[GCFL-discuss] [GCFL.net] Three Holy Men and a Bear

[Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List]

Or written by anyone with a strong sense of stereotypes without the fine-ite
knowledge of the deeper details about each religious group, just their
stereotypes.
~Lance

On 7/1/07, Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List <gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net>
wrote:
>
> Funny, but of course there is a reason most clergy do not spend time
> trying to save bears. Bears are not people, do not have souls, and are
> not promised eternal life. (Sorry kids, your newly buried puppy will not
> be in puppy heaven, but you will understand that better when you get to
> heaven, which hopefully will not be for many decades.)
>
> I also note that MANY Protestant churches DO baptize by sprinkling water
> on a new-born baby, including some that ALSO provide for adult baptism by
> immersion. Jesus is not known to have expressed a preference, or given
> any detailed instructions on the matter. It is even possible that John
> poured water over him, rather than dunking him under the Jordan.
>
> Finally, a rabbi would not have been involved in the experiment at all
> because, as greenBubble has noted, Jews are not evangelical, and do not
> try to convert. The bear could have volunteered for conversion, but would
> have had to go through at least 18 months of instruction before
> circumcision was an issue, and if the bear gave up, everyone would have
> sighed with relief. Obviously the story was written by a Christian.
>
> Siarlys
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