Nautiques & God

[ag4ever]

I appologise for offending anybody before I say this.

Part of Christianity is spreading the word.

Simple as that.

In this aspect, the Meloons have decided to use a sucessful business to spread the word.

Some believe you are not a good Christian if all you do is go to church on sundays. Some believe you are a good Christian if you don't go to church on sundays, but live your life in a Christian manner. Some believe to be a good Christian you must go to church, act as a good Christian would, and convert those that don't believe.

I personally respect those that have their own views, but also encourage them to explore the views held by others. If you don't know where someone is coming from or the facts involved, how can you be expected to truly understand. This is why I try to gain a knowledge of all religions.

I personally came from a family that did not go to church except for a few times. I could count the times I went to church as a child on one hand. Now that I am older, I have decided that religion MUST be part of my life. It has enable me to be a knider person to others, it has tought me patience, and has given me some thing great to believe in. Even if it is a big hoax, which I don't beilieve, it has done great things for me.

PS, according to Hollywood, I am in the top 5% of owners, as I have spoken to a few Meloons. One was picking up a mustang from my dealer when we took delivery, I spoke to Walt for a long time at the reunion, and he invited me to the factory for a personal tour. Woo Hoo, I am in the minority.

Also, I do think this is one of the more calm and civilised discussions about religion I have ever seen on a message board.

[Eggie]

How about we lighten this discussion up a little bit...

Robert Alkema has been in business for many, many years and the business is going down the drain. He is seriously contemplating suicide and he doesn't know what to do.

He goes to his Rabbi to seek advice. He tells the Rabbi about all of his problems in the business and asks the Rabbi what he should do.

The Rabbi says "Take a beach chair and a Bible and put them in your car and drive down to the edge of the ocean. Go to the water's edge. Take the beach chair out of the car, sit on it and take the Bible out and open it up. The wind will riffle the pages for a while and eventually the Bible will stay open at a particular page. Read the first words your eyes fall on and they will tell you what to do."

The man does as he is told. He places a beach chair and a Bible in his car and drives down to the beach. He sits on the chair at the water's edge and opens the bible. The wind riffles the pages of the Bible and then stops at a particular page. He looks down at the Bible and his eyes fall on words which tell him what he has to do.

Three months later the man and his family come back to see the Rabbi.

The man is wearing a $1,000 Italian suit, The wife is all decked out with a full-length mink coat and the child is dressed in beautiful silk. The man hands the Rabbi a thick envelope full of money and tells him that he wants to donate this money to the synagogue in order to thank the Rabbi for his wonderful advice.

The Rabbi is delighted. He recognizes the man and asks him what words in the Bible brought this good fortune to him.

The man replies: "Chapter 11"

[redelf75]

act as a good Christian would, and convert those that don't believe.

This is problem for me. Someone teach me. Why is this imortant?

Fat Boy - Sorry if I misled you. I am not inhibiting freedom of speach. I just think that if people are going to talk about it it should mutually agreed to do so. There's no doubt that CC's example is weak at best. I mention it because we are all familiar with it and in principle it works. In fact, I think it's somewhat done so tastefully.

Here's a thought....out of the billions of people on the planet, about 90% of them believe, in some way or another, in some Devine entity. Talk about minorities! It doesn't hurt the Mellon's that in the Western world, almost all of them are Christians. Can you imagine if CC was owned by Woody Allen's family and was made in Brooklyn. Instead of "Life Is Short, Live It", you'd have, "Life Is Short, Why Bother?"

[SGY]

Ha. Good ones Redelf75 and Eggie.

[FatBoy]

Can you imagine if CC was owned by Woody Allen's family and was made in Brooklyn. Instead of "Life Is Short, Live It", you'd have, "Life Is Short, Why Bother?"

Instead of "Life Is Short, Live It", Woody Allen would say , "Life Is Short, Do your Daughter?"

[SGY]

Excellent Fatboy!!! That's twice I've laughed while reading a serious thread.

[jbenbri]

I once heard that the Saudi government bought a couple of boats from Correct Craft and they didn't allow the Bible to be brought into their country so Correct Craft put copys of the New Testament in the owners manual.I don't know if that is true, but it wouldn't surprise me. From what I can tell, a lot of their team riders are christians, so it is no surprise that they would include info like that. I am delighted by the fact that they are conservative in their advertsing, maybe they believe that quality, not sex, is what really sells. Hope you all receive God's saving grace, His Son.

[hsmunoz]

I'll chime in. I took "parting the waters" with me on a plane trip last night. I read it cover to cover. First off, I am a beleiver that ethics are constantly challenged and many times butchered in public companies. The amount of oversite and wasted accounting resources used to scrutinize companies today is a testament to where we have come to. The fact that the Meloons had such a clear vision of what they wanted to do, is **** admirable. When I realized what legacy went into the building of my boat, I couldn't help but value it's purchase even more. I don't care what it will resell for as I plan to wear it out, but the fact that good people, honest people, built it, is an endearing quality that is worth a loyal customer. I personnally am distrustful of most buys, but reading that book, put me totally at ease with CC. I say, that if they can use their expertise in boat building to get the message out that you can success in business, while maintaining your moral convictions. then "By God" do it!

I'm no saint for sure, but that book got me thinking about my own carreer..shheesh.

[AirNautique211]

I spent several hours in a boat with Greg Meloon before even finding out his family started and owned CC - I thought he was just a boat salemen. However, it took me only minutes to realize that the company had convictions and would not waiver from the intergrity that it was built upon. To me that says alot - even more than the words in an advertisement or book published by the company. These people live the life! If I were the grandson of the guy that started the company, I probably wouldn't be able to keep my mouth shut about it!

I am quite sure they would rather you walk away with "the message" than a boat. The whole point of the book is that the boats don't come first, God's will does. Without that there would be no boat. As mentioned in an earlier post, CC and God's will are one in the same - it's who they are.

And who they are is the best builder of inboard ski/board boats on the planet. They don't need to run their mouths about the competition or show skin to get attention - they just build darn good boats and everyone wants to be like 'em.

There was another guy like that once, they hung Him on a cross and people are still trying to figure him out - 2000 years later.

[AbunDiga909]

There was another guy like that once, they hung Him on a cross and people are still trying to figure him out - 2000 years later.

According to the bum on the subway in Times Square, he's my daddy.

[AirNautique211]

W.W.J.D - with a Nautique?

I think he would definitely be a barefooter - you know the walkin' on water thing - but, I think he'd trade the "Hippy Sticks" for a Hyperlite or Liquid Force. I bet he could get some serious Air!

[AbunDiga909]

W.W.J.D. - ????

[AirNautique211]

A few years back someone coined the phrase "What would Jesus do?" as WWJD. People all over the secular world were wearing bracelets, necklaces, stickers, shirts with WWJD printed on them. It's kind of an answer to the Madona/Britney Yoga "red string" bracelet thing. People use the phrase to make a statement without over exploiting thier faith.

[AbunDiga909]

Ok then...

W.W.J.D - with a Nautique?

Easy... he'd be that 3rd person spotter we've all needed at some point....