Reflections Along the Jesus Way
September 21, 2024 – Quote for the Day:
“One afternoon a Hindu priest, a Jewish rabbi and a Christian TV evangelist were on a trip when their car broke down in a rural area. They were walking for help when a thunderstorm hit. They all ran for a nearby farm house and asked for shelter.
The farmer said, ‘This storm is not going to let up. You’re going to have to spend the night. Only problem is I only have room for two in the house – one of you will have to sleep in the barn.
The Hindu priest spoke up, ‘I’ll sleep in the barn. A little hardship is nothing to me.’ He ran out to the barn as the rain continued to pour down. A few minutes later, there was a knock at the door. It was the Hindu. ‘I’m sorry,’ he told the farmer, ‘but there is a cow in the barn. In my religion cows are sacred, and I cannot intrude into their space.’
‘No problem,’ volunteered the Rabbi. ‘You take my place here in the house. I’ll go out and sleep in the barn.’ After a few minutes there was another knock on the door. The Rabbi apologized, saying, ‘I’m sorry. But there is a pig in the barn. In my religion pigs are unclean. In good conscience I cannot sleep with a pig.’
‘Well, I guess that leaves me,’ said the Christian evangelist. ‘I’ll go sleep in the barn.’ And once again, after a few minutes there was another knock on the door. It was the cow and the pig.”
Originally published in:
Unplugging from Religion – Connecting With God
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