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Here, Jesus goes to the city of Jerusalem and goes to the temple with which he fights and ends up just watching people give offerings. And then came these verses: "And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. And he called [unto him] his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: For all [they] did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, [even] all her living. " Here, Jesus mentioned the saying that all of us knew from when we were but toddlers. It is not what you give but the feelings that count. Or something among those lines. I can't be bothered to remember it.

Jesus then foresees the destruction of the temple which seems pretty brutal. I have to start paying attention to those old geezers holding up "the end is near" signs. Anyways, Jesus goes with his disciples to have diner with them for passover. Now the famous last supper takes place here. Jesus predicts Judas's betrayal and Peter's denial and gives his disciples wine and bread who are supposed to symbolize his body and blood. Jesus is captured by the high priest who accuses him of planning to destroy the church and has him crucified.

Everybody know this story. I mean, you just have to have heard it sometime in your lifetime. The story with Jesus carrying the cross and Pilate who is scared to the point where he wets his pants. And Jesus being crucified between two thieves, one that repents and one that does not. Jesus rises from the dead in the third day and everything is cool. Except that Judas kills himself.

Wonderous Magic is Wonderous

Guess what Jesus does! He heals more people. Man, I swear all these books have a strange obsetion whether it is trees, repeating phrases, or opposites. However, there are more miracles than just healing. These including the well known walking on water and feeding a crowd with a few loafs of bread and fish. But something strange is this: "And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves. And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead." (Mark 9:7-9) So apparently Jesus tries to look like a normal person and be humble before his ressurection. Then why the heck is he going around walking on water and generating food going, "I am Jesus and I will heal you,"? I might be wrong but that doesn't seem humble at all. Ah, whatever.

Jesus also randomly has an illusion with Moses who, got a divore? Jesus then starts rambling on about how when you get a divorce and marry someone else you are commiting adultery and that is bad. And he tells some children how they have to follow the commandments who everybody knows. But I guess this is important because this wasn't really explained in the ten commandments. However, this seems strange seeing how today there are second marriages wherever you turn. Then again, the same can be said for the other commandments. Society is pretty screwed up isn't it?





Oh and John the Babtist gets killed. Sad Face :(

JEEZUZ KRAIST

Jesus is here. About damn time! The New Testament is where God stops punishing and starts being nice God who loves everybody. Mark starts us off in the baptism of Jesus just because and now I'll summarize the next four chapters in one sentence. Jesus heals a crap bunch of people. Yeah that's all. Good night folks.

Don't worry. I wouldn't leave you hanging there. Anyways, whether it's paralysis or leprosy, he heals them. And because of this, Jesus gets a lot of stalkers. And they all wanted to touch him. Um, this got strange. Well, he then tells the people a story about how a seed will only grow in fertile land. This was a metaphor of how people will only flourish if they are "rooted" on the word of God. And something led to another and they were on a boat. *Insert I'm on a Boat reference here* Then a random storm strikes but is calmed by Jesus. One would think this boat incident would be big but it was literally like four lines.

And just a random thought: "And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, Who had [his] dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any [man] tame him. And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones."(Mark 5:1-5) So apparently, emos are possessed by Satan. That's good to know.

Rest of Tao Te Ching

The rest of the Tao Te Ching goes more into government and giving examples of how the weak will overcome the strong and ends with a nice little cherry on top but I'll get back to that later. According to the Tao, a ruler must not interfere with the people for this will make them react. By not doing anything, people will not react in any way making the perfect harmony. And this is not only for people, this applies to animals and plants as well. The only way for them to live in harmony, is to be left on their merry way. The only point of a ruler is to help the people when disaster strikes. So in a way the ruler is just there, doing nothing. Quite a ruler that is, but I see were this idea is going. Why would a man break the law if there is no law? Then again, without law, there would be too much chaos. I think this guy put his hopes for humanity a bit too high.

And the examples, they actually had some pretty good ground. The one I liked the most was the one where he explained how water is really flexible and weak yet it can destroy strong and firm rock. This guy is obviously thinking of and erosion effect which is actually quite interesting. If it works in nature, why can't it work with humans. Another one is how when one is born, he is soft and weak, but when one dies, he is stiff and rough. Weak = Life, Stiff = Death. That was eye-opening to say the least.

Anyways, now the moment you were probably not waiting for: "A small country has fewer people. Though there are machines that can work ten to a hundred times faster than man, they are not needed. The people take death seriously and do not travel far. Though they have boats and carriages, no one uses them. Though they have armor and weapons, no one displays them. Men return to the knotting of rope in place of writing.Their food is plain and good, their clothes fine but simple, their homes secure; They are happy in their ways. Though they live within sight of their neighbors, And crowing cocks and barking dogs are heard across the way, Yet they leave each other in peace while they grow old and die."(80) Okay, it's not the end but it was pretty dang close to being so and should have been so. Well, you can't win them all. This is basically the utopia according to the Tao where nobody shows off and everything is simple. People mind their own way and die peacefully. However, I have two gripes with this "utopia." First, it seem really boring. I think way to borring. Second, it's never going to happen. This is going stictly against human habits. It might seem nice but you heve to accept it is not going past dreams.

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Conciseness

Exercise 3
Many people enjoy reading murder mysteries as a distraction to everyday monotony. Not that they use it as an inspiration to act in such a way.
People consider this genre to be realistic fantasy due to the character’s human features including logical thinking.
However, murder mysteries are also fantasies due to the fact that the reader must suspend his unbiased criteria throughout the drama turning the book into a game.