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Pastimes : Happy Hour: A thread for not so intelligent discussions
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To: Bald Eagle who wrote (1356)8/2/1999 9:42:00 PM
From: Susie924   of 2380
 
> God's Kid
> >
> > Whenever your kids are out of control, you can take comfort from
the
> > thought that even God's omnipotence did not extend to God's kids.
> > After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the

> > first thing said to them was: "Don't." "Don't what?" Adam replied
> > "Don't eat the forbidden fruit." God said
> >
> > "Forbidden fruit? We got forbidden fruit? Hey, Eve... we got
> > Forbidden
> > Fruit!"
> > "No way!"
> > "Yes way!"
> > "Don't eat that fruit!" said God.
> > "Why?"
> > "Because I'm your Creator and I said so!" said God, wondering why
he
> > hadn't stopped after making the elephants.
> >
> > A few minutes later God saw the kids having an apple break and was

> > angry "Didn't I tell you not to eat that fruit?" God asked "Uh
huh,"
> > Adam replied.
> >
> > "Then why did you?"
> > "I dunno," Eve answered.
> > "She started it!" Adam said.
> > "Did not!"
> > "Did so!"
> > "Did not!!"
> >
> > Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam
> > and
> > Eve should have children of their own. Thus the pattern was set
and
> > it
> > has never changed. But there is a reassurance in this story. If
you
> > have persistently and lovingly tried to give them wisdom and they
> > haven't taken it, don't be hard on yourself. If God had trouble
> > handling children, what makes you think it would be a piece of
cake
> > for you?
> >
> >
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