The Atheist and the Bear
An atheist was taking a walk through the woods. 'What majestic
trees! What powerful rivers! What beautiful animals!’ he said to himself.
As he continued walking alongside the river he heard a rustling in
the bushes. Turning to look, he saw a 7 foot grizzly charging towards
him.
He ran as fast as he could up the path. Looking over his shoulder
he saw that the bear was closing in on him. His heart was pumping frantically
and he tried to run even faster.
He tripped and fell on the ground. He rolled over to pick himself
up but saw the bear raising his paw to take a swipe at him.
At that instant the atheist cried out: 'Oh my God!' ...
Time stopped.
The bear froze.
The forest was silent.
The bear froze.
The forest was silent.
It was then that a bright light shone upon the man and a voice
came out of the sky saying:
'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 you make the BEAR a Christian?'
'Very well, 'said the voice. The light went out, and the sounds of
the forest resumed.
And then the bear lowered his paw,
bowed his head and spoke: 'Lord, bless this food which I am about to receive
and for which I am truly thankful, Amen.'
Lesson: Look out for Christian bears
and be careful what you pray for!
I can't tell if the takeaway is that Christians will kill obviously intelligent life or that those who don't worship God will be allowed to die and then (implied) sent to hell.
ReplyDeleteEither way, constructing a fantasy in which God does exist has no barring on reality. It's like using Star Wars to argue that you should believe in the Force.