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An atheist was taking a walk through the woods,
admiring all that the "accident of evolution" had created.
"What majestic
trees! What powerful rivers! What
beautiful animals!", he said to himself.
As he was walking along the river he heard rustling in the bushes.
As he turned, he saw a 7-foot grizzly charging him. He ran as fast as
he could up the path. He looked over his shoulder and saw that the
bear
was closing in. He tried to run faster, so scared that tears were
coming
to his eyes. He looked over his shoulder again, and the bear
was even closer.
His heart was pumping frantically as he tried to run faster, but he
tripped
and fell. He rolled over to pick himself up and saw
the bear right on top of him raising his paw to kill him. At that
instant
he cried out "Oh my God!"
Just then, time stopped. The bear froze, the forest was silent,
the river
even stopped. A bright light shone on the man, and a
voice came out of the sky saying, "You deny my existence all these years,
teach others I don't exist and credit my creation to a cosmic accident and
now
you expect me to help you out of this predicament? Am I to count you as
a
believer?"
The atheist, ever proud, looked to the light and said "it would
be
hypocritical to ask to be a Christian after all these years, but could you
make the bear a Christian?"
"Very well," said the voice. As the light
went
out, the river ran, and the sounds of the forest continued, the bear
put his paw down.
The bear then brought both paws together, bowed
his head and said: "Lord, thank you for this food which I am
about to receive."
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