The Atheist and the bear

[Pandora (Premo)]

An atheist was walking through the woods."What majestictrees! What powerful rivers! What beautiful animals!" , he said to himself. As he kept walking alongside a river, he heard a rustling noise from the bushes behind him. He turned to look and saw a 7 ft. grizzly running toward him. He ran as fast as he could up the path, looked over his shoulder, and saw the bear was closing in on him. As the bear got even closer, the man tripped and fell to the ground. He rolled over to pick himself up but saw the bear was already on top of him, reaching out to strike him with his claws. At that instant the man cried out,"Oh my God!" Time stood still. The bear froze and the forest went silent. Then a bright light shone upon the man. A great voice came from the sky saying "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 and 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 as the sounds of the forest resumed. The bear then dropped his paws and brought them together, bowed his head, and spoke:" Lord, bless this food for which I am about to receive from Thy bounty through Christ, our Lord. Amen."=============


*Might be a repeat but that's okay!

[JPC sr]

Originally Posted by Pandora

An atheist was walking through the woods."What majestictrees! What powerful rivers! What beautiful animals!" , he said to himself. As he kept walking alongside a river, he heard a rustling noise from the bushes behind him. He turned to look and saw a 7 ft. grizzly running toward him. He ran as fast as he could up the path, looked over his shoulder, and saw the bear was closing in on him. As the bear got even closer, the man tripped and fell to the ground. He rolled over to pick himself up but saw the bear was already on top of him, reaching out to strike him with his claws. At that instant the man cried out,"Oh my God!" Time stood still. The bear froze and the forest went silent. Then a bright light shone upon the man. A great voice came from the sky saying "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 and 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 as the sounds of the forest resumed. The bear then dropped his paws and brought them together, bowed his head, and spoke:" Lord, bless this food for which I am about to receive from Thy bounty through Christ, our Lord. Amen."=============


*Might be a repeat but that's okay!

I guess it does show the hypocrisy of that foolish prayer.

Telling God to "bless this food" as if that means He does as we command and Christians do not themself ask if the food is "blessed" or not, just as that bear does not.

Christians pretend the Bible lets them anything by saying their "blessing" over the food even though the food is vile or taken by violence or sinful indeed.

God does not "bless the food" just because a Christian demands it in prayer.

[aps45819 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by JPC sr

I guess it does show the hypocrisy of that foolish prayer.

Telling God to "bless this food" as if that means He does as we command and Christians do not themself ask if the food is "blessed" or not, just as that bear does not.

Christians pretend the Bible lets them anything by saying their "blessing" over the food even though the food is vile or taken by violence or sinful indeed.

God does not "bless the food" just because a Christian demands it in prayer.

good to see you still the biggest idiot on the boards

FYI - "Lord bless this food..." is a REQUEST, not an order.

[vraiblonde]

Originally Posted by JPC sr

God does not "bless the food" just because a Christian demands it in prayer.

OMG!

And Pete wants to stop this!

[itsbob (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Pandora

An atheist was walking through the woods."What majestictrees! What powerful rivers! What beautiful animals!" , he said to himself. As he kept walking alongside a river, he heard a rustling noise from the bushes behind him. He turned to look and saw a 7 ft. grizzly running toward him. He ran as fast as he could up the path, looked over his shoulder, and saw the bear was closing in on him. As the bear got even closer, the man tripped and fell to the ground. He rolled over to pick himself up but saw the bear was already on top of him, reaching out to strike him with his claws. At that instant the man cried out,"Oh my God!" Time stood still. The bear froze and the forest went silent. Then a bright light shone upon the man. A great voice came from the sky saying "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 and 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 as the sounds of the forest resumed. The bear then dropped his paws and brought them together, bowed his head, and spoke:" Lord, bless this food for which I am about to receive from Thy bounty through Christ, our Lord. Amen."=============


*Might be a repeat but that's okay!

let's play a word game.. replace Athiest with Jew.. or Muslim.. or Buddhist..

Lot of hate Christians harbor for people not like them.

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by JPC sr

I guess it does show the hypocrisy of that foolish prayer.

Telling God to "bless this food" as if that means He does as we command and Christians do not themself ask if the food is "blessed" or not, just as that bear does not.

Christians pretend the Bible lets them anything by saying their "blessing" over the food even though the food is vile or taken by violence or sinful indeed.

God does not "bless the food" just because a Christian demands it in prayer.

...to be uncomfortable sitting down with that big a stick up yer azz.


Merry Christmas!

[Toxick]

Originally Posted by itsbob

let's play a word game.. replace Athiest with Jew.. or Muslim.. or Buddhist..

Lot of hate Christians harbor for people not like them.

Goddam right we do.

All of us.







And we don't have a sense of humor either.

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Toxick

Goddam right we do.

All of us.







And we don't have a sense of humor either.

...crusade on all of you! lalalalalalalalalalalalalalala

[Pandora (Premo)]

JPC,

I gathered the bear was already a Christian and got what it asked for through prayer.

Just curious, are you related to Charles? 40ish?

[JPC sr]

Originally Posted by Pandora

JPC,

I gathered the bear was already a Christian and got what it asked for through prayer.

THAT IS NOT FUNNY.

Originally Posted by Pandora

Just curious, are you related to Charles? 40ish?

No, there are no "Charles" in any of my clan at all.