[at-l] bears; Funny!

[ShaunaShatto at aol.com (ShaunaShatto@xxxxxxx)]

The Atheist & The Bear 

An atheist was walking through the woods one day in 
Alaska, admiring all that evolution had created. "What 
majestic trees! What a powerful river! What beautiful animals!" 
he said to himself. 

As he was walking alongside the river, he heard a rustling 
in the bushes behind him. Turning to look, he saw a 13-foot 
Kodiak brown bear beginning to charge towards him. 

He ran as fast as he could down the path. He looked over 
his shoulder and saw that the bear was rapidly closing on 
him. Somehow, he ran even faster, so scared that tears 
came to his eyes.He looked again and the bear was even 
closer. His heart pounding in his chest, he tried to run faster yet. 

But alas, he tripped and fell to the ground. As he rolled 
over to pick himself up, the bear was right over him, 
reaching for him with its left paw and raising its right 
paw to strike him. 

"OH, MY GOD! ..." 

Time stopped. The bear froze. The forest was silent. Even 
the river stopped moving ... As a brilliant light shone upon 
the man, a thunderous voice came from all around, 

"YOU DENY MY EXISTENCE FOR ALL THESE YEARS, 
TEACH OTHERS THAT I DON'T EXIST AND 
EVEN CREDIT CREATION TO SOME COSMIC ACCIDENT. 
DO YOU EXPECT ME TO HELP YOU OUT OF 
THIS PREDICAMENT? AM I TO COUNT YOU 
AS A BELIEVER?" 

Difficult as it was, the atheist looked directly into the light 
and said, "It would be hypocritical to ask to be a Christian 
after all .these years, but perhaps you could make the 
bear a Christian?" 

"VERY WELL." said God. 

The light went out. The river ran. The sounds of the forest 
resumed.... and the bear dropped down on his knees, 
brought both paws together, bowed his head and spoke: 
"Lord, thank you for this food which I am about to receive." 


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.hack.net/pipermail/at-l/attachments/20030722/0d5e1164/attachment.htm