Consider this scenario…
Suppose a powerful being approached you and said, “I will truthfully tell you one of these 2 things:"
Either the exact time, day, and place where something *bad* will happen to you, so you can naturally avoid it and keep it from happening.
Or
I can tell you where to be at the exact time, day, and place where something *good* will happen to you.
The only catch is he will only tell you about ONE of these occurrences. So, if you choose to know about the bad, you will never learn about the good, & if you choose to know about the good, you will be unaware of the bad. Plus, keep in mind that the good & bad is up to him to tell you – so you don’t know if he is going to tell you something really helpful like how you will die or something trivial like where you will lose a dollar. Same with the good – it could be where to be to win the lottery – or just something small like how to get a free T-shirt.
It's a gamble either way, but the choice is yours...
2006-08-02
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