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A
Protestant moves into a Catholic neighborhood. It's a pretty
open-minded and welcoming community, and everyone gets along great.
The
first time an issue presents itself is when Lent rolls around. During
Lent, the Catholics in the neighborhood all swear off red meat. Every
day at lunch, however, as his neighbors were eating cold tuna
sandwiches, the Protestant would grill himself a big, juicy steak that
could be smelled throughout the neighborhood.
Several
weeks into Lent, the Catholics meet after Mass to discuss the issue.
They didn't want to be unneighborly, but the smell was really driving
them crazy.
Then, one of them
comes up with a suggestion: since the Protestant moved to a Catholic
community, maybe he'd be open to converting. While it wouldn't fix the
problem that year, it would make next year's Lent go much more smoothly.
After much debate, they agree to bring the offer to the Protestant.
To
their surprise and delight, he is completely open to converting. He
goes through the process and gets re-baptized as a Catholic. The entire
neighborhood shows up for his confirmation, where the priest splashes
him with holy water while saying, "You were born a Protestant ... you
were raised a Protestant ... and now you're a Catholic."
The
next year goes smoothly, and the whole neighborhood gets along great.
Then, Lent rolls around again. As everyone is at home with their cold
tuna sandwiches, a smell permeates the air: charcoal, wood chips, STEAK.
Confused, everyone rushes over to the convert's house.
They
find him standing over his grill, a juicy steak cooking away. He's
splashing the slab of meat with beer, and the neighbors hear him
speaking in a solemn voice.
"You were born a cow ... you were raised a cow ... and now you're a fish."
