This One Cracked Me Up!

I don't like to post jokes, but this one cracked me up!

I was walking across a bridge one day and saw a man standing on the edge about ready to jump.  Immediately, I ran over to him and plead, "Don't do it!"  "Stop!"

"Why shouldn't I jump?"  He said.

I said, "well, there is so much to live for . . ."

"Like what?" the man asked.

"Well," I said, "are you religious at all, or an atheist?"

"Religious."

"I am too!  Are you a Christian?"

"I am a Christian."

"Fantastic.  Me too.  Are you a Catholic or a Protestant?"

"Protestant."

"Me too."  What denomination?

"Baptist."

"Wow.  Me too.  Are you Baptist Church of the Lord or Baptist Church of God?"

"Baptist Church of God."

"Wow, that's amazing, so am I."  "Are you Original Baptist Church of God, or Reformed Baptist Church of God?"

"Reformed Baptist Church of God."

"I can't believe this!  Are you Reformed Baptist Church of God Reformation of 1879, or Reformed Church of Baptist Church of God Reformation 1915?"

"Reformed Church of Baptist Church of God Reformation 1915."

To which I said, "die heretic scum!" and pushed him off.

Comments

[R.K.Brumbelow]

Shouldn't that be 1644 vs 1689? or maybe 1677 vs 1689? :)

[Santos]

that was funny, now secretly give this to some AP news reporter, we will get hot news next day "Heretic murdered, no news on Investigation"

[Anthony]

Thanks for that laugh. I sometimes feel like pushing some dispensationalists over the edge, but in reality I would jump off a cliff and die if the result would be decernment for all dispensational premillenialists. I would agree with Meredith Kline and say that dispensationalism is an evangelical herresy. I would like to know more about what he meant by that. Anyone know?

[Ray]

Comments like Athony's are a large part of the reason I no longer study prophecy.
Dispensationalists see everything as a sign of the second comming, and Amils refuse to see anything as a sign of the second comming.
Dispensationalists go gaga over Isreal and I've had one Amil preacher tellme that he would love to see Isreal destroyed just so that he would have something to annoy the dispensationalists with.
Neither side listens to the other ( even at the level that a stopped clock is right twice a day ).
Both sides are adept at burning down straw men of the other side.
It is disheartening.

[Anthony]

It's just the heart of someone who longs to see the church with one mind in the truth; I can relate to what Paul said, "For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh" - with the monstrosity of error (often very serious error), I agree with you that it's disheartening, but that's no reason to cease studying, only reason to study all the more. Books like Kim's help a lot and are greatly appreciated.

[plw]

Ray, Have you read "The Man of Sin" yet? If not, you need to. To say we Amills refuse to see anything as a sign of the second coming is not true.

[Alberto]

Andrew is using the wrong Scripture passage for Dispensationalists. Using a portion of Scripture in which Paul is talking about spriritually dead people who reject Christ for Dispensationalists is ridiculous. Go ahead and disagree with dispensationalists, but use proper argumentation and relevant Scripture.

[Alberto]

I'm sorry, I meant to say Anthony, not Andrew. The comments I entered refer to his second post.

[Jeremy]

Funny joke. This thread got off topic in a hurry, didn't it?

[Rick B.]

I was going to say the same thing Jeremy. It seems like there's a specific fight somewhere else in the blogsphere that found its way here.

It's a funny joke - but predictable

[pilgrim]

I've heard it before--but still find it amusing.
It's a similar theme to the one where they find a man who has been stranded alone on an island for several years.

When they rescue him they find three huts, and they ask him why three huts when he was the only one on the island.

He answered, "That hut is where I lived, and that one is where I went to Church."

"What about this other one?," They asked.

"That's where I used to go to Church."

[vox reformata]

i heard a similar one to kim's, the ending is different:

What denomination?

Presbyterian Reformed.

Me too! What apologetics methodology?

"What's that?" responded the man.

To which I said, "die heretic scum!" and pushed him off.

[David McKay]

Two Christians, Joe and Moe, were having a discussion about Eschatology, and things began to get heated. Realising this, Moe said:

Look! Let's not fall out over this. After all, it's not the end of the world!

[Alberto]

If anyone thinks that I have continued a fight here from somewhere else, that person is mistaken. When it comes to eschatology, I don't hold to any official position such as premillenialism or something else. Next time, if its not necessary, I will try to keep comments to myself that go off the subject. But, I still don't think my comments were irrelevant.

I do have one question concerning the joke. I have heard that Baptists are also referred to as the fighting Baptists; is this true? Are Baptists particularly known for their schisms and fights?

[Doug]

Not funny. Joke was too predictable, as another respondent said.

[plw]

It was a funny joke.........and we all need a good laugh from time to time.

[Anthony]

Alberto, dispensational churches are packed with false converts. I visit them from time to time. I like the mocha chilla's.

[J. Joseph Stellman]

This joke perfectly highlights why I hate Reformed Baptist Church of God Reformation of 1879 folk. Vicious murderers all.

Long live the Reformed Baptist Church of God Reformation of 1915!

[Jeremy]

J. Joseph Stellman,

Send me your address. As a representative of the Reformed Baptist Church of God Reformation of 1879, I have a <strike>bomb</strike> 'package of literature' I would like to send you.

[SV]

To be sure,it's a good one for a theologians dinner party, but it went clean over my head half-way through.I could have used a synopsis along-side the critical dates to feel clued in;-)
By the way, congratulations on your newest book!! Thanks for the informative and funny reading on this blog!


Oh, and are you going to the Harvest Crusade this year;)~