An atheist was walking through the woods.  “What majestic trees!”  “What powerful rivers!”  “What beautiful animals!”  He said to himself.  As he was walking along side 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, 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.  “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?”

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.”