Joke of the Day
From my uncle, the family comedian:
AN ATHEIST IN THE WOODS
An atheist was walking through the woods. He said to himself: "What majestic trees! What powerful rivers! What beautiful animals!"
As he was walking alongside the river, he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him. He turned to look, and saw a seven-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 in on him. He tripped and 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 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 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 and spoke:
"Lord, bless this food which I am about to receive from thy bounty through Christ our Lord, Amen."
AN ATHEIST IN THE WOODS
An atheist was walking through the woods. He said to himself: "What majestic trees! What powerful rivers! What beautiful animals!"
As he was walking alongside the river, he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him. He turned to look, and saw a seven-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 in on him. He tripped and 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 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 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 and spoke:
"Lord, bless this food which I am about to receive from thy bounty through Christ our Lord, Amen."
posted by Ken @ 8:25 PM
4 Comments:
At 3/01/2006 9:53 AM,
Instructor said…
You would like it, you moderate in training... Two moderate demerits! Don't you people know it's a bad idea to feed the bears? You'll never earn your environmentalist merit badge this way...
At 3/01/2006 9:56 AM,
Instructor said…
And BTW Karl, what's a moderate doing up at midnight blogging?
At 3/06/2006 4:56 PM,
Anonymous said…
Cute, but it's just another "cute" story to make Christians feel good about themselves by advocating the murder of somebody who is not in line with their religious beliefs. I would expect that from a conservative Christian.
At 3/06/2006 5:10 PM,
Ken said…
...another "cute" story to make Christians feel good about themselves by advocating the murder of somebody who is not in line with their religious beliefs.
My first thought: lighten up. It's a joke. Don't try to read something into it that isn't there.
My second thought: you seem to be suggesting that there are plenty of conservative Christians out there advocating the murder of people "not in line" with their beliefs. How about a few examples? If not, you might try a little harder not to paint an entire class of society with your broad (or should I say "narrow"?) brush of hostility. Thanks.
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