Fwd: Fw: Once a Baptist, Always a Baptist

Once a Baptist, Always a Baptist
John Smith was the only Protestant to move into a large Catholic
neighborhood. On the first Friday of Lent, John was outside grilling a big
juicy steak on his grill.

Meanwhile, all of his neighbors were eating cold tuna fish for supper.
This went on each Friday of Lent. On the last Friday of Lent, the neighborhood
men got together and decided that something had to be done about John, he was
tempting them to eat meat each Friday of Lent, and they couldn't take it
anymore.

They decided to try and convert John to be a Catholic. They went over
and talked to him and were so happy that he decided to join all of his
neighbors and become a Catholic. They took him to Church, and the Priest
sprinkled some water over him, and said, "You were born a Baptist, you were
raised a Baptist, and now you are a Catholic."

The men were so relieved, now their biggest Lenten temptation was
resolved. The next year's Lenten season rolled around.. The first Friday of
Lent came, and just at supper time, when the neighborhood was setting down to
their tuna fish dinner, came the wafting smell of steak cooking on a grill.

The neighborhood men could not believe their noses! WHAT WAS GOING ON?
They called each other up and decided to meet over in John's yard to see if he
had forgotten it was the first Friday of Lent?

The group arrived just in time to see John standing over his grill with
a small pitcher of water. He was sprinkling some water over his steak on the
grill, saying, "You were born a cow, you were raised a cow, and now you are a
fish."






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