A Chinese Confucian scholar, converted to Christ, told this story: “A man fell into a dark, dirty, slimy pit, and he tried to climb out of the pit and he couldn’t. Confucius came along. He saw the man in the pit and said, ‘Poor fellow, if he’d listened to me, he never would have got there,’ and he went on.

“Buddha came along. He saw the man in the pit and said, ‘Poor fellow, if he’ll come up here, I’ll help him.’ And he too went on.

“Then Jesus Christ came. He saw the man and said, ‘Poor fellow!’ and jumped into the pit and lifted him out.”