An atheist biologist was walking through the
woods one day.
"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 &
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 my beautiful creation to a 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 & spoke: "Lord
bless this food, which I am about to eat, Amen."
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