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>An atheist was walking through the woods.
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>'What majestic trees!
>'What powerful rivers!
>'What beautiful animals!
>He said to himself.
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>As he was walking alongside the river,he heard a rustling in the bushes
>behind him.
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>He turned to look. He saw a 7-foot grizzly bear charge towards him.
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>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, & the bear was even closer. He tripped
&
>fell on the ground.
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>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.
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>At that instant the Atheist cried out, 'Oh my God!'
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>Time Stopped.
>The bear froze.
>The forest was silent.
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>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?'
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>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?'
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>'Very well,' said the voice.
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>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.'
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