An atheist was  walking through the woods.
    
'What majestic  trees!
What powerful rivers!
What  beautiful animals!'
He said to himself.


As  he was walking alongside the river, he heard a rustling  in the bushes behind him.


He turned to look.   He  saw a 7-foot grizzly bear charging towards  him!

He ran as fast as he could up the path,  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 to 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 and said, '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???  '


'Very well,' said the voice.


The  light went out...the sounds of the forest resumed. And  the bear dropped his right paw, br ought 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.'