An atheist was walking through the woods. 'What majestic trees! 'What powerful rivers!
'What beautiful animals he said to himself!

Suddenly, he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him. He turned to look and saw a 7-foot grizzly bear charge towards him. He ran as fast as he could along the path. He looked over his shoulder & saw that the bear was closing on him. He continued running.

He looked over his shoulder again and the bear was even closer and then, he tripped and fell.
Rolling over to pick himself up, he found the bear was right on top of him, reaching towards him with its left paw and raising the right paw to strike.

At that instant the Atheist cried out, 'Oh my God!'
Time Stopped. The bear froze. The forest went silent.
A bright light shone upon the man, and a voice came out of the sky and said, "You deny my existence for all these years. You 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 now?"

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?"

There was a pause, and then, "Very well," said the voice.
The light went out. The sounds of the forest resumed.

The bear dropped his right arm and brought both paws together and bowed his head & spoke.

"Lord, bless this food, which I am about to receive. Amen."

Some people see only one way, their way. Look at our national scene. Everyone, regardless of religious belief has value. This
joke, unintentionally, furthers
the devisive prejudices that so many of us have. We have sim
ilar prejudices against blondes, people of color, Jewish people,
even Italian and Irish. These
seem harmless enough, but do
serve to continue stereotypes. I have a sense of humor, but also
am aware of the damage such
jokes can cause. Oh, and such humor can also be used with occupations. Who among us has
not told and laughed at Lawyer
jokes? In a country currently
very divided I ask folks to con
sider this prior to passing along humor that targets and stereo
types groups of any type.

Some people see only one way, their way. Look at our national scene. Everyone, regardless of religious belief has value. This
joke, unintentionally, furthers
the devisive prejudices that so many of us have. We have sim
ilar prejudices against blondes, people of color, Jewish people,
even Italian and Irish. These
seem harmless enough, but do
serve to continue stereotypes. I have a sense of humor, but also
am aware of the damage such
jokes can cause. Oh, and such humor can also be used with occupations. Who among us has
not told and laughed at Lawyer
jokes? In a country currently
very divided I ask folks to con
sider this prior to passing along humor that targets and stereo
types groups of any type.