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To: John Carragher who wrote (13729)	3/9/2000 8:10:00 AM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62556

About a century or two ago, the Pope decided that all the Jews had to > leave Rome. Naturally there was a big uproar from the Jewish community. > > So the Pope made a deal. He would have a religious debate with a member > of the Jewish community. If the Jew won, the Jews could stay. If the > Pope won, the Jews would leave. The Jews realized that they had no > choice. They looked around for a champion who could defend their faith, > but no one wanted to volunteer. It was too risky. > > So they finally picked an old man named Moishe, who spent his life > sweeping up after people, to represent them. Being old and poor, he had > less to lose, so he agreed. He asked only for one addition to the > debate. Not being used to saying very much as he cleaned up around the > settlement, he asked that neither side be allowed to talk. The Pope > agreed. > > The day of the great debate came. Moishe and the Pope sat opposite each > other for a full minute before the Pope raised his hand and showed three > fingers. Moishe looked back at him and raised one finger. The Pope > waved his fingers in a circle around his head. Moishe pointed to the > ground where he sat. The Pope pulled out a wafer and a glass of wine. > Moishe pulled out an apple. > > The Pope stood up and said, "I give up. This man is too good. The Jews > can stay." > > An hour later, the cardinals were all around the Pope asking him what > happened. The Pope said: "First I held up three fingers to represent > the Trinity." "He responded by holding up one finger to remind me that > there was still one God common to both religions. Then I waved my finger > around me to show him, that God was all around us. He responded by > pointing to the ground, showing that God was also right here with us." > "I pulled out the wine and the wafer to show that God absolves us from > our sins. He pulled out an apple to remind me of original sin. He had > an answer for everything. What could I do?" > > Meanwhile, the Jewish community had crowded around Moishe, amazed that > this old, almost feeble-minded man had done what all their scholars had > insisted was impossible! > > "What happened?" they asked. > > "Well," said Moishe, "First he said to me that the Jews had three days to > get out of here. I told him that not one of us was leaving. Then he > told me that this whole city would be cleared of Jews. I let him know > that we were staying right here." > > "And then?" asked a women. > > "I don't know," said Moishe. "He took out his lunch and I took out > mine."