BillyWhizz888
31-07-2006, 02:41 PM
A Priest, a Pentecostal minister and a Rabbi all served as
chaplains to the students of a northern Michigan university. They
would get together two or three times a week for coffee and to
talk shop. One day, someone made the comment that preaching to
people wasn't really all that hard.
A real challenge would be to preach to a bear. One thing led to
another and they decided to do an experiment. They would all go out into the
woods, find a bear, preach to it and attempt to convert it.
Seven days later, they're all together to discuss the experience.
Father Flannery, who has his arm in a sling, is on crutches and
has various bandages, goes first. "Well," he says "I went into the
woods to find me a bear. And when I found him, I began to read to
him from the Catechism. Well, that bear wanted no part of me, and
began to slap me around. So I quickly grabbed me holy water,
sprinkled him, and Holy Mary Mother of God! He become as gentle as
a lamb! The bishop is coming out next week to give him his first
communion and confirmation!"
Reverend Billy Bob spoke next. He was in a wheelchair, with an arm
and both legs is casts and an IV drip. In his best
fire-and-brimstone oratory
he claimed "WELL brothers, you KNOW that we don't SPRINKLE! I went
out and I FOUND me a bear! And then I began to READ to my bear from GOD'S
HOLY WORD! But that BEAR wanted NOTHING to do with me! So I took
HOLD of him, and we began to WRESTLE! We wrestled DOWN one
mountain, and UP another, and DOWN another until we came to a
CREEK! So I quickly DUNKED him, and BAPTISED his hairy SOUL! And
just like you said, he BECAME as GENTLE as a
LAMB! We spent the rest of the DAY praising JESUS!!"
They both looked down at the Rabbi, who was laying in a hospital bed.
He was in a body cast and traction, with IV's and monitors running in
and out of him. He was in bad shape.
The Rabbi looks up and says, "Looking back on it, circumcision may
not have been the best way to start."
chaplains to the students of a northern Michigan university. They
would get together two or three times a week for coffee and to
talk shop. One day, someone made the comment that preaching to
people wasn't really all that hard.
A real challenge would be to preach to a bear. One thing led to
another and they decided to do an experiment. They would all go out into the
woods, find a bear, preach to it and attempt to convert it.
Seven days later, they're all together to discuss the experience.
Father Flannery, who has his arm in a sling, is on crutches and
has various bandages, goes first. "Well," he says "I went into the
woods to find me a bear. And when I found him, I began to read to
him from the Catechism. Well, that bear wanted no part of me, and
began to slap me around. So I quickly grabbed me holy water,
sprinkled him, and Holy Mary Mother of God! He become as gentle as
a lamb! The bishop is coming out next week to give him his first
communion and confirmation!"
Reverend Billy Bob spoke next. He was in a wheelchair, with an arm
and both legs is casts and an IV drip. In his best
fire-and-brimstone oratory
he claimed "WELL brothers, you KNOW that we don't SPRINKLE! I went
out and I FOUND me a bear! And then I began to READ to my bear from GOD'S
HOLY WORD! But that BEAR wanted NOTHING to do with me! So I took
HOLD of him, and we began to WRESTLE! We wrestled DOWN one
mountain, and UP another, and DOWN another until we came to a
CREEK! So I quickly DUNKED him, and BAPTISED his hairy SOUL! And
just like you said, he BECAME as GENTLE as a
LAMB! We spent the rest of the DAY praising JESUS!!"
They both looked down at the Rabbi, who was laying in a hospital bed.
He was in a body cast and traction, with IV's and monitors running in
and out of him. He was in bad shape.
The Rabbi looks up and says, "Looking back on it, circumcision may
not have been the best way to start."