Dooley had calculated the distance from the earth to the moon. He had done so using a very simple method. He knew how far it was from his house to the Palestine mountain which was right across the hollow from behind his house.
He just looked across his hand at the mountain and observed how high up on his hand that measured, and then looked at the moon and did the same thing and quickly realized they were about the same distance away.
“The moon is four miles high!” he proudly announced in class the next day. This new information seemed to stun Ms. Stella for a moment, and she just stood there and stared at him. “That's not right,” responded one of the smarty pants girls. “Mt. Everest is higher than that.”
“How come it doesn't hit the mountain then? It ain't done it,” argued Dooley with great indignation.
He had supposed Coffee Mountain near his house was the tallest mountain in the world. Of course a fuss broke out in class, which Ms. Stella quickly broke up by declaring that Mt. Everest was indeed higher than that.
She was interested in how he had determined the distance to the moon. When he explained she seemed to have some difficulty keeping from laughing.
She bragged on Dooley for having an inquisitive mind, and Dooley took it as a compliment. That night Dooley did another hand reading, and realized he had miscalculated by a couple of fingers.
He made his new calculation of six miles public next day in class, and again Ms. Stella almost laughed. At least the smarty pants girl didn't argue this time... In just the past few years man has adjusted the official height of Mt. Everest to add seven feet to their number.
Millions are miscalculating about God. Many say there is no God. Some say one God is as good as another.
The Holy Bible gives us the eternal truth about Jesus Christ. If I figure it any other way it will be to my great harm and hurt. How do you have it figured...?
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