tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post5247600081644601880..comments2024-02-13T08:49:07.287-04:00Comments on 'Thought & Humor!': Una Letra A los Amigos!Professor Howdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189934292678757335noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post-57330403335694241952008-01-21T12:35:00.000-04:002008-01-21T12:35:00.000-04:00The Roman emperor Diocletian, following an edict i...<B><BR/> <BR/> <BR/>The Roman emperor Diocletian, following an edict in 303 A.D.,<BR/>failed to stamp the Bible out. The French Revolution could not<BR/>crush it with secular philosophy (Rousseau, one of its heroes,<BR/>converted to Christianity). The Communists failed to stamp it<BR/>out with atheism and political ideology. One might well ask why<BR/>this book has been banned, burned, and bludgeoned with such<BR/>animosity and scorn. The great Reformation hero John Calvin<BR/>responds in this way: "Whenever people slander God's word.<BR/>they show they feel within its power, however unwillingly or<BR/>reluctantly." - Joe Boot<BR/></B><BR/> <BR/>===============<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><B> <BR/><BR/>To find out how you can begin a personal relationship <BR/>with Jesus Christ, please call:<BR/><BR/>1-888-NEED HIM.</B> <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>===============<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><B> <BR/> Please forward this newspaper to your colleagues, <BR/> friends, and family, and let them know they can <BR/> subscribe by sending an e-mail to: <BR/> <BR/> harvard_humor_club-subscribe@yahoogroups.com <BR/> <BR/></B> <BR/>===============<BR/><B> <BR/><BR/><BR/> Join the jollity by sending an e-mail to:<BR/> harvard_humor_club-subscribe@yahoogroups.com <BR/> (Place "SUBSCRIBE" in the subject). <BR/> (Open To ALL - Even Your Roommate/mom/friend/professor)<BR/><BR/> You may subscribe ANY friend/family you wish to beguile/regale.<BR/> They will be sent a confirmation warning them that smiles are in their future.<BR/> (You may remain anonymous if you wish.)<BR/> <BR/></B> <BR/>===============<BR/><BR/><BR/><B> <BR/>Your very own library<BR/></B> <BR/> <BR/><A HREF="http://bible.crosswalk.com/" REL="nofollow"><B>Click Here</B></A><BR/> <BR/>(Not amalgamated with<I> 'Thought & Humor') <BR/><BR/></I><BR/>===============<BR/><B> <BR/><BR/><BR/>Dr. Howdy says: "FORWARD TO FRIENDS & YOUR MAMA!"<BR/>First Published In Last Century - July 26,1997 <BR/>Thought For The OPEN Mind - Humor From American Culture<BR/></B> <BR/><BR/>===============<BR/><B> <BR/>If you stop believing what your professor told you had to be true <BR/>and if you start thinking for yourself you may come to some <BR/>conclusions you hadn't expected. You may find the Bible makes <BR/>more sense than you thought or were told to think. Allow yourself <BR/>to be ruined, ruined with regard to what you always thought could <BR/>be true. Can you believe what you don't understand? You and I <BR/>believe everyday what we don't understand unless it comes to <BR/>the issue of salvation. - - - Dr. Woodrow Kroll<BR/></B> <BR/> <BR/>===============<BR/><BR/><B> <BR/>There is simply no historic foundation for the position that the <BR/>Framers intended to build the 'wall of separation' that was <BR/>constitutionalized in Everson. The 'wall of separation be-<BR/>tween church and state' is a metaphor based on bad history, <BR/>a metaphor which has proved useless as a guide to judging. <BR/>It should be frankly and explicitly abandoned. <BR/> - - - Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, William Rehnquist <BR/> <BR/></B> <BR/>===============<BR/><BR/><B> <BR/> <BR/>In 1796 the US Supreme Court issued this ruling, "By our form <BR/>of government, the Christian religion is the established religion, <BR/>and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed on <BR/>equal footing." Some 57 years later, after Congress was <BR/>petitioned to separate Christian principles from government, <BR/>in 1853 the House Judiciary Committee issued their formal<BR/>report, including these words: "In this age there is no substitute <BR/>for Christianity. This was the religion of the founders of the republic, <BR/>and they expected it to be the religion of their dependents. The <BR/>great vital, conservative elements in our system is the belief of <BR/>our people in the pure doctrines and divine truths of the gospel <BR/>of Jesus Christ." - - - Dr. Gerald Beavan<BR/> <BR/></B> <BR/>===============<BR/><BR/><B> <BR/> <BR/> "It is the duty of nations, as well as of men, to own <BR/>their dependence upon the overruling power of God <BR/>and to recognize the sublime truth announced in the <BR/>Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those <BR/>nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord." <BR/>-- President Abraham Lincoln<BR/></B> <BR/>===============<BR/><BR/><B> <BR/><BR/>Trust in yourself and you are doomed to disappointment;<BR/>trust in money and you may have it taken from you; <BR/>but trust in God, and you are never to be confounded in <BR/>time or eternity. - D.L. Moody <BR/> <BR/></B> <BR/>===============<BR/><BR/><B> <BR/> <BR/>Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best of minds. <BR/>Men and women live on the brink of mysteries and harmonies<BR/>into which they never enter and with their hand on the door latch <BR/>they die outside. GK Chesterton <BR/><BR/></B> <BR/>===============<BR/> <BR/><B> <BR/> <BR/>Address Change<BR/><BR/>Don't be without <I>'Thought & Humor'</I> this electrifying autumn season <BR/>should your address (college students, military, rich people, etc.)<BR/>change. Subscribe your new address: </B> <BR/><BR/>harvard_humor_club-subscribe@yahoogroups.com <BR/><B> <BR/>It's hard to impress the opposite sex without <I>'Thought & Humor' </I><BR/>combined with moonlight, candlelight dinners, ocean breezes, <BR/> and Howdy...</B> <BR/> <BR/> <BR/>===============<BR/><BR/><B> <BR/> <BR/>Permission is hereby granted for you to change all <BR/>humor used in <I>The"E-Mail Newspaper", 'Thought <BR/>& Humor'</I> and its subsidiaries related to the institution <BR/>of lower learning hereby known as UNC to another <BR/>of your choice from the list below:<BR/><BR/>1) French university students <BR/>2) Harvard or U.C.-Berkeley<BR/>3) Any accredited high school or middle school<BR/>4) Any Loggerheads & Pundits<BR/>5) Any and all persnickety individuals or nincompoops<BR/>6) Any Chapel Hill, NC Citizen unless same sends an offspring <BR/>to NCSU, JSU, MSU, USC, UGA, or FSU.<BR/> <BR/></B> <BR/> <BR/> <BR/>===============<BR/><BR/><BR/> <BR/> <BR/> <BR/> <B> <BR/> "How to Be Sure You're <BR/> a REAL Christian"<BR/> <BR/> 1-888-NEED-HIM </B> <BR/> <BR/>(24/7 - free call) <BR/> <BR/> <BR/>===============<BR/><BR/><B> <BR/> <BR/> Depressed, Troubled, Worried???<BR/> Big Problems???<BR/> Want to talk with a LIVE trained counselor???<BR/> Want to get REAL help???<BR/> (FREE - English/Spanish)<BR/><BR/> 1-800-633-3446 </B> <BR/> <BR/><A HREF="http://www.needhim.org" REL="nofollow"><B>Click Here</B></A><BR/> <BR/>(Not amalgamated with <I>'Thought & Humor') </I><BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/><BR/>===============<BR/><B> <BR/><BR/> <BR/>I am trying here to prevent anyone from saying the really <BR/>foolish thing that people often say about Him [Jesus Christ]: <BR/>"I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I <BR/>don't accept His claim to be God."<BR/><BR/>That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was <BR/>merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would <BR/>not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic -- <BR/>on a level with a man who says he is a poached egg -- <BR/>or else he would be the Devil of Hell.<BR/><BR/>You must make your choice. Either this Man was, and is, <BR/>the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse .... <BR/>You can shut Him up for fool, you can spit at Him and kill <BR/>Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him<BR/>Lord and God. But let us not come up with any patronizing <BR/>nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has <BR/>not left that option open to us. He did not intend to.</B> <BR/><BR/> -- From<I> Case for Christianity, </I>by C.S. Lewis<BR/> <BR/> <BR/>===============<BR/><BR/><BR/><B> <BR/> <BR/>"Let every student be plainly instructed and earnestly pressed to consider <BR/>well the main end of his life and studies is to know God and Jesus Christ <BR/>which is eternal life (John 17:3)." <BR/> <BR/> - - - The Laws and Statutes of Harvard College in 1643 <BR/><BR/><BR/> "All scholars shall live religious, godly, and blameless lives according <BR/>to the rules of God's Word, diligently reading the Holy Scriptures, the <BR/>fountain of light and truth; and constantly attend upon all the duties <BR/>of religion, both in public and secret."<BR/> <BR/> - - - Two central requirements in Yale College 1745 charter<BR/> <BR/></B> <BR/>===============<BR/><BR/><B> <BR/> <BR/>Muhammad or Jesus??? </B> <BR/> <BR/><A HREF="http://muhammadanism.org/Muhammad/MuhammadOrJesus.htm" REL="nofollow"><B>Click Here</B></A><BR/> <BR/> <BR/>(Not amalgamated with <I>'Thought & Humor') <BR/><BR/> <BR/></I><BR/><BR/>=============== <BR/><BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/> <BR/> <B> <BR/>Why The U.S.A. Is At War: <BR/></B> <BR/><A HREF="http://attacked911.tripod.com/" REL="nofollow"><B>Click Here</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/lists/by-name/" REL="nofollow"><B>Click Here</B></A><BR/> <BR/> <BR/> (Not amalgamated with<I> 'Thought & Humor')<BR/><BR/><BR/> <BR/></I><BR/> <BR/>===============<BR/><BR/> <BR/> <BR/> <BR/><B> <BR/><BR/>AMERICA ARCHIVED</B> <BR/> <BR/><A HREF="http://www.archives.gov/" REL="nofollow"><B>Click Here</B></A><BR/><B> <BR/>This government site offers access to historic documents.<BR/>View the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.</B> <BR/> <BR/> <BR/>===============<BR/><BR/> <BR/><B> <I><BR/>'Thought & Humor'</I> - often polemical but <BR/>never tasteless/unrefined/uncouth/ribald.<BR/></B> <BR/> <BR/>===============<BR/><BR/> <BR/><B><BR/>Examining Our Laughter<BR/><BR/>“Laughter,” writes my colleague, Mark Eckel, “is an indication<BR/>of ethics. Watching a Jay Leno monologue,” he continues,<BR/>“forces us to laugh at the ethical lapses in peoples’ attitudes<BR/>and actions.” But, he suggests, we need to monitor our laughter.<BR/>There may just be, in his words, “a guide for Christians to explain<BR/>when laughter is ethically appropriate and when it is not.”<BR/><BR/>Everyone who has attended a movie theater has probably had the<BR/>experience of listening to a part of the audience laugh at incidents<BR/>in the movie which are not funny, things like violence to a particular<BR/>individual or cruelty to an animal. Such laughter leaves one chilled.<BR/>And it is an indication of our society that such laughter is growing<BR/>more frequent. But, before we look to the culture at large, it is much<BR/>more important to analyze ruthlessly just what we are laughing at,<BR/>particularly on television and in our private conversations with our<BR/>friends.<BR/><BR/>Eckel, quoted earlier, compares the potential difference in our<BR/>laughter at two television sitcoms: The Simpsons, a much-written<BR/>about sitcom among Christians because of its witty but ironic<BR/>portrayal of, in Eckel’s words, “the dark side of human nature,”<BR/>and Will and Grace, a program that seeks to make the homosexual<BR/>lifestyle and all sexually active characters benign and, therefore,<BR/>acceptable. In The Simpsons, Eckel notes, “the inconsistencies<BR/>and hypocrisies of all groups and individuals in American culture<BR/>are pointed out… using sardonic wit… to mirror shortcomings,<BR/>creating a climate for change” through the viewer’s “distress<BR/>and unease [at] seeing wrongdoing in both attitude and action.”<BR/>In contrast, Will and Grace promotes the acceptance of its characters<BR/>and their lifestyles through “self-deprecating” laughter that “cuts<BR/>off the rough edges and softens [the viewer’s] attitudes” by making<BR/>the characters endearing and “excluding the consequences of [their]<BR/>behavior.”<BR/><BR/>This is very wise analysis, one we must take seriously. T. S. Eliot<BR/>said long ago that what entertains us, what we laugh at, may just<BR/>affect us more than what we study or labor over because our spirits<BR/>and minds are relaxed and receptive. We have turned our mental<BR/>security systems off and what amuses may seem somehow too trivial<BR/>to harm us. There is no part of our lives that does not, however, belong<BR/>to God. We must never bypass our intellects or suspend our critical thinking<BR/>ability even in our laughter. Laughter has the power, as in The Simpsons,<BR/>to be a cultural commentary that brings understanding and conviction,<BR/>and it has the power, as in Will and Grace, to seduce and soothe one into<BR/>indifference to dangerous secular trends.<BR/><BR/>The question is crucial: What are we laughing at and why?<BR/></B><BR/>- Dr.Rosalie de Rosset<BR/> <BR/> <BR/>===============<BR/><BR/><B> <BR/> <BR/>Please note: If you see a UNC student or liberal reading<I> 'Thought & Humor', </I><BR/>please explain to them which is thought & which is humor. They usually get it backwards.......<BR/><BR/><BR/></B> <BR/><BR/><BR/> <BR/>===============<BR/> <BR/> <BR/><BR/> <B> <BR/> <BR/> Who is Jesus? <BR/> </B> <BR/><A HREF="http://www.ccci.org/wij/" REL="nofollow"><B>Click Here</B></A><BR/> <BR/> (Not amalgamated with <I>'Thought & Humor')<BR/><BR/><BR/></I><BR/><BR/>===============<BR/><BR/> <BR/><B> <BR/> <BR/>"Not being on the air, that's not important. <BR/>But I'd like to be in the newsroom helping <BR/>set the agenda."<BR/><BR/>Retired CBS Anchorman Walter Cronkite<BR/><BR/>{Dear Walter, Fair news knows no agenda - <BR/>Prof Howdy} <BR/> <BR/></B> <BR/> <BR/> <BR/>===============<BR/> <BR/><B><BR/> <BR/>The Bible claims to be the Word of the only true God. In addition to<BR/>historical, archaeological, and scientific proofs, there are numerous<BR/>internal proofs. No such evidences exist for other "sacred writings." <BR/>The Bible was written during 1,600 years by 40 prophets, most of <BR/>whom lived in diverse cultures, at different times in history, yet who <BR/>never contradict but complement each other. For the Qur'an, Muslims <BR/>must take the word of Muhammad, just as the Book of Mormon rests <BR/>solely upon Joseph Smith's word. But every biblical prophet is confirmed <BR/>by 39 other prophets. </B> - - Dave Hunt<BR/> <BR/> <BR/> <BR/> <BR/>===============<BR/><BR/><B> <BR/> <BR/>God designed humans to want to believe in something. <BR/>That's the image of God that is in us. But as G. K. <BR/>Chesterton famously put it, when we reject the God <BR/>of the Bible, we don't believe in nothing; we believe <BR/>in everything -- including Little Green Men. <BR/></B> <BR/> - - Chuck Colson<BR/> <BR/> <BR/>===============<BR/><BR/> <BR/><B> <BR/>Dear Professor Howdy,<BR/> <BR/>Thank you for your simply addicting newsletter...it's truly a candidate <BR/>for the 8th wonder of the world and 1st candidate for the cyber-world...<BR/>it just keeps blooming with more of what I need and, I think, what we <BR/>all need...please keep up the great works!!!<BR/> <BR/>Type atcha later...<BR/> <BR/>God bless you,<BR/> <BR/>Phil H<BR/>WI<BR/></B> <BR/> <BR/>===============<BR/><BR/> <BR/><B> <BR/>Dear Dr. Howdy, Indeed I am a faithful Tarheel*, having both <BR/>MA and Ph.D. from their fine chemistry department. <BR/>But that doesn't keep me from getting a great kick out <BR/>of the humor propagated by what appears to me to be <BR/>a pack of wolves!!**<BR/><BR/><BR/>SERIOUSLY, THE HUMOR IS GREAT FUN BUT MY <BR/>MAIN ATTRACTION WAS TO THE CONSERVATIVE <BR/>MORAL AND POLITICAL STANCE THAT SEEMED <BR/>TO CHARACTERIZE THE FIRST ISSUE I SAW. <BR/>INCIDENTALLY (HE SAYS ACCIDENTALLY!), it was <BR/>sent to me by a friend, so I really didn't "hear about <BR/>you" at all, and still haven't. All I know is what has <BR/>come in the two issues of the Newsletter I have <BR/>seen. The best to you. <BR/><BR/>S. P.<BR/><BR/>*Another name for UNC.<BR/>** UNC's archrival - NCSU.<BR/></B> <BR/> <BR/>===============<BR/><BR/><B> <BR/>Recommended by Prof Howdy for improving your life:<BR/></B> <BR/> <BR/><A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evangelical_viewpoint/" REL="nofollow"><B>Click Here</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.ttb.org/" REL="nofollow"><B>Click Here</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.tonyevans.org/ " REL="nofollow"><B>Click Here</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.insight.org/" REL="nofollow"><B>Click Here</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Turning_Point/ " REL="nofollow"><B>Click Here</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.gty.org/ " REL="nofollow"><B>Click Here</B></A><BR/> <BR/><BR/> <BR/>{Double click this link or copy and paste this link into your Web Browser's address line <BR/>for more info - Not amalgamated with <I>'Thought & Humor' </I>in any way - but should be}<BR/> <BR/>===============<BR/><BR/> <BR/><B> <BR/><BR/><BR/>Board of Advisors for <I>'Thought & Humor': </I> <BR/> <BR/>Did you know that<I> 'Thought & Humor'</I> has a distinguished Board of Advisors<BR/>that are designed to be a cross section demographically of our readership as far <BR/>as age, location, gender, marital status, education & occupation are concerned??? <BR/> <BR/>Bill - 50's - FL - Computer Operator for 911 System, V.P. - Archives<BR/>Brenda - 50's - TX - University Administration, Married<BR/>Caroline - 20's - FL - Married, University Student<BR/>Cindy - 40's - FL - Married - Ministry Administrator<BR/>David - 50's - NJ - Businessman, Married<BR/>Doug - 50's - TN - President of 501(c)(3) Corp, Married<BR/>Ellen - 20's - NJ - University Student<BR/>Emily - 30's - TN - Banker, Married<BR/>Janet - 40's - MI - Married, Former Missionary to Arab Country<BR/>Jerry - 80's - CA - Retired Theology Professor, Lobbyist, Author<BR/>Jill - 50's - MN - Restaurant Owner, Married<BR/>Jim - 40's - NM - Businessman, Married<BR/>John - 50's - Peru - Pastor, Married<BR/>Katie - 20's - NC - Teacher, Married to UNC Med Student<BR/>Laura - 30's - NY - English Teacher<BR/>Lisa - 40's - TN - Secretary, Married<BR/>Marie - 60's - South Africa - Entrepreneur, Politician<BR/>Mamie - 20's - GA - Elementary Teacher<BR/>Milton - 19 - GA - College Student<BR/>Phil - 50's WI - Handicapped<BR/>Rob - 20's - NY - University Administration, Married<BR/>Ruth - 50's - CA - Real Estate, Involved in Spanish Ministry <BR/>Sarah - 20's - NC - UNC Student, Married<BR/>Shirl - 60's - CO - Finance Manager - Married to Minister<BR/>Steve - 40's - TX - Married, Computer Hardware Design<BR/>Wanda - 40's - Asia - Married - Communist Country<BR/>Bill J. - 60's - Fed. Government Employee<BR/>Bill R. - 50's - FL - Computer Operator for 911 System<BR/>Bill T. - 50's - MN - College Professor<BR/>Bob - 80's - FL - Semi - Retired Military Chaplan/Minister - D.D. <BR/>Brenda - 50's - TX - University Administor, Married<BR/>Caroline - 20's - FL - Married, Elementary School Teacher - H.B. July 22<BR/>Cindy - 40's - NC - 501(c)(3) Administrator - Married<BR/>Doug - 50's - TN - President of 501(c)(3) Corp, Married<BR/>Ellen - 20's - NJ - Registered Nurse - Married <BR/>Emily - 30's - TN - Banker, Married<BR/>Janet - 40's - MI - Married, Former Missionary to Arab Country<BR/>Jill - 50's - MN - Restaurant Owner, Married<BR/>John - 50's - Peru - Pastor, Married<BR/>Judith - 60's - TX - Retired Teacher<BR/>Katie - 20's - NC - Teacher, Married to UNC Med Student - H.B. 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So that if we shall deal <BR/>falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and <BR/>so cause Him to withdraw his present help from us, we <BR/>shall be made a story and a byword throughout the world."<BR/>--John Winthrop, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1630 <BR/> <BR/>"It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and <BR/>the Bible." - President George Washington<BR/><BR/>"The Bible is no mere book, but a Living Creature, with a <BR/>power that conquers all that oppose it." - Napoleon<BR/><BR/>"That Book accounts for the supremacy of England." <BR/>- Queen Victoria<BR/><BR/>"If there is anything in my thought or style to commend , <BR/>the credit is due my parents for instilling in me an early <BR/>love of the Scriptures. If we abide by the principals taught <BR/>in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; <BR/>but if we and our posterity neglect its instructions and authority, <BR/>no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and<BR/>bury all our glory in profound obscurity." - Daniel Webster (Founding Father)<BR/><BR/>"The Bible is worth all other books which have ever been printed." <BR/>- Patrick Henry (original member of the Continental Congress)<BR/><BR/>"The Bible is the anchor of our liberties." - President U.S. Grant<BR/><BR/>"It is impossible to enslave mentally or socially a Bible-reading people. <BR/>The principals of the Bible are the groundwork of human freedom." <BR/>- Horace Greeley (Editor)<BR/><BR/>"That Book is the rock on which our Republic rests." - President Andrew Jackson<BR/><BR/>"In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me<BR/>light and strength." - Gen. Robert E. Lee<BR/><BR/>"Bible reading is an education in itself." - Lord Tennyson (Poet)<BR/><BR/>"So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin<BR/>to read it the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful<BR/>citizens of their country and respectable members of society. I have for<BR/>many years made it a practice to read through the Bible once every year."<BR/>- President John Quincy Adams<BR/><BR/>"The existence of the Bible, as a Book for the people, is the greatest<BR/>benefit which the human race has ever experienced. Every attempt to <BR/>belittle it is a crime against humanity." - Immanuel Kant (Philosopher)<BR/><BR/>"The New Testament is the very best Book that ever or ever will be <BR/>known in the world." - Charles Dickens (Author)<BR/><BR/>"All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of <BR/>confirming more and more strongly the truths contained in the <BR/>Sacred Scriptures." - Sir William Herschel (Astronomer)<BR/><BR/>"There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in <BR/>any profane history." - Sir Isaac Newton (Scientist)<BR/><BR/>"Let mental culture go on advancing, let the natural sciences <BR/>progress in even greater extent and depth, and the human <BR/>mind widen itself as much as it desires; beyond the elevation <BR/>and moral culture of Christianity, as it shines forth in the Gospels, <BR/>it will not go." - Goethe (Author)<BR/><BR/>"I have known ninety-five of the world's great men in my time, <BR/>and of these eight-seven were followers of the Bible. The Bible <BR/>is stamped with a Specialty of Origin, and an immeasurable <BR/>distance separates it from all competitors." <BR/>- W.E. Gladstone (Prime Minister) <BR/><BR/>"Whatever merit there is in anything that I have written is simply <BR/>due to the fact that when I was a child my mother daily read me <BR/>a part of the Bible and daily made me learn a part of it by heart." <BR/>- John Ruskin (art critic and social commentator) <BR/><BR/>"The Bible has been the Magna Charta of the poor and oppressed. <BR/>The human race is not in a position to dispense with it." - Thomas <BR/>Huxley (Author & Scientist)<BR/><BR/>"The whole hope of human progress is suspended on the ever <BR/>growing influence of the Bible." - W.H. Seward (Secretary of State)<BR/><BR/>"America was born a Christian nation. America was born <BR/>to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness, <BR/>which are derived from the revelations of Holy Scriptures. <BR/>Part of the destiny of Americans lies in their daily perusal <BR/>of this great book of revelations. That if they would see <BR/>America free and pure they will make their own spirits <BR/>free and pure by this baptism of the Holy Spirit."<BR/>--President Woodrow Wilson <BR/> <BR/>For Christians, the life and death of Jesus are the ultimate <BR/>expressions of love, and the supreme demonstrations of <BR/>God's mercy, faithfulness, and redemption. Since Christ's <BR/>miraculous Resurrection on Easter, more than 2,000 years <BR/>ago, Christians have expressed joy and gratitude for this <BR/>wondrous sacrifice and for God's promise of freedom for <BR/>the oppressed, healing for the brokenhearted, and salvation.<BR/> --President George W. Bush<BR/><BR/>"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this <BR/>great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; <BR/>not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this <BR/>very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, <BR/>prosperity, and freedom of worship here." <BR/>--Patrick Henry (original member of the Continental Congress)<BR/></B> <BR/><BR/>===============<BR/><B> <BR/>Q: Why is<I> 'Thought & Humor' </I>so long? <BR/>A: All newspapers & magazines are long!<BR/><BR/>Q: What if I can't read all of it? <BR/>A: Delete it. Most folks don't read every word in every newspaper/magazine either?<BR/><BR/>Q: Am I required to memorize each article? <BR/>A: Nope! Delete what you don't have time for or save for another time.<BR/><BR/>Q: Is <I>'T & H' </I>Spam?<BR/>A: No, it's made entirely of ham.<BR/><BR/>Q: Can I forward to friends & family? <BR/>A: Please do.<BR/><BR/>Q: How many people have had opportunity to read<I> 'T & H' </I>E-Mail Newspapers? <BR/>A: Well over 1 million + many forwards by you.<BR/><BR/>Q: Who is Prof Howdy?<BR/>A: We let him think he's the boss...<BR/></B> <BR/> <BR/>===============<BR/><BR/> <BR/><B> <BR/>Take the best medicine of all for what ails you -- laughter: <BR/> <BR/>"A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon <BR/> without springs--jolted by every pebble in the road."<BR/>~Henry Ward Beecher<BR/>"Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects."<BR/>--Arnold Glasow<BR/>"Laughter is by definition healthy."<BR/>--Doris Lessing<BR/>"If somebody makes me laugh, I'm his slave for life."<BR/>--Bette Midler<BR/>"The human race has one really effective weapon, <BR/> and that is laughter."<BR/>--Mark Twain<BR/> "What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul."<BR/>-- Yiddish Proverb<BR/>"Laughter is an instant vacation."<BR/>-- Milton Berle<BR/> "Laughter is the shortest distance between two people."<BR/>-- Victor Borge <BR/> <BR/>To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the<BR/>heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time<BR/>to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a<BR/>time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a <BR/>time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance. (King Solomon)<BR/><BR/>NOTICE: The jokes, pictures, cartoons & general content published <BR/>in this list were either submitted directly to<I> 'Thought & Humor' </I><BR/>or as, we believe, in the public domain. If you think that we <BR/>have published any posting (including videos) on our award <BR/>winning blog without giving proper credit to its author/owner, please <BR/>let us know and we will provide appropriate credit in a future mailing.<BR/> <BR/> <BR/>But indeed for this purpose I have raised you up, <BR/>that I may show My power in you, and that My <BR/>Name may be declared in all the earth. <I> Ex 9:16 <BR/></I><BR/>And this Good News about the Kingdom will be <BR/>preached through all the world for a witness to <BR/>all people; and then the end will come. <I>Mat 24:14</I><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/></B> <BR/><BR/>=============== <BR/><BR/> <BR/> <B> <BR/>Four important things to KNOW:<BR/><BR/>1) For ALL (Americans, Muslims, Jews, Catholics, Hindus, <BR/>Buddhist, Asians, Presbyterians, Europeans, Baptist, <BR/>Brazilians, Mormons, Methodist, French, etc.) have sinned <BR/>& fall short of the glory of God.<BR/><BR/>2) For the wages of above (see #1) are DEATH (Hell, eternal <BR/>separation from God, & damnation) but the Gift (free & at <BR/>no charge to you) of God (Creator, Jehovah, & Trinity) is <BR/>Eternal Life (Heaven) through (in union with) Jesus Christ <BR/>(God, Lord, 2nd Person of The Trinity, Messiah, Prince of <BR/>Peace & Savior of the World).<BR/><BR/>3) For God so greatly loved & dearly prized the world <BR/>(Americans, Muslims, Jews, Catholics, Hindus, Buddhist, <BR/>Asians, Presbyterians, Europeans, Baptist, Brazilians, <BR/>Mormons, Methodist, French, etc.) that He even gave up <BR/>His only begotten (unique) Son, that whosoever (anyone, <BR/>anywhere, anytime - while still living) believes (trust in, <BR/>relies on, clings to, depends completely on) Him shall <BR/>have eternal (everlasting) life (heaven).<BR/><BR/>4) Jesus said: "I am THE WAY, THE TRUTH, & THE LIFE. <BR/>No one (male/female - American, Muslim, Jew, Catholic, <BR/>Hindu, Buddhist, Asian, Presbyterian, European, Baptist, <BR/>Brazilian, Mormons, Methodist, French, etc. ) comes (arrives) <BR/>to the Father (with GOD in Heaven) EXCEPT BY (through) <BR/>ME (no other name).<BR/><BR/>This wonderful loving GOD gives you the choice - - -</B> <I><BR/>(Rev. 3:20) </I><BR/><B> <BR/>{Please note that church membership, baptism, doing good <BR/>things, etc. are not requirements for becoming a Christian -<BR/>however they are great afterwards!!!}<BR/><BR/><BR/>Jesus said, "Wide is the gate and broad is the road that <BR/>leads to destruction (Hell, damnation, eternal punishment), <BR/>and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow <BR/>the road that leads to life (Heaven, eternal happiness, <BR/>forever with God), and only a few find it. </B> <I> --Matthew 7:13-14<BR/> <BR/> <BR/></I><BR/>Write me sometime: <BR/> <BR/>howdythoughthumor [at} gmail [dot] com<BR/> <BR/>(No spaces or punctuation except<BR/>for one dot.)<BR/> <BR/> <BR/>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ <BR/> <B> <BR/>The <I>E-Mail Newspaper</I> containing<I> 'Thought & Humor' </I><BR/>is sent out FREE via e-mail w/o ads. 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We have never given any reader's <BR/>e-mail addresses to a third party & have no plans to do such <BR/>unless the price is right:o) (Liberals please note - that was <BR/>humor) <I>The E-Mail Newspaper </I>is sent to you with love.<BR/><BR/><BR/>But indeed for this purpose I have raised you up, <BR/>that I may show My power in you, and that My <BR/>Name may be declared in all the earth.<I> Ex 9:16</I><BR/> <BR/> <BR/>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ <BR/> <BR/><B><BR/> <BR/>Here's some <I>blogs</I> that I found<I><BR/>of interest </I>as I negotiated my way<BR/>through cyberspace:</B><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.everystudent.com/videoroom.php" REL="nofollow"><B>Every Student</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.allaboutreligion.org/Religion-Comparison.htm" REL="nofollow"><B>Religion Comparison</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://awm.gospelcom.net/thewell/8-9-06/" REL="nofollow"><B>Around the Well</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0866/0866_01.asp" REL="nofollow"><B>Danish Cartoons</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0893/0893_01.asp" REL="nofollow"><B>Arabic Cartoons</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://muhammadanism.org/Muhammad/MuhammadOrJesus.htm" REL="nofollow"><B>Muhammad or Jesus???</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.answering-islam.org/" REL="nofollow"><B>Answering Islam</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.allaboutjesuschrist.org/is-jesus-god-c.htm" REL="nofollow"><B>Is Jesus God?</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.probe.org/docs/world.html" REL="nofollow"><B>A Short Look At Six World Religions</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.scriptures.com/" REL="nofollow"><B>God's Word in different languages...</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.needhim.org/" REL="nofollow"><B>How to become a Christian</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.allaboutgod.com/is-jesus-god.htm" REL="nofollow"><B>Who Is Jesus?</B></A> <BR/><A HREF="http://www.seetheword.co.uk/" REL="nofollow"><B>See The Word</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.jesusfilm.org/languages/index.html" REL="nofollow"><B>Watch The Jesus Movie</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0520/0520_01.asp" REL="nofollow"><B>Spanish Cartoons</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0421/0421_01.asp" REL="nofollow"><B>German Cartoons</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0401/0401_01.asp" REL="nofollow"><B>Chinese Cartoons</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0718/0718_01.asp" REL="nofollow"><B>Italian Cartoons</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0719/0719_01.asp" REL="nofollow"><B>Greek Cartoons</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0716/0716_01.asp" REL="nofollow"><B>Japanese Cartoons</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0414/0414_01.asp" REL="nofollow"><B>Portuguese Cartoons</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0717/0717_01.asp" REL="nofollow"><B>French Cartoons</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0619/0619_01.asp" REL="nofollow"><B>Hindi Cartoons</B></A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0776/0776_01.asp " REL="nofollow"><B>Russian Cartoons</B></A><BR/><BR/> <BR/>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ <BR/> <BR/><BR/>P U R P O S E of <I>'Thought & Humor': </I><BR/><BR/>But these are written so that you may <BR/>believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the <BR/>Son of God, and that by believing in <BR/>Him you will have life. Jn 20:31<BR/><BR/>Seek the Lord while He may be found; <BR/>call on Him while He is near. Let the <BR/>wicked forsake his way and the evil <BR/>man his thoughts. Let him turn to the <BR/>Lord, and He will have mercy on him, <BR/>and to our God, for He will freely <BR/>pardon. "For My thoughts are not <BR/>your thoughts, neither are your ways <BR/>My ways," declares the Lord. "As the <BR/>heavens are higher than the earth, so <BR/>are My ways higher than your ways <BR/>and My thoughts than your thoughts. <BR/>As the rain and the snow come down <BR/>from heaven, and do not return to it <BR/>without watering the earth and making <BR/>it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed <BR/>for the sower and bread for the eater, <BR/>so is My word that goes out from My <BR/>mouth: It will not return to Me empty, <BR/>but will accomplish what I desire and <BR/>achieve the purpose for which I sent it. <BR/>You will go out in joy and be led forth <BR/>in peace; the mountains and hills will <BR/>burst into song before you, and all the <BR/>trees of the field will clap their hands. <BR/>Instead of the thornbush will grow the <BR/>pine tree, and instead of briers the myrtle <BR/>will grow. This will be for the Lord's <BR/>renown, for an everlasting sign, which <BR/>will not be destroyed." Is 55<BR/><BR/>O Lord, you have searched me and you <BR/>know me. You know when I sit and when <BR/>I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. <BR/>You discern my going out and my lying <BR/>down; you are familiar with all my ways. <BR/>Before a word is on my tongue you know <BR/>it completely, O Lord. You hem me in -<BR/>behind and before; you have laid your <BR/>hand upon me. Such knowledge is too <BR/>wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.<BR/><BR/>Where can I go from your Spirit? Where <BR/>can I flee from your presence? If I go up <BR/>to the heavens, you are there; if I make <BR/>my bed in the depths, you are there. <BR/><BR/>If I rise on the wings of the dawn, <BR/>if I settle on the far side of the sea, <BR/>even there your hand will guide me, <BR/>your right hand will hold me fast. <BR/><BR/>If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide <BR/>me and the light become night around <BR/>me," even the darkness will not be dark <BR/>to you; the night will shine like the day, <BR/>for darkness is as light to you. For you <BR/>created my inmost being; you knit me <BR/>together in my mother's womb. I praise <BR/>you because I am fearfully and wonderfully <BR/>made; your works are wonderful, I know <BR/>that full well. My frame was not hidden <BR/>from you when I was made in the secret <BR/>place. When I was woven together in the <BR/>depths of the earth, your eyes saw my <BR/>unformed body. All the days ordained <BR/>for me were written in your book before <BR/>one of them came to be.<BR/><BR/>How precious to me are your thoughts, <BR/>O God! How vast is the sum of them! <BR/>Were I to count them, they would <BR/>outnumber the grains of sand. When <BR/>I awake, I am still with you. Search me, <BR/>O God, and know my heart; test me <BR/>and know my anxious thoughts. See <BR/>if there is any offensive way in me, <BR/>and lead me in the way everlasting.<BR/>Ps 139<BR/><BR/><BR/>When I survey the wondrous cross<BR/>On which the Prince of Glory died,<BR/>My richest gain I count but loss,<BR/>And pour contempt on all my pride.<BR/><BR/>Were the whole realm of nature mine,<BR/>That were a present far too small:<BR/>Love so amazing, so divine,<BR/>Demands my soul, my life, my all.<BR/>- - Isaac Watts<BR/><BR/>O God, You have taught me from my <BR/>youth; And to this day I declare <BR/>Your wondrous works. Now also when <BR/>I am old and gray headed, O God, <BR/>do not forsake me, Until I declare <BR/>Your strength to this generation, <BR/>Your power to everyone who is to come.<BR/>Ps 71 <BR/> <BR/></B>Professor Howdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189934292678757335noreply@blogger.com