A
Rabbi and a soap maker were walking along and the soap maker questioned the
Rabbi by asking, “What good is religion? There’s been religion for a long
time, but people are still bad to each other” The Rabbi was silent until
they saw a boy who was dirty from playing in the street. The Rabbi asked the
soap maker, “What good is soap? We’ve had soap for many, many years and
people still get dirty.” The soap maker protested the comparison and insisted
that the soap had to be used in order to keep people clean. “Exactly my
point”, said the Rabbi. “Religion”, he said, “has to be
applied in order to do anybody any good.”
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J.
Michael Shannon is professor of preaching at Cincinnati Bible College in Cincinnati,
OH.
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