AN ATHEIST IN THE WOODS

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  1. Stacie L profile image88
    Stacie Lposted 12 years ago

    AN  ATHEIST  IN  THE  WOODS

    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.  He saw a 7-foot grizzly bear charge towards him.

    He ran as fast as he could up the path.  He looked over his shoulder & saw that the bear was closing in on him.


    He looked over his shoulder again, & the bear was even closer.


    He tripped & fell on the ground.


    He rolled over to pick himself up but saw that the bear was right on top of him, reaching for him with his left paw & raising his right paw to strike him.


    At that instant moment, 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 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 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 dropped his right paw, brought both paws together, bowed his head & spoke:

    "Lord bless this food, which I am about to receive from Thy bounty through Christ our Lord, Amen."

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  2. AEvans profile image71
    AEvansposted 12 years ago

    Stacie, you are nuts! I have not laughed so hard in awhile. big_smile

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  3. Randy Godwin profile image61
    Randy Godwinposted 12 years ago

    Cool!  This helps answer the old "Does a bear sh*t (an atheist perhaps) in the woods?" question.  smile

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    1. Stacie L profile image88
      Stacie Lposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      yeah AEvans and Randy, I thought I'd be quasi-religious and post something we all could laugh at!

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  4. LuisEGonzalez profile image79
    LuisEGonzalezposted 12 years ago

    Woman..you have a gift..can't remember the last time I laughed so hard..and loud...cool

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  5. Stacie L profile image88
    Stacie Lposted 12 years ago

    thank you but I can't take credit for this..it was sent in an email

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  6. A Troubled Man profile image59
    A Troubled Manposted 12 years ago

    It's been on the web for years. *yawn*

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    1. manlypoetryman profile image82
      manlypoetrymanposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Are you always this much of a "kill-joy"...or are you just practicing at it?

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