The Atheist and the bear

[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!

 

[JPC sr]

The big pic.

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]

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]

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

OMG!

And Pete wants to stop this!

 

[itsbob]

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]

It has got...

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]

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]

We declare....

Goddam right we do.

All of us.







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

...crusade on all of you! lalalalalalalalalalalalalalala

 

[Pandora]

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]

The big pic.

JPC,

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

THAT IS NOT FUNNY.

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

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

 

[Larry Gude]

Bears...

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

...get 'em?

 

[This_person]

...get 'em?

Nope, starved to death. Dad wouldn't support him. Left him to figure it out. He was only little, couldn't figure it out. Died.

 

[JPC sr]

The big pic.

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

It most certainly is far from being a request.

Like no one ever waits for an answer, and God is not striking down food tables with lightning rods.

If it were a true request then people would check for an answer of approval instead of digging in.

It is very much a demand for God to bless their food because they are going to eat it anyway.

 

[Marie]

It most certainly is far from being a request.

Like no one ever waits for an answer, and God is not striking down food tables with lightning rods.

If it were a true request then people would check for an answer of approval instead of digging in.

It is very much a demand for God to bless their food because they are going to eat it anyway.

Maybe its just a way to give thanks, for just one more of so many provisions and express graditude!

 

[Pandora]

...get 'em?

No, the law got 'em.

 

[JPC sr]

The big pic.

Maybe its just a way to give thanks, for just one more of so many provisions and express graditude!

That is correct if one is saying / praying "thanks for food" and not "bless the food" but I would still say even thanking for the food one might ask if it actually came provided by God or from another source.

Like as said before - if it be vile or taken by violence or sinful in other ways, because if it is unwholesome food then giving "thanks to God" would not be appropriate.

 

[MMDad]

if it actually came provided by God or from another source.

What other source? You claim to believe in God, yet you think there could be another source?

 

[JPC sr]

The big pic.

What other source? You claim to believe in God, yet you think there could be another source?

Sure, it could be the Devil's food, or food offered to idols, or stolen food, or food bought with stolen money, or unclean meats, or food obtained through violence, or even addictive or intoxicating foods.

Foods that come from the evil actions of people.

Claiming that any food on a Christian table is then blessed of God (by prayer) is nonsense.

It might happen on a few occassions - but normally even a bear will not eat people because the bear knows better.

 

[This_person]

What other source? You claim to believe in God, yet you think there could be another source?

He only believes in the God he created:

There are large sections of the Bible that are untrue and some complete books of the Bible are fakes.

Christianity has been trying to hide the info since its beginning and it is hard to find the info now, but it can be found.

I find it incredibly strengthening to see that the fake parts reveal the truth more precisely.

The truths and message in the Bible can make anyone powerful even to move mountains and so it is hidden from the infidels.
(Not the full post, please click on the arrow to read the whole thing, if you want to be further repulsed)

If something doesn't fit his perception, he doesn't change his perception, he merely rejects that part of the Bible.





By the way, Jimmy, this thread was just a joke. That's all Post #1 is.

 

[MMDad]

Claiming that any food on a Christian table is then blessed of God (by prayer) is nonsense.

I'm pretty sure that Genesis says God created everything. Where do you get your information?

Most people I know who pray before eating humbly ask God to bless the food in Jesus' name. That is not presumptuous or "nonsense."