Sorry, I don’t know the answer to this one. Let me know if you do! (Now I wonder if Google knows), but play fair, without Google. I still don’t know. I’ll wait 4 weeks (9-11-17) before giving the agreed-upon answer from you. P.S. It’s okay to use the Bible.
God made Adam out of the dust,
But thought it best to make me first.
So I was made before the man,
according to God’s Holy plan.
My whole body God made complete,
without arms, or hands or feet.
My ways and acts did God control,
but in my body He placed no soul.
A living being I became,
and Adam gave to me a name.
Then from his presence I withdrew,
for this man Adam I never knew.
All my Master’s laws I do obey,
and from these laws I never sray.
Thousands of me go in fear,
but seldom on the earth appear.
Later, for a purpose God did see,
He placed a living soul in me.
But that soul f mne God had to claim,
and from me took it back again.
But when from me this soul had fled,
I was the same as when first made.
Without arms, legs, feet, or soul,
I travel on from pole to pole.
My labors are from day to night,
and to men I once furnished light.
Thousands of people, both yung and old
did by my death bright lihts behold.
No right or wrong can I conceive;
the Bible and its teachings I can’t believe.
The fear of death doesn’t trouble me;
pure happiness I will never see.
And up in Heaven I can never go,
nor in the grave nor hell below.
So get your Bible and read with care;
you’ll find my name recorded there.
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This puzzle was written by a lady in California in 1890 in response to a gentleman in Philadelphia, who said that he would pay $1,000 to anyone who could write a puzzle that he could not solve. He failed to do so, and paid the lady $1,000…
The answer is one word, five letters long, and appears only four times in the King James version of the Bible. An 8-year old boy figured out the puzzle. Can you? Good hunting.
I never came up with the answer. A friend I showed it to immediately said “whale,” which was correct. For the answer, I wrote my niece who had originally sent it to me about 10 years ago, without the answer but saying she knew what it was…..My how time flies! So no one in blogland gets the $10,000 prize. Better luck next time!
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Campus Pride today releases its 2017 Shame List highlighting for the second year in a row a national listing of “The Absolute Worst Campuses for LGBTQ Youth.” Up from 102 campuses last year, the national listing includes 139 campuses that openly discriminate against LGBTQ youth in policies, programs and practices as documented on the site listing. Find the detailed list online at
You: Depends who I was talking to.
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Sep 06 · 01:48:27 PM
There is an old joke that if you are not depressed, you are simply not paying attention… and I submit that most of the time people are not paying attention, and that is how we keep finding ourselves here, over and over again.
Be that as it may, every morning the sun shines, the rain falls, and the tide goes in and out, the birds sing, and people help each other, and babies are born, and people fall in love. It is beyond doubt a beautiful world, and one well worth saving. I know that I made a conscious choice to come here, to see that this beautiful place becomes the garden it was meant to be, whether this means the human race lives here, or not. When I bring my attention to the beauty and sacredness of this Earth, and of every star and universe, I feel connected to it all, one grateful drop in an ocean of love. When I focus on human affairs, it is easy to become discouraged and depressed, so as often as I can, I return to my meditation practice and I get outside and feel the beauty. Music helps. Helping others helps too. We are all here together experiencing life, and we have a choice mainly whether we bring love, or fear, hope or despair, to ourselves and to others each day. So don’t feel bad about being depressed — it is a part of being conscious, just like joy. i find the best I can do is remember that the choice of what I put my attention on and my energy in is mine, in every moment.
So, fellow traveler, I hear you, and I send you a little light to start your day, and I thank you for all you have done in 72 years to bless this little planet, because everything counts… Mahalo nui loa — thank you!