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. He turned to look.
He saw a 7 foot grizzly charge toward 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 looked over his shoulder again, and the bear
was even closer. He tripped and fell on the ground. He
rolled over to pick himself up but saw the bear right
on top of him, reaching for him with his left paw and
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 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, "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.
The sounds of the forest resumed.
And then the bear dropped his right paw, brought both
paws together and bowed his head and spoke:
"Lord, bless this food, which I am about to receive
from thy bounty, through Christ our Lord, Amen."
"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 toward 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 looked over his shoulder again, and the bear
was even closer. He tripped and fell on the ground. He
rolled over to pick himself up but saw the bear right
on top of him, reaching for him with his left paw and
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 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, "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.
The sounds of the forest resumed.
And then the bear dropped his right paw, brought both
paws together and bowed his head and spoke:
"Lord, bless this food, which I am about to receive
from thy bounty, through Christ our Lord, Amen."