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.
>
> 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 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 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? . I did .
