Hi, Del! Thanks so so much for sharing this with us! The man had guts. good story. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frances Vitulla" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 3:34 PM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Re: Would you stand up?
> > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
