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Long ago, in a clearing deep within a vast forest, there lived a magician who owned a huge flock of sheep.
Every day, he slaughtered one of them for food.
But managing the flock was exhausting. The sheep constantly scattered into the woods, forcing the magician to spend hours chasing one down while trying to gather the others back together. And whenever a sheep sensed it was about to be killed, it would panic and struggle desperately, its terrified cries frightening the rest of the flock.
Eventually, the magician came up with a clever solution.
One by one, he spoke privately to each sheep and planted a different idea into its mind.
To the first sheep, he whispered:
“You are not a sheep at all. You’re just like me — a human being. I only kill sheep, and since you are human, you have nothing to fear. In fact, you are my closest friend.”
To another, he said:
“Why do you run from me like the others? You are a lioness — strong and fearless. I only slaughter sheep. You are above them.”
To a third, he murmured:
“You are no sheep. You are a wolf, and I respect wolves. I may continue killing sheep every day, but a wolf — especially my trusted friend — has nothing to worry about.”
And so he continued, speaking separately to every sheep in the flock. To each one, he gave a special identity. Each was convinced it was different from the others — superior, unique, safe.
After those conversations, everything changed.
The sheep stopped running into the forest.
They grazed peacefully and no longer feared the magician.
Whenever he killed another sheep, the others simply thought:
“Well, another sheep is gone. But I’m not a sheep. I’m a lion. A wolf. A human. The magician’s trusted friend. I have nothing to fear.”
Even the sheep chosen for slaughter stopped resisting.
The magician would simply walk up to one and say warmly:
“My dear friend, we haven’t talked in a while. Come with me — I need your advice about the flock.”
Proud of being considered special, the sheep would gladly follow him into the yard. There, the magician would casually ask questions about the others, and the sheep would happily tell him everything it knew.
Then the magician would kill it.
The death came so suddenly that the sheep never even had time to understand what had happened.
The magician was delighted with his strategy.
By convincing each sheep that it was exceptional, he had raised their self-esteem so effectively that they stopped thinking about death altogether. They became calmer, less anxious, and more obedient. They peacefully ate grass and enjoyed their lives — which, according to the magician, even made their meat taste better.
For many years, he ruled over the enormous flock with ease.
And the most remarkable part was this:
The other sheep eventually began helping him.
Whenever one particularly intelligent sheep started questioning what was really happening, the others — the “lions,” the “wolves,” the “humans,” the magician’s “special friends” — would quickly report the suspicious behavior.
And the very next day, the magician would happily eat that sheep too.
— Inspired by the parable attributed to George Gurdjieff
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When you bring it down to the basic ideology on display on a near daily basis; it is Democratic slavery vs Republican freedom.
The one is legit, the other is not … by their fruit ye shall know them.
The left is hating on the one while embracing the other.
T.D.S. prevents them from seeing the good in Rev Graham and it may even play a part in their continued patronizing of the Race-bating-poverty-pimp.
The one feeds the poor while the other fleeces the poor.
One will be able to enter Heaven, the other doesn’t have a snowball’s chance.
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
And may God Bless
Someone needs to help this man wake up to the fact that he is working for the evil one, not Jesus the Christ. pastorwardclinton.com
For those that understand, no explanation is necessary.
For those that don’t understand, no explanation is possible.
Hypocritical leftists.
Yeah, that pretty much sums up the whole Democrat Party.
All they have is hate for Trump, because they do not want you to focus on their stances on policies that got Trump 78 million votes. They still want open borders, pro illegal immigrant, pro abortion, men in women’s sports, DEI hires, pro trans, anti Israel, high taxes, etc. Don’t Let them forget about their unpopular positions.
“Unpopular ” is the kindest way to put it as, when one examines it closely the more accurate term is “traitorous.”
A man named Panurge found himself aboard a ship in the middle of the open sea. Traveling on the same vessel was a merchant named Dindenault, along with a massive flock of sheep he intended to sell at the next port.
Dindenault was the embodiment of greed—a man who valued profit far more than humanity.
One day, a heated argument broke out between Panurge and the merchant. Feeling insulted and seeking revenge, Panurge came up with a cunning plan. He offered to buy a single sheep from the merchant at an absurdly high price. Dindenault, blinded by the lure of easy money, took the deal with a smug grin.
But then, the unexpected happened. Panurge grabbed the sheep by its horns, dragged it to the edge of the ship, and hurled it into the ocean.
Immediately, another sheep jumped in after it. Then a third, and a fourth. In a matter of seconds, the entire flock began rushing toward the railing, blindly leaping into the abyss.
Panicked, Dindenault desperately tried to hold the remaining animals back, but it was useless. Their “herd instinct” was far more powerful than any wall or human resistance. Driven by pure greed and a desperate hope to save at least one animal, Dindenault grabbed onto the very last sheep. But the creature, determined to follow the others, dragged the merchant overboard with it.
They all perished together, swallowed by the waves.
From this tale comes the expression “Panurge’s Sheep” (or what we today call The Herd Mentality). it describes those who blindly follow the crowd without a single original thought or a will of their own.
What is the takeaway for us today?
There is nothing more dangerous to a society than the “mob mind.” Too often, we see crowds echoing slogans or imitating destructive behaviors simply because they saw them online or heard them elsewhere. We trade our individuality for the comfort of the pack.
We were given two precious tools: reason and freedom. It is up to us to use them to set our own goals and choose our own paths. When we abandon these gifts, we stop being leaders of our own lives and become blind followers—fulfilling someone else’s agenda instead of our own.
Don’t be the sheep that follows the flock over the cliff. Have the courage to stand alone, think for yourself, and walk your own way.
This is the Persian Gulf! You see the first blockade in the narrow area? That’s the strait of Hormuz. That’s what the terrorist Islamic regime closed to put pressure on president Trump and US to back down. But they still don’t get it that President Trump is a 3 D chess player. He closed the second area which is wider and no ship related to the terrorist Islamic regime is able to leave or enter.
This is absolutely one of the smartest moves in the modern warfare. We give the glory to God for giving President Trump wisdom, knowledge understanding and might. The Islamic regime never thought of this and are caught by surprise. They literally can’t import weapons, missile fuels, they can’t sell oil. This is like holding them by the neck. Plus because of the Islamic regime closed the strait of Hormuz, now everyone is buying expensive oil from the USA. US oil sale jumped to 5.3 million barrels per day. Military masterpiece.
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