08.15.07
The Atheist in the Woods
This gave me a chuckle, so thought I’d share. . .
An atheist was walking 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 and 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 the bear closing in on him. He looked over his shoulder again and the bear was even closer. He tripped and fell, rolled over, and found the bear right on top of him with a paw slashing toward his face.
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 these years, teach others I don’t exist and even credit creation to cosmic accident. Do you expect Me to help you out of this predicament? Am I to now 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?”
“Very well,” said the voice.
The light went out. The sounds of the forest resumed. And the bear brought his swiping paw down. Then he drew both paws together, bowed his head and said, “Lord, bless this food, which I am about to receive from thy bounty, through Christ our Lord, Amen.”
Tee hee! 
