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A joke about faith which I hope doesn't offend anybody!?
There was a priest, not sure of which faith, was thrown from a small fishing boat in the middle of a storm.
For hours he bobbed up and down in the water praying to God, and asking for help. After a while another fishing boat came past, spotted him, and one of the guys on board threw down a life ring. "Grab on father!" he called.
"It's OK my child, I have my faith, God will save me! Go on your way!"
So the fishing boat did, and the priest stayed there bobbing around and praying. A few hours later a cruise ship came along. A similar thing happened again - somebody shouted through a loud speaker "We're going to send somebody down for you! Hold on Father!"
The priest gathered all of his strength and shouted back; "Leave me! I'll be fine! God is on my side!"
Again, they respected his wishes and moved on. A little late a helicopter flew overhead, spotted him, and one of the passengers climbed down on a rope ladder and offered his hand, "Take my hand father!" the man shouted...
to which the priest replied, yet again, "It's OK, leave me. God will save me!"
The man respected his wishes, climbed back up the ladder, and the helicopter flew away.
An hour later the priest was dead.
Up in heaven he met with God, and watched a short film which summarized his life. At the end of it God asked; "Have you got any questions?"
"Yes," the priest replied, "just the one: I devoted my life to you and put all of my faith in you without asking for anything in return, yet on my final day I asked for help and you ignored me. Why?"
"What?! I sent two boats and a helicopter! What more do you want?!"
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