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 alongside the river he heard a rustling in the bushes
behind. As 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 tried to run even 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 even faster, but he tripped and fell on the ground. 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 moving. A bright
light shone upon the man, and a voice came out of the sky saying, "You deny my
existence all of these years, teach others I don't exist and even 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 so proud, looked into the light and said "it
would be rather 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, the sounds of the forest continued and the bear put his paw down. The
bear then brought both paws together, bowed his head and said, "Lord, I thank you for
this food which I am about to receive."
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