AllTemp
03-24-2002, 12:20 AM
WHO SAYS THERE IS NO JUSTICE?
An atheist was taking a walk through the woods, admiring all that the
"accident of evolution" had created. "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 towards him. He ran as
fast as he could up the path. He looked over his shoulder and saw that
the bear was closing. He ran even faster, so scared that tears were
coming to his eyes.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 to 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. Even the
river stopped moving. 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 youmake the bear a Christian?" "Very well," the voice said. The
light went out. The river ran again. And the sounds of the forest
resumed. And then the bear dropped its right paw ........ brought both
paws together... bowed its head and spoke: "Lord, for this food which I
am about to receive, I am truly thankful."
An atheist was taking a walk through the woods, admiring all that the
"accident of evolution" had created. "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 towards him. He ran as
fast as he could up the path. He looked over his shoulder and saw that
the bear was closing. He ran even faster, so scared that tears were
coming to his eyes.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 to 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. Even the
river stopped moving. 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 youmake the bear a Christian?" "Very well," the voice said. The
light went out. The river ran again. And the sounds of the forest
resumed. And then the bear dropped its right paw ........ brought both
paws together... bowed its head and spoke: "Lord, for this food which I
am about to receive, I am truly thankful."