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 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 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, "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