THE INCONTROVERTIBLE EVIDENCE OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
I was also reminded recently of another old story I’d long forgotten (in the pages of Pulpit Helps (Mar 82). It’s the one about the bold unbeliever who was lecturing a group on the folly of religious faith in general and the Christian faith in particular. At the close of the presentation the speaker invited people to propound any questions they might have. In the audience was the town drunkard who had been converted to Christ. In response to the invitation the converted alcoholic came up front, took out an orange, peeled it and ate it without comment. The speaker asked if he had a question for him. After downing the last segment of orange the convert turned to the infidel and asked, “Was the orange I just ate sweet or sour?” Angrily, the speaker replied, “You idiot, how can I know whether it was sweet or sour when I never tasted it?” To this the converted drunkard…
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