Friday, November 04, 2005
"The Atheist"
I love this one. Thanks to Ted for this one. - tj
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An atheist was taking a walk 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 and as he turned to look he saw a huge grizzly charging toward him. He ran as fast as he could up the trail but as he looked over his shoulder he was horrified to see the bear closing in on him. He looked back again and the bear was almost upon him. He tripped and fell to the goumd, rolled over to see the bear right on top of him reaching with a huge 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 opon the man a voice came out of the sky: "You deny my existence for all of these years, teach others that I do not exist and even credit 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?" the man implored.
"Very well," said the voice. The sounds of the forest resumed. And then the bear dropped his 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."
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An atheist was taking a walk 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 and as he turned to look he saw a huge grizzly charging toward him. He ran as fast as he could up the trail but as he looked over his shoulder he was horrified to see the bear closing in on him. He looked back again and the bear was almost upon him. He tripped and fell to the goumd, rolled over to see the bear right on top of him reaching with a huge 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 opon the man a voice came out of the sky: "You deny my existence for all of these years, teach others that I do not exist and even credit 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?" the man implored.
"Very well," said the voice. The sounds of the forest resumed. And then the bear dropped his 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."
