APAD: Faith will move mountains

Meaning:

   Faith is immensely powerful.

 

Background:

   From the Bible. It is recorded in the 1582 Rheims Bible, in Matthew XXI 21, as:

 

     "If you shal haue faith, and stagger not, ... and if you shal say to this

     mountaine, Take vp and throw thy self into the sea, it shal be done."

 

- www.phrases.org.uk [edited]

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It could be done but would take untold generations to move Taihang*, a wiseman

learned in the Orient. ``Is there a shortcut, an easier way?'' he questioned at

a birthday party in the Levant. Everyone, including his two wise chums, shook

their head, and he left the puzzle in a time capsule as a gift.

 

Years passed. On his bar mitzvah, the boy broke the bottle and read the message.

"Simple. You only need faith and the mountains will do your bidding," he said.

"but faith is no shortcut or any easier."

 

* Taihang Mountains hug the North China Plain from the west.

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Well put 7G (there is also WangWu in addition to Taihang :-) -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/04/2024 postreply 08:26:10

Thanks. Just learned 王屋山 is NOT 大别山, as I always thought! -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/04/2024 postreply 08:54:00

忠诚移山:) -妖妖灵- 给 妖妖灵 发送悄悄话 妖妖灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/04/2024 postreply 08:45:49

I think of 党国 every time I see 忠诚 :-) -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/04/2024 postreply 08:55:24

哈哈哈,笑S了 。。。 -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/04/2024 postreply 09:00:14

忠诚=愚公:) -妖妖灵- 给 妖妖灵 发送悄悄话 妖妖灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/04/2024 postreply 16:22:41

Old silly Chinese man had no clue of the Bible, had faith.. -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (67 bytes) () 12/04/2024 postreply 13:09:13

hahaha, I thought he just dug a passage through ;-)) -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/04/2024 postreply 13:29:32

How did he do that? Hiring huskies from the Inuits? -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/04/2024 postreply 14:35:42

Yep, a silly typo by AI (just corrected) laughing@self &loud -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/04/2024 postreply 14:55:38

Oh boy, so much fun :-))))) -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/04/2024 postreply 14:56:57

He either lost faith or ran out of offsprings, as no one's -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/04/2024 postreply 13:58:52

carrying on his work today. -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/04/2024 postreply 13:59:11

Job was done by divine force, taihang was dropped 2my place -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/04/2024 postreply 14:10:43

I couldn't move the mountain so I moved myself, no clue -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/04/2024 postreply 14:11:30

about Wangwu -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/04/2024 postreply 14:11:50

LOL. You are ten thousand times smarter than 愚公:) -妖妖灵- 给 妖妖灵 发送悄悄话 妖妖灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/04/2024 postreply 16:21:34

same same -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/04/2024 postreply 17:21:06

haha, it is fun to see your guys talking. -天边一片白云- 给 天边一片白云 发送悄悄话 天边一片白云 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/04/2024 postreply 14:03:33

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