Marine story.. one of those Semper Fi type thingies..
My dad's Navy but I thought this was cute.
> May we all have the courage to one day follow this example....
> A college professor, an avowed atheist,
> was teaching his class. He shocked several of his students when he
> flatly stated he was going to prove there is no God. Addressing the
> ceiling he shouted:
>'God, if you are real, then I want you to knock me
> off this platform. I'll give you 10 minutes!'
> The lecture room fell silent. You could have heard a pin fall. Five
> minutes went by.
> Again he taunted God, saying,
>'Here Iam, God. I'm still waiting.'
> His count-down got down to the last minute or so when a Marine just
> released from active duty and newly registered in the class walked
> up to the professor, hit him full force in the face
>, and sent him over from his lofty platform. The professor was
> out cold!
> At first the students were shocked and babbled in confusion.
> The young Marine took a seat in the front row and sat silent.
> The class fell silent...waiting.
> Eventually, the professor came to, shaken. He looked at the young
> Marine in the front row. When the professor regained his senses and
> could speak he asked:
>'What's the matter with you? Why did you do that?'
>
> 'God was busy. He sent me.'
>
> One Nation Under God
> Semper Fi!
>
> May we all have the courage to one day follow this example....
> A college professor, an avowed atheist,
> was teaching his class. He shocked several of his students when he
> flatly stated he was going to prove there is no God. Addressing the
> ceiling he shouted:
>'God, if you are real, then I want you to knock me
> off this platform. I'll give you 10 minutes!'
> The lecture room fell silent. You could have heard a pin fall. Five
> minutes went by.
> Again he taunted God, saying,
>'Here Iam, God. I'm still waiting.'
> His count-down got down to the last minute or so when a Marine just
> released from active duty and newly registered in the class walked
> up to the professor, hit him full force in the face
>, and sent him over from his lofty platform. The professor was
> out cold!
> At first the students were shocked and babbled in confusion.
> The young Marine took a seat in the front row and sat silent.
> The class fell silent...waiting.
> Eventually, the professor came to, shaken. He looked at the young
> Marine in the front row. When the professor regained his senses and
> could speak he asked:
>'What's the matter with you? Why did you do that?'
>
> 'God was busy. He sent me.'
>
> One Nation Under God
> Semper Fi!
>
