean to tell me you put all that money in the casket with him!!!!?"\n \n"I sure did," said the wife.  "I got it all together, put it into my account and wrote him a check.  If he can cash it, he can spend it."