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<blockquote data-quote="Big Babooba" data-source="post: 276832" data-attributes="member: 5402"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: green">[FONT='Bookman Old Style','serif']Subject: Golden Phone </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: green"> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: green">A man in </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: green">Topeka<span style="color: green"> , </span><span style="color: green">Kansas</span></span><span style="color: green"> decided to write a book about Churches around the country. He started by flying to </span><span style="color: green">San Francisco</span><span style="color: green"> and started working east from there. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: green"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: green">Going to a very large church, he began taking photographs and making notes. He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was intrigued with a sign, which read 'Calls: $10,000 a minute.' </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: green"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: green">Seeking out the pastor he asked about the phone and the sign. The pastor answered that this golden phone is, in fact, a direct line to heaven and if he pays the price he can talk directly to God. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: green"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: green">The man thanked the pastor and continued on his way. As he continued to visit churches in </span><span style="color: green">Seattle</span><span style="color: green"> , </span><span style="color: green">Dallas</span><span style="color: green">, </span><span style="color: green">St. Louis</span><span style="color: green">, </span><span style="color: green">Chicago</span><span style="color: green">, </span><span style="color: green">Milwaukee</span><span style="color: green">, and around the </span><span style="color: green">United States</span><span style="color: green">, he found more phones, with the same sign, and the same answer from each pastor. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: green"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: green">Finally, he arrived in </span><span style="color: green">Massachusetts</span><span style="color: green">. Upon entering a church in </span><span style="color: green">Boston<span style="color: green">, </span><span style="color: green">MA</span></span><span style="color: green"> .. Behold - he saw the usual golden telephone. But THIS time, the sign read "Calls: .35 cents." </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: green"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: green">Fascinated, he asked to talk to the pastor, "Reverend, I have been in cities all across the country and in each church I have found this golden telephone and have been told it is a direct line to Heaven and that I could talk to God, but in the other churches the cost was $10,000 a minute. Your sign reads only 35 cents a call. Why?" </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: green"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: green">The pastor, smiling benignly, replied, 'Son, you're in</span><span style="color: green"><span style="color: green">Massachusetts</span></span><span style="color: green"> now, home of the Boston Red Sox</span><span style="color: #1f497d">.</span><span style="color: green"> You're in God's Country, It's a local call." </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Babooba, post: 276832, member: 5402"] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=green][FONT='Bookman Old Style','serif']Subject: Golden Phone A man in [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=green]Topeka[COLOR=green] , [/COLOR][COLOR=green]Kansas[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=green] decided to write a book about Churches around the country. He started by flying to [/COLOR][COLOR=green]San Francisco[/COLOR][COLOR=green] and started working east from there. Going to a very large church, he began taking photographs and making notes. He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was intrigued with a sign, which read 'Calls: $10,000 a minute.' Seeking out the pastor he asked about the phone and the sign. The pastor answered that this golden phone is, in fact, a direct line to heaven and if he pays the price he can talk directly to God. The man thanked the pastor and continued on his way. As he continued to visit churches in [/COLOR][COLOR=green]Seattle[/COLOR][COLOR=green] , [/COLOR][COLOR=green]Dallas[/COLOR][COLOR=green], [/COLOR][COLOR=green]St. Louis[/COLOR][COLOR=green], [/COLOR][COLOR=green]Chicago[/COLOR][COLOR=green], [/COLOR][COLOR=green]Milwaukee[/COLOR][COLOR=green], and around the [/COLOR][COLOR=green]United States[/COLOR][COLOR=green], he found more phones, with the same sign, and the same answer from each pastor. Finally, he arrived in [/COLOR][COLOR=green]Massachusetts[/COLOR][COLOR=green]. Upon entering a church in [/COLOR][COLOR=green]Boston[COLOR=green], [/COLOR][COLOR=green]MA[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=green] .. Behold - he saw the usual golden telephone. But THIS time, the sign read "Calls: .35 cents." Fascinated, he asked to talk to the pastor, "Reverend, I have been in cities all across the country and in each church I have found this golden telephone and have been told it is a direct line to Heaven and that I could talk to God, but in the other churches the cost was $10,000 a minute. Your sign reads only 35 cents a call. Why?" The pastor, smiling benignly, replied, 'Son, you're in[/COLOR][COLOR=green][COLOR=green]Massachusetts[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=green] now, home of the Boston Red Sox[/COLOR][COLOR=#1f497d].[/COLOR][COLOR=green] You're in God's Country, It's a local call." [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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