JOSHUA TIME 238

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. For twenty years, he had taught this class and no one > had ever had the courage to go against him. >>> >>> 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 las t 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 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's going to hell. >>> >>> Isn't it funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but > question what the >>> Bible says. >>> >>> Isn't it funny how everyone wants to go to heaven provided > they do not have >>> to believe, think, say, or do anything the Bible says. Or is > it scary? >>> >>> Isn't it funny how someone can say "I believe in God" but > still follow Satan >>> (who, by the way, also "believes" in God ). >>> >>> Isn't it funny how you can send a thousand jokes through > e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start > sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice > about sharing. >>> >>> Isn't it funny how the lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene pass > freely through >>> cyberspace, but the public discussion of Jesus is suppressed > in the school >>> and workplace. >>> >>> Isn't it funny how someone can be so fired up for Christ on > Sunday, but be >>> an invisible Christian the rest of the week. >>> >>> Are you laughing? >>> >>> Isn't it funny how when you go to forward this message, you > will not send it >>> to many on your address list because you're not sure what > they believe, or >>> what they will think of you for sending it to them. >>> >>> Isn't it funny how I can be more worried about what other > people think of me >>> than what God thinks of me. >>> >>> Will YOU pass this on? .. 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