The resident bishop at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, who was known to be a great evangelist, reaching out to cynics, unbelievers and scoffers, told the following story. It seems that years ago there was a young man who would daily stand outside the cathedral and shout terrible words and derogatory slogans against God, the church, and anyone who entered the cathedral. He would call these people fools and all sorts of other names. People tried to ignore the man, but it was rather difficult.

One day the rector of the cathedral went outside to confront the man. The young man ranted and raved against everything the priest told him. Finally the priest addressed the young man. “Look,” he said, “let’s get this over with once and for all. I am going to dare you to do something and I bet yo…