Oh Wow, what a story. That guy really had guts. Thanks delma for sharing. Original message:
> Would you stand up? > Author Unknown > This is a true story of something that happened 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! attempting 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 had really gone against him (you'll see what I mean later). > Nobody would go against him because he had a 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 could do nothing but stop and stare. Most of the > students were convinced 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 get enrolled in the class. He was a Christian, and > had heard the stories about his professor. He had to take the class because > it was one of the required classes for his major and he was afraid. But for > 3 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 could 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 pleats 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 up 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 > -- Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
