> This one should keep us all thinking.
>
> I chose #2, now you pick one.
>
> This is a true story of something that happened just a few
years ago at USC.
>
> There was a professor of philosophy there who was a deeply
committed atheist.
>
> His primary goal for one required class was to spend the entire
semester to prove that God couldn't exist.
>
> His students were always afraid to argue with him because of his
impeccable logic.
>
> Sure, some had argued in class at times, but no one had ever
really gone against him because of his reputation.
>
> At the end of every semester on the last day, he would say to
his class of 300 students, 'If there is anyone here who still believes
in Jesus, stand up!'
>
> In twenty
years, no one had ever stood up. They knew what he was
going to do next. He would say, 'Because anyone who believes in God is
a fool'.
>
> If God existed, he could stop this piece of chalk from hitting
the ground and breaking. Such a simple task to prove that He is God,
and yet He can't do it.'
>
> And every year, he would drop the chalk onto the tile floor of
the classroom and it would shatter into a hundred pieces.
>
> All of the students would do nothing but stop and stare.
>
> Most of the students thought that God couldn't exist. Certainly,
a number of Christians had slipped through, but! for 20 years, they had
been too afraid to stand up.
>
> Well, a few years ago there was a freshman who happened to
enroll.
>
> He was a Christian, and had heard the stories about his
professor.
>
> He was required to take
the
class for his major, and he was
afraid. But for three months that semester, he prayed every morning
that he would have the courage to stand up no matter what the professor
said, or what the class thought.
>
> Nothing they said could ever shatter his faith...he hoped.
>
> Finally, the day came! The professor said, 'If there is anyone
here who still believes in God, stand up!' The professor and the class
of 300 people looked at him, shocked, as he stood up at the back of the
classroom.
>
> The professor shouted, 'You FOOL!!!'
>
> If God existed, he would keep this piece of chalk from breaking
when it hit the ground!'
>
> He then proceeded to drop the chalk, but as he did, it slipped
out of his fingers, off his shirt cuff, onto the pleat of his pants,
down his leg, and off his shoe. As it hit the ground, it simply rolled
away unbroken.
The
professor's jaw dropped as he stared at the chalk. He
looked up at the young man, and then ran out of the lecture hall.
>
> The young man who had stood, proceeded to walk to the front of
the room and shared his faith in Jesus for the next half hour. 300
students stayed and listened as he told of God's love for them and of
His power through Jesus.
>
> You have 2 choices:
>
> 1. Delete this and never look at it again.
>
> 2. Pass this along to your Christian and non-Christian friends,
giving them encouragement we all need every day.
>
> When you choose option 2, you have chosen to STAND UP.
>
> In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh,
this is a little different:
>
> This is not intended to be a joke, it's not funny, it's intended
to get you thinking..............
>
> Isn't it
funny how
simple it is for people to trash God and then
wonder why the world is going to hell.
>
> Isn't it
