An atheist was walking through the woods.
'What majestic trees!' 'What powerful rivers!' 'What beautiful animals,' he said to himself.
As he was walking alongside the river, he heard a loud rustling in the bushes behind him.
He turned to look, and he saw a 7 foot grizzly bear charging 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 kept running hard.
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 fallen man, a voice came thundering 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 really expect me to help you out of this predicament?
'Or, am I to count you as a believer?'

The atheist looked directly into the light & said, '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.'