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To: CCWoody;the_doc
HA! I'm reading it right now. Christian and Hopeful have just met Ignorance. I'm reading in between posts on FR.

Actually you guys met me last year..is that a replay?

581 posted on 02/21/2002 7:19:22 PM PST by RnMomof7
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To: RnMomof7; the_doc
"Sir," replied Ignorance, "I was born in the country that lies over there, a little to the left, and I'm going to Celestial City."

"But how do you think you'll get in at the gate?" inquired Christian. "For you may find some difficulty there."

"As other people do," said Ignorance.

"But what do you have to show at that gate in order for it to be opened to you?" asked Christian

"I know my Lord's will," said Ignornace, "and I've lived a good life. I pay every man what I owe him; I pray, fast, pay tithes, and give offerings; and I've left my country to go where I'm now going."

Then Christian answered, "But you didn't come in at the Narrow Gate that is at the beginning of this path. You came in there, through that crooked lane. I fear, therefore, that whatever you may think of yourself, when the day of reckoning comes you will be charged with being a thief and a robber instead of getting admittance into the City."

"Gentlemen," replied Ignorance, "you are absolute strangers to me. I don't know you. Be content to follow the religion of your country, and I will follow that of mine. I hope all will be well...."

When Christian saw that the man was wise in his own eyes, he said to Hopeful in a whisper, "'There is more hope for a fool than for him.'" He continued and said, "'Even as he walks along the road, the fool lacks sense and shows everyone how stupid he is.'"

585 posted on 02/21/2002 8:09:08 PM PST by CCWoody
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