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onethatcares

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15. that was until the rivers got polluted to the point

Reply to spin (Reply #2)

Wed May 23, 2012, 05:46 PM

May 2012

of no return and no one could eat any more fish out of them.

As a native American saying goes, "when the last fish is caught, the last tree felled and the last buffalo killed, then the white man will realize he cannot eat money".

I may be wrong in the exact wording but the meaning is still there.

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Jesus and Teaching a Man to Fish [View all] cthulu2016 May 2012 OP

David James Duncan, in his novel The River Why, points out that someone hedgehog May 2012 #1

What I think we have here is the first historical telling of "The fish was THIIIIIIS big!!!!" NT EOTE May 2012 #7

The "teach a man to fish" quotation is an ancient Chinese proverb ... spin May 2012 #2

Exactly, but if you ask most RW Christians, they think it is part of the Bible. FSogol May 2012 #5

That's because RW Christians haven't bothered to read it. MineralMan May 2012 #10

I think it may have been a line that Jesus said in some movie ... spin May 2012 #13

that was until the rivers got polluted to the point onethatcares May 2012 #15

That was supposedly a Cree Prophecy ... spin May 2012 #16

The text doesn't emphasize this aspect of Christ's ministry, but kenny blankenship May 2012 #3

Give a man a fish... meaculpa2011 May 2012 #4

There You Go, Sir The Magistrate May 2012 #8

Actually, I'm debating going fishing right now! rustydog May 2012 #11

Take Jesus with you. He knows where all the fish are. FSogol May 2012 #12

Ah yes! The other side of the boat! Why didn't I think of that? EOTE May 2012 #6

I believe it was Jesus that said Uncle Joe May 2012 #9

quite welcome! cthulu2016 May 2012 #14

Did you write that? treestar May 2012 #17