dolf
get a life.
bill
On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 04:05:21 GMT, "Dolf Boek" <dolf_boek@no-spam>
wrote:
>Dear Prince of Darkness,
>
>With the experience of religious vilification going on in Australian at
>present where Institutional clergy have indulged themselves on the
>misfortunes of others which the clergy themselves have in many instances
>promulgated, I think it wise for you to cease telling stories of contrived
>religiousity and address the more important life issues.
>
>- dolf
>http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/telos/
>
>"Rowland Croucher" <rcroucher@no-spam> wrote in
>message news:3ef7c73f$0$30820$afc38c87@no-spam
>A minister concluded that his church was getting into serious financial
>troubles.. Coincidentally, by chance, while checking the church storeroom,
>he discovered several cartons of new bibles that had never been opened and
>distributed. So at his Sunday sermon, he asked for three volunteers from the
>congregation who would be willing to sell the bibles door-to-door for $10
>each to raise the desperately needed money for the church. Peter, Paul and
>Louie all raised their hands to volunteer for the task. The reverend knew
>that Peter and Paul earned their living as salesmen and were likely capable
>of selling some bibles but he had serious doubts about Louie. Louie was just
>a little local farmer, who had always tended to keep to himself because he
>was embarrassed by his speech impediment. Poor little Louis stuttered very
>badly..But, not wanting to discourage poor Louis, the reverend decided to
>let him try anyway. He sent the three of them away with the back seat of
>their cars stacked with bibles and asked them to meet with him and report
>the results of their door-to-door selling efforts the following Sunday.
>Which they did.
>
>Anxious to find out how successful they were, the reverend immediately asked
>Peter, "Well, Peter, how did you make out selling our bibles last week?"
>
>Proudly handing the reverend an envelope, Peter replied, "Father, using my
>sales prowess, I was able to sell 20 bibles, and here's the 200 dollars I
>collected on behalf of the church." "Fine job, Peter!" The reverend said,
>vigorously shaking his hand. "You are indeed a fine salesman and the Church
>is indebted to you."
>
>Turning to Paul, he asked "And Paul, how many bibles did you manage to sell
>for the church last week?"
>
>Paul, smiling and sticking out his chest, confidently replied, "Reverend, I
>am a professional salesman and was happy to give the church the benefit of
>my sales expertise. Last week I sold 28 bibles on behalf of the church, and
>here's 280 dollars I collected."
>
>The reverend responded, "That's absolutely splendid, Paul. You are truly a
>professional salesman and the church is also indebted to you."
>Apprehensively, the reverend turned to little Louie and said, "And Louie,
>did you manage to sell any bibles last week?"
>
>Louie silently offered the reverend a large envelope. The reverend opened it
>and counted the contents.. "What is this?" the reverend exclaimed. "Louie,
>there's 3200 dollars in here!
>Are you suggesting that you sold 320 bibles for the church, door to door, in
>just one week? Louie just nodded. That's impossible!" both Peter and Paul
>said in unison. "We are professional salesmen, yet you claim to have sold 10
>times as many bibles as we could." "Yes, this does seem unlikely," the
>reverend agreed. "I think you'd better explain how you managed to do
>accomplish this, Louie."
>
>Louie shrugged. "I-I-I- re-re-really do-do-don't kn-kn-know f-f-f-for
>sh-sh-sh-sure," he stammered.
>Impatiently, Peter interrupted. "For crying out loud, Louie, just tell us
>what you said to them when they answered the door!"
>
>"A-a-a-all I-I-I s-s-said wa-wa-was," Louis replied, "W-w-w-w-would
>y-y-y-you l-l-l-l-l-like t-t-to b-b-b-buy th-th-th-this b-b-b-b-bible
>f-f-for t-t-ten b-b-b-bucks ---o-o-o-or--- wo-wo-would
>yo-you j-j-j-just l-like m-m-me t-t-to st-st-stand h-h-here and
>l-l-l-let m-m-me r-r-r-r-r-read it t-to y-y-you?"