The Atheist and the bear
An atheist was taking a walk through the woods. "What majestic trees! What powerful rivers! What beautiful animals!" he said to himself. As he continued walking alongside the river he heard a rustling in the bushes. Turning to look, he saw a 7 foot grizzly charging towards him. He ran as fast as he could up the path. Looking over his shoulder he saw that the bear was closing in on him. His heart was pumping frantically and he tried to run even faster. He tripped and fell on the ground. He rolled over to pick himself up but saw the bear raising his paw to take a swipe at him.
At that instant the atheist cried out: "Oh my God.... !" Time stopped. The bear froze. The forest was silent. It was then that a bright light shone upon the man and a voice came out of the sky saying: "You deny my existence for all of these years, teach others I don't 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 and said: "It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask you to treat me as a Christian now, but perhaps, could you make the BEAR a Christian?"
"Very well," said the voice.
The light went out, and the sounds of the forest resumed. And then the bear lowered his paw, bowed his head and spoke: "Lord, bless this food which I am about to receive and for which I am truly thankful, Amen. "
posted by John Good @ 10:32 PM
7 Comments:
And you called me the evil one the other day!
LOL. Where do you get these? During fellowship after service?
Peace.
Jess - It's my way of reaching out to the group. lol
Human - I'm a native Californian, so of course I know how to surf. .
ahaa. I knew there was something cool about you:) I grew up my teen years in the San Fernando Valley. And like fer sure I'm a Valley Boy. Where in Cali were you?
Peace.
Born in Hemet (Home of the Ramona Pageant), and lived in Lemon Grove (San Diego suburb) until I was yanked back to this red state at the tender age of 4. Haven't been back since 1975. But I got to peer over at "the homeland" on our last two trips to Sin City in June and in 2004. =)
Interestint twist on a wonderful joke. But did the bear actually become Christian? Did he/she accept Christ as his/her personal savior? I cannot tell by that prayer. Maybe he was a Jewish bear. Maybe he just believed in a higher power. You can keep Christ in Christmas, but I did not see him in this prayer. I think the Athiest won.
The short and simple moral, "Whatever yer beliefs. . .shit happens".
Post a Comment
<< Home