A Catholic priest, a Baptist minister, and a Jewish rabbi are hiking together in Yellowstone National Park.
The minister sees a huge grizzly bear.
"Wow, look at that bear! One of God's most magnificent creations!"
The priest and the rabbi all say, "Amen." The minister goes on, "I wonder if he's saved?"
The priest says, "Gee, I'm not sure. The Catechism has nothing to say about the salvation of animals."
The rabbi says, "Nothing in the bible either, although I'm not sure about that stuff you Christians added."
The minister says, "Nope, nothing in the New Testament either. Well, let's make sure. I'm gonna get that bear good and saved!"
The minister approaches the bear slowly, then begins to talk to him in a low voice. The bear does nothing at first, then falls to his knees weeping (yes, bears have knees)!
The minister and the bear give each other a big hug, then the minister comes returns to his friends. "That bear's saved for sure!"
The priest says, "Not so fast. Jesus says that those who believe should be baptized."
The priest fishes a bottle of holy water out of his backpack, puts on a stole, and walks slowly over to the bear. He speaks in a low voice for a few moments, then sprinkles some of the holy water over the bear, blesses the bear with the sign of the cross, and returns to his friends.
"Now that bear's saved!"
The rabbi says, not so fast. Obviously, this bear is no son of Abraham!
The rabbi walks slowly over to the bear, speaking in a low voice.
Suddenly the bear attacked the rabbi!
Somehow, the rabbi managed to break free of the bear and ran back to his friends.
"Let's get out of here!" They ran to safety.
The minister asked the rabbi, "Samuel, what happened? The bear was so nice when I led him in the Sinner's Prayer."
The priest continued, "...and he was so gentle when I baptized him. What went wrong."
The rabbi replied, "Everything was fine when I spoke of the Lord's covenant with Abraham and his promises to Israel.
Then I started to explain how every male who enters into covenant with God must be circumcised....."