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 charge towards
him. He ran as fast as he could up the path. He looked over his
shoulder
and saw that the bear was closing in on him He looked over his shoulder
again, and the bear was even closer.
He tripped and 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 and 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"?
"Very Well," said the voice.
The light went out. The sounds of the forest resumed, and the bear
dropped his right paw, brought both paws together, bowed his head and
spoke:
"Lord bless this food, which I am about to receive from thy bounty
through Christ our Lord, Amen."
"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 charge towards
him. He ran as fast as he could up the path. He looked over his
shoulder
and saw that the bear was closing in on him He looked over his shoulder
again, and the bear was even closer.
He tripped and 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 and 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"?
"Very Well," said the voice.
The light went out. The sounds of the forest resumed, and the bear
dropped his right paw, brought both paws together, bowed his head and
spoke:
"Lord bless this food, which I am about to receive from thy bounty
through Christ our Lord, Amen."
