From a Public Talk

[Doug]

Don't know from where this comes. Our Public Talk included it:

 

A man, a prophet, had enemies.

They would catch a small bird and hold it in their hands.

They asked the prophet "What do I hold in my hands?"

 The prophet would answer 'A bird'.

Then they would ask "Is it alive, or dead?"

 

 This was a trick question. If the prophet answered 'dead' , they would open their hands and the bird would fly away. But, if the prophet answered 'alive' , they would squeeze the bird breaking its neck and open their hands to show the prophet is not a genuine prophet.

 

So, they asked 'What do I hold in my hands? "

'A bird'

'Is it alive or dead?'

Giving it some thought , the prophet answered with  'As you would have it'  .

[➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone]

Reminds me of the Hertic test for witches. Witches cannot drown. So they dunk the suspect till they drown. Oops. Too late.

 

By the way... what was the point of the story/illustration?

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunking

 

Just Older

 

 

 

 

[Doug]

11 hours ago, TonyWenz said:

 

By the way... what was the point of the story/illustration?

 

I  wish I knew. Brother used it in his talk but I can't remember what his point was.

I put it here just because I like it.