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A Painted House: A Whale of a Story

Author: Faf
Date: Friday, October 04, 2002
Date/Time: 10:06 GMT
Permanent URL: http://dotfaf.com/archives/20021004_a_painted_house_a_whale_of_a_story.php
Have you had a look at the Overview[1] section on my site? If so you'll know how i feel about vegetarians, priests and the Bible story of Jonah and the Whale among others.

Someone else agrees with me on that:

"...Then she made us hold hands and close our eyes while she lifted her voice to heaven and for a very long time asked God to receive poor Jerry into his... embrace.

... There was something odd about this. As Baptists, we'd been taught... that the only way to make it into heaven was by believing in Jesus...

...It was straightforward, unwavering, and without loopholes, compromise or wiggle room.

And anyone who did not accept Jesus and live a Christian life simply went to hell. That's where Jerry Sisco was, and we all knew it.

...It was a strange prayer, and [then] she finally said 'amen'. If outlaws like the Siscos could make it to heaven, the pressure was off the rest of us.

Then she started on Jonah and the Whale again.."

-- Luke Chandler (Seven-Year-Old) :A Painted House[2] by John Grisham[3]

I dunno if you want to say Mr. Grisham agrees with me or whether it's the character that agrees with me about that story... all that matters is that i'm not alone in thinking what i've been thinking all this while.

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1) http://www.dotfaf.com/v2/index.php?x=overview
2) http://www.cnn.com/2001/books/beginnings/01/25/grisham.excerpt/
3) http://www.jgrisham.com/