“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and
you can sell him fishing equipment.”—Author unknown





"Mr. Smithers" The University called, I lost my PhD. wrote in message
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"Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and
you have fed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to sell fish and he eats
steak."-Author unknown



"jps" wrote in message
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In article , says...

Only a person unwilling to know and understand the Bible would take that
passage as you and Chuck took it. A truly spiritual person sees much
more
in it..........certainly not what Chuck suggested.

Read this passage and tell me what your interpretation is:

John Chapter 21
1
After this, Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples at the Sea
of
Tiberias. He revealed himself in this way.
2
Together were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael from Cana
in
Galilee, Zebedee's sons, 2 and two others of his disciples.
3
Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We
also
will come with you." So they went out and got into the boat, but that
night
they caught nothing.
4
When it was already dawn, Jesus was standing on the shore; but the
disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.
5
Jesus said to them, "Children, have you caught anything to eat?" They
answered him, "No."
6
So he said to them, "Cast the net over the right side of the boat and
you
will find something." So they cast it, and were not able to pull it in
because of the number of fish.
7
So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord." When
Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tucked in his garment, for he
was
lightly clad, and jumped into the sea.
8
The other disciples came in the boat, for they were not far from
shore,
only about a hundred yards, dragging the net with the fish.
9
When they climbed out on shore, they saw a charcoal fire with fish on
it
and bread.
10
Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish you just caught."
11
So Simon Peter went over and dragged the net ashore full of one
hundred
fifty-three large fish. Even though there were so many, the net was not
torn.
12
Jesus said to them, "Come, have breakfast." And none of the disciples
dared to ask him, Who are you?" because they realized it was the Lord.
13
Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it to them, and in like
manner
the fish.
14 This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to his disciples
after being raised from the dead.
15
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon,
son
of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord,
you
know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs."
16
He then said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love
me?"
He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He said to him,
"Tend
my sheep."
17
He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?"
Peter
was distressed that he had said to him a third time, "Do you love me?"
and
he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you."
(Jesus) said to him, "Feed my sheep.
18
Amen, amen, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to dress
yourself and go where you wanted; but when you grow old, you will
stretch
out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you
do
not want to go."
19
He said this signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God.
And
when he had said this, he said to him, "Follow me."

If you think this passage is about teaching a man to fish you're dimmer
than I could have ever believed.

It's a metaphor for the direction in which you cast your life and faith.

No wonder neo-christians have such a bad name.

jps