Once A Baptist

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ONCE A BAPTIST, ALWAYS THINK LIKE A BAPTIST

John Smith was the only Protestant to move into a large Catholic

neighborhood. On the first Friday of Lent, John was outside grilling a big

juicy steak on his grill. Meanwhile, all of his neighbors were eating cold

tuna fish for supper. This went on each Friday of Lent.

On the last Friday of Lent, the neighborhood men got together and decided

that something had to be done about John, he was tempting them to eat meat

each Friday of Lent, and they couldn't take it anymore. They decided to try

and convert John to be a Catholic. They went over and talked to him and were

so happy that he decided to join all of his neighbors and become a Catholic.

They took him to Church, and the Priest sprinkled some water over him,and

said, "You were born a Baptist, you were raised a Baptist, and now you are a

Catholic." The men were so relieved, now their biggest Lenten temptation was

resolved.

The next year's Lenten season rolled around. The first Friday of Lentcame,

and just at supper time, when the neighborhood was setting down to their

tuna fish dinner, came the wafting smell of steak cooking on a grill. The

neighborhood men could not believe their noses! WHAT WAS GOING ON? They

called each other up and decided to meet over in John's yard to see if he

had forgotten it was the first Friday of Lent?

The group arrived just in time to see John standing over his grill with a

small pitcher of water. He was sprinkling some water over his steak on the

grill, saying, "You were born a cow, you were raised a cow, and now you are

a fish."