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---------------------- Forwarded by Judy Hernandez/HOU/ECT on 07/14/2000
08:54 AM --------------------------- Regina Blackshear@ENRON 07/13/2000 08:44 PM To: vblack4538@aol.com, l_carter61@hotmail.com, sonia_l_castorena@reliantenergy.com, Yolanda Clay<yoclay@flash.net<, Amber.Ebow@enron.com, Loneta Edison<Loneta.Edison@wcom.com<, NAGILL443@aol.com, Tammy Green <tcgreen@flash.net<, GRHRDH@aol.com, "BENEDICT PETERS"<bouncing98@hotmail.com<, rosemary.a.reynolds@usa.xerox.com, "WhiteBL(Barbara)"<BLWhite@equiva.com<, Diane Salcido/Corp/Enron@Enron, Angela Barnett/HOU/ECT@ECT, Judy Hernandez/HOU/ECT@ECT, Eve Puckett/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Pamela Mitchell/HOU/ECT@ECT, Sandra R McNichols/HOU/ECT@ECT, Warren Perry/Corp/Enron@Enron cc: Subject: Fwd: Taste My Jesus this is very nice - <<Thought you'd like this... << <<Edmund J. Petry << < Taste My Jesus! << < At the University of Chicago Divinity School each year they have what <<is << < called "Baptist Day." On this day each one is to bring a lunch to be <<eaten << < outdoors in a grassy picnic area. Every "Baptist Day" the school would << < invite one of the greatest minds to lecture in the theological <<education << < centre. One year they invited Dr. Paul Tillich. Dr.Tillich spoke for <<two << < and << < one-half hours "proving" that the resurrection of Jesus was false. He << < quoted << < scholar after scholar and book after book. He concluded that since <<there << < was no such thing as the historical resurrection, the religious <<tradition << < of << < the church was groundless, emotional mumbo-jumbo, because it was based <<on << < a << < relationship with a risen Jesus, who, in fact, never rose from the dead <<in << < any literal sense. He then asked if there were any questions. After <<about << < 30 << < seconds, an old, dark skinned preacher with a head of short-cropped, << < woolly << < white hair stood << < up in the back. << < << < "Doctah Tillich, I got one question," he said as all eyes turned toward << < him. He reached into his sack lunch and pulled out an apple and began << < eating << < it. << < << < "Doctah Tillich..." CRUNCH, MUNCH "My question is a simple <<question,..." << < CRUNCH, MUNCH... "Now, I ain't never read them books you read..." <<CRUNCH, << < MUNCH.. "and I can't recite the Scriptures in the original Greek..." << < CRUNCH, MUNCH ... " I don't know nothin' about Niebuhr and <<Heidegger..." << < CRUNCH, MUNCH... He finished the apple. << < << < "All I wanna know is: This apple I just ate,------was it bitter or <<sweet?" << < Dr. Tillich paused for a moment and then answered in exemplary <<scholarly << < fashion: "I cannot possibly answer that question, for I haven't tasted << < your << < apple." The white-haired preacher dropped the core of his apple into <<his << < crumpled paper bag, looked up at Dr. Tillich and said calmly, "Neither << < have << < you tasted my Jesus." << < << < The 1,000 plus in attendance could not contain themselves. The crowd << < erupted << < with applause and cheers. Dr. Tillich thanked his audience and <<promptly << < left. << < << < << < <<________________________________________________________________________ << < Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at <<http://www.hotmail.com << << << < ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
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