Atheist

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.
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 and 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”