An Atheist In The Woods

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 rustling in the bushes behind  him.

He turned to look.  He saw a 7-foot grizzly bear charge 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 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 moment, the Atheist cried out:
'Oh my God!'
Time  stopped.
The bear froze.
The forest was silent.

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?'

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.  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.