[oregontim]

Hmm, I looked around, but it appears that this story is not based in fact - it's more probably a fictional urban legend that is common in Christian sermons:


Apparently versions of this story appear in Babylon V and also peg it to the White Cliffs of Dover:




No one seems to have a reputable source for this story, however, so it's probable that it isn't true, even though it makes an elegant point for "anti-bureaucratic bloviators."

Stories, especially old unprovable stories. are a special kind of communication. They can be essentially true without being factually true. All the great religions use stories to explain. That it might be urban legend, or didn't really happen, ought not to void its point. IMO

[oregontim]

Hmm, I looked around, but it appears that this story is not based in fact - it's more probably a fictional urban legend that is common in Christian sermons:


Apparently versions of this story appear in Babylon V and also peg it to the White Cliffs of Dover:




No one seems to have a reputable source for this story, however, so it's probable that it isn't true, even though it makes an elegant point for "anti-bureaucratic bloviators."

Stories, especially old unprovable stories. are a special kind of communication. They can be essentially true without being factually true. All the great religions use stories to explain. That it might be urban legend, or didn't really happen, ought not to void its point. IMO