Sorry it took me so long to reply ... I've been away and only recently returned.
Answer to the Jumping Monks:
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When God tells the monks that the dotted ones must jump at "EXACTLY the same time", these devout literalists realize that there is only one way to meet God's definition of EXACTLY: only one monk must jump. Being men of Faith, and believing that God would not pose a challenge that was IMPOSSIBLE for them to achieve, they deduced the only possible answer: precisely one monk was dotted, no more, no less. Otherwise, if two or more monks were to jump even one trillionth of a nanosecond apart, multiple monks could not possibly meet the EXACTLY requirement.
Comforted by this knowledge, they all walk to the cliff to watch the Chosen One jump off of the cliff on the first day. Of course, the Chosen One would be the only monk who would see that no other monk had a dot on his forehead. Thus, he would know immediately that he is the Chosen One.
Had he sufficient Faith and Courage, he would have jumped then and there on the very first day. But, he did not.
It took three days for the Chosen One to work up the courage to jump. When he finally did, he EXACTLY fulfilled the requirements of God, and (presumably) the World was Saved. [/color]
