"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."

           Good one williammoore2!    

 

           Good one williammoore2!