By Schubert Ogden
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There was once a terrible flood, and among the people stranded by the rapidly rising waters was a man deply deeply confident that God would save him from the impending disaster. Presently, when he was standing in knee-deep water, a rowboat came by and offered to give him a ride. "Oh no," he said, "God will save me." Soon the water was waist-deep, but when a motorboat approached and proposed to pick him up, he again declined, offering the same explanation. Finally, when the water was up to his neck, a helicopter appeared and offered to lift him to safety. But it, too, he waved off, saying again, "God will save me." In minutes, however, he was overwhelmed and drowned in the flood.
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