Worldviews from the Pit
A man fell into a pit and couldn’t get himself out:
- A subjective person came along and said, “I feel for you down there.”
- An objective person came along and said, “Well it’s logical that someone would fall down there.”
- A Christian scientist came along and said, “You only think you’re in that pit.”
- A pharisee said, “Only bad people fall into pits.”
- A mathematician calculated how he fell into the pit.
- A news reporter wanted an exclusive story on his pit.
- A Calvinist said, “If you had been saved, you never would have fallen into that pit.”
- An Armenian said, “You were saved and you still fell in that pit.”
- A charismatic said, “Just confess that you’re not in that pit.”
- A realist came along and said, “Now that’s a pit!”
- A geologist told him to appreciate the rock strata in his pit.
- An IRS agent asked if he was paying taxes on his pit.
- The county inspector asked if he had a permit to dig the pit.
- An evasive person came along and avoided the subject all together.
- A self-pitying person said, “You haven’t seen anything until you’ve seen my pit.”
- An optimist said “Things could be worse.”
- A pessimist, said, “Things will get worse.”
- Jesus saw the man, reached down, took him by the hand and lifted him out of the pit.