a simple test

[happythoughts 0]

I'm known for long stories. It's handy to have small flaws.

Anyway, I have a simple test. It's a test for preachers. Preachers irritate me. They seem to
have such confidence from the public. I like to see
if it is well-founded.

I'm not a religious person, but I like to ask them
one simple question.
"What was the most important thing in the Sermon
on The Mount"?

Simple story. They pass around a basket with food
and it returns with more in it than when it left.
Some fish, some bread, maybe a bottle of wine.

Some preachers say it was a "mystical". Like a
Leprecaun that gives you a $10 bill in your pocket forever. They want it to be mystical. They sell it that
way because they control the path to mysticism.
I think that is the wrong answer.

My personal view is that people put stuff in. If they
had an extra fish, they put it in. To me, that is the
miracle. Maybe even people who didn't have any
extra stuff. Maybe they shared.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I enjoy my interpretation better.

Ever know someone without a lot... but everytime you
stop by, they give you a sandwich, or a snack, or a glass of wine?

That's because the last person who stopped by,
they left some chips and a bottle of wine, or a movie to watch.

It is important to observe the everyday miracles between the imperfect, as people are kind and to
each other.

[quade 4]

http://www.extremelinux.info/stonesoup/stonesoup.html

Same thing only without the "magic."

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[akarunway 1]

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Same thing only without the "magic."

Damn commie/socialist bastards. Moral of the story? The damn right wing/warmonger fucker took his magic rock to go and fuck some more people for free meal.

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[JohnRich 4]

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I'm known for long stories...

I'd like to hear more long stories from you like that. It was a good one, and I like your interpretation.

Your story reminded me of another one I've always liked: the story of the poor widow's mite.

[mnealtx 0]

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http://www.extremelinux.info/stonesoup/stonesoup.html

Same thing only without the "magic."

Damn commie/socialist bastards. Moral of the story? The damn right wing/warmonger fucker took his magic rock to go and fuck some more people for free meal.

Gee, THERE'S a surprise....not.

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[ltdiver 3]

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http://www.extremelinux.info/stonesoup/stonesoup.html

Same thing only without the "magic."

We had a university run restaurant where I went to school that got it's name from this story. It was properly names "The Soup Stone". Some of the best homemade soup I've ever had. Man, I miss that place!

ltdiver

Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

[ryoder 1,590]

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Same thing only without the "magic."

Did it occur to you that is very close to how the wedding party was organized in "Fandango"?

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.