The pastor of the Baptist Church had been trying for months to get little Johnny to come to church to be with his third grade Sunday school class. Finally, after talking to Little Johnny and his mother for what seemed to be the hundredth time, Johnny finally agreed to go this next Sunday. The pastor came by the house and picked him up and Johnny did seem to enjoy all of the proceedings except as the baptismal service began he ran out the back door and all the way home. His mother asked him why did he run home instead of riding with the pastor. Little Johnny answered, "It's all a racket. They get you there and let you make all those nice things, and tell you great stories just to get you relaxed, so they can drown you at the end of one of the services." (1)
Johnny's experience of going to …