Fool Me Once, Shame on You...

A speech in Nashville, Tennessee, Sept. 17, 2002, President Bush once referred this quote to have been come from Tennessee or Texas, I looked it up on google and couldn't find a good reliable source. The closest one I've gotten claimed it came from the chinese:

 一回愚我,汝之耻;二回愚我,吾之辱。(Supposedly by Confucius, but no further citation could be found. Hence, it is doubtful that Confucius actually said it or if this phrase was the verbatim quote)

It was also quoted in this Startrek series where Scott said it and Chekov attributed it to the Russians.

Hence the real saying goes:
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.

Unfortunately, Bush seemed to have had a mental block and went:
fool me once, shame on — shame on you. You fool me you can't get fooled again!

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If Someone Criticizes You

If Someone criticizes you, why don't you look into the mirror first, find the faults, and correct; instead of looking for faults in others for the sake of jealous competition.

It is better to fail once, than to fail more than once.

子曰:“过而不改,是谓过矣。” 孔子 《论语》卫灵公篇第十五

1 Peter 2:20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

1Pe 2:20  你们若因犯罪受责打,能忍耐,有什麽可夸的呢?但你们若因行善受苦,能忍耐,这在神看是可喜爱的。

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Christians Who Don't like Theology

These are the most pathetic kind of Christians.

A church should produce intellects in this world. Lead the world. Not led by the world.

Now many western influenced churches are led by worldly musics, worldly justice, worldly philosophy, worldly psychology, etc. 

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Raise Not to be Taken Likely

One of my network maintenance part time jobs got me a raise from $25/hour to $30. I would be pressured to be more serious and responsible. Whatever the outcome, a sincere and responsible worker always compensate for what worldly matters discriminate.[@more@]

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On Love

By human standard, it could only go as far as the greatest drama of sorrows, envy and vengeance. Its flip side would be hypocrisy, selfish isolation and pride seeking.

Meditate on Priscilla and Aquila. 

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Journal Transfer 02/24/2007 On Christians

Today's church attending Christians can be divided into two categories:

1. Those who want to hear what they want God to tell them.

2. Those who want to hear what God wants to tell them. 

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Yet Another Narrow Path

It is human nature to take things for granted, if not, it will be skepticism. Unfortunately, many do not seek after a third option.[@more@]

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On American Christians

Are there God's chosen children in America? Sure there are. However, from what I'm seeing, there is much to be done than what the Christians in the U.S. are doing so far. Now that they have quite abundant resources. The need for revival in America is more than that which is in other countries.
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Categorizing Christians

I see 3 categories:

1. Those who truly humbly seek after the truth.

2. Those who despise the truth.

3. Those who perverse the truth.

So need I ask do all christians go to heaven?

I would say that only God's chosen ones go to heaven.

Then the question would be would all christians be God's chosen ones?

What identifies one as christian? 

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Journal Transfer 02/12/2007 on Judging

On Judging
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We hear that some would say: If there is a God, why would He let all the sufferings and tragedies happen in this world?

First of all, if there is NO God, why would one know sufferings and tragedies? Is one a god himself?
If one knows sufferings and tragedies, why would one let it go on doing nothing? Is one not a god himself?

When facing these challenges, one would have realized that it is inevitable, and come to understand one's own limitation while awing the eternity set within one's heart which could not have been done by one's limited self. By trying to be a god, one would realize that there is a God and he cannot possibly be that God. If one cannot be that God, how could one judge God as if he is a god himself? How could he blame what he himself should have done on God? By realizing his limitation, he should have been more humble.
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