The  Atheist & 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 was walking alongside the river he heard a
rustling in the bush behind him. He turned to look.

He saw a 7 foot grizzly charging 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 looked over his shoulder again, and the
bear was even closer. 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 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 you
could
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
dropped his right paw, brought both paws
together and bowed his head and spoke:


"Lord, Bless this food which I am about to receive
and for which I am truly thankful. Amen."