Bears by God

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:D the students of Northern Michigan
University in Marquette. 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 t o it, and attempt to
convert it. Seven days later, they're all together
to discuss their experience.

Father Flannery, who has his arm in a sling, is on crutches, and has
various bandages on his body and limbs, 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 Mary Mother of God, he became as gentle as 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 cast s, 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 quickly 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
Jesus."

The Priest and the Reverend 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 real bad shape.

The Rabbi looks up and says, "Looking back on it, circumcision may not
have been the best way to start.