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[Fred A. Miller]

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.  It was then that
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 could you perhaps 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."

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