March 28, 2011

• Atheist

  An atheist was walking through the woods.

  ‘What majestic trees’!

  ‘What powerful rivers’!

  ‘What beautiful animals’!

  He said to himself.

  As he was walking alongside the river, he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him.

  He turned to look. He saw a 7-foot grizzly bear charge towards him..

  He ran as fast as he could up the path. He looked over his shoulder & saw that the bear was closing in on him.

  He looked over his shoulder again, & the bear was even closer. He tripped & fell on the ground. He rolled over to pick himself up but saw that the bear was right on top of him, reaching for him with his left paw & raising his right paw to strike him.

  At that instant the Atheist cried out, ‘Oh my God!’

  Time Stopped.

  The bear froze.

  The forest was silent.

  As a bright light shone upon the man, a voice came out of the sky. ‘You deny my existence for all these years,

  teach others I don’t exist and even credit creation to cosmic accident.’

  ‘Do you expect me to help you out of this predicament? Am I to count you as a believer’?

  The atheist looked directly into the light, ‘It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask you to treat me

  as a Christian now, but perhaps you could make the BEAR a Christian’?

  The light went out. The sounds of the forest resumed. And the bear dropped his right paw,

  brought both paws together, bowed his head & spoke:

  “Lord bless this food, which I am about to receive from thy bounty through Christ our Lord, Amen”

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