{OT} bear -->joke<--

A priest, a Pentecostal preacher, anda Rabbi all served as chaplains to
the students of the University of Montana in Missoula. 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 isn'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 nothing to do with me and began to slap
me around. So I quickly grabbed my holy water, sprinkled him and, Holy
God, he became as gentle a lamb. The bishop is coming out next week to
give him first communion and confirmation."

Reverend Billy Bob spoke next. He was in a wheelchair, with an arm and
both legs in 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 hill, UP another and DOWN
another until we came to a creek. So I quick DUNKED him and BAPTIZED his
hairy soul. And just like you said, he became as gentle as a lamb. We
spent the rest of the day praising The Lord."

They both looked down at the rabbi, who was lying 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."

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No matter what happens, someone will find a way to take it too seriously.

"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:xn0emae90in6gd000@news.readfreenews.net...[color=blue]
>A priest, a Pentecostal preacher, anda Rabbi all served as chaplains to the
>students of the University of Montana in Missoula. 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 isn'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.[/color]

I shared this joke tonight with my jewish wife, her baptist friend and her
catholic friend; they're all at a conference in FLA. I don't know if it was
the joke or the couple of iced teas they had after the conference, but they
were rofl at the punch line. Thanks.