skeet
02-07-2007, 09:35 PM
>A United States Marine was attending some college courses between
>assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. One of
the
>courses had a professor who was a vowed atheist and a member of the
ACLU.
>
>One day the professor shocked the class when he came in. He looked to
the
>ceiling and flatly stated, "God, if you are real, then I want you to
knock
>me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15 minutes."
>
>The lecture room fell silent. You could hear a pin drop. Ten minutes
went
>by and the professor proclaimed, "Here I am God. I'm still waiting."
It got
>down to the last couple of minutes when the Marine got out of his
chair,
>went up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him off the
>platform. The professor was out cold.
>
>The Marine went back to his seat and sat there, silently. The other
>students were shocked and stunned and sat there looking on in silence.
The
>professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken, looked at the Marine
and
>asked, "What the hell is the matter with you? Why did you do that?"
The
>Marine calmly replied, "God was too busy today protecting America's
>soldiers who are protecting your right to say stupid **** and act like
an
>*******. So, He sent me."
>assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. One of
the
>courses had a professor who was a vowed atheist and a member of the
ACLU.
>
>One day the professor shocked the class when he came in. He looked to
the
>ceiling and flatly stated, "God, if you are real, then I want you to
knock
>me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15 minutes."
>
>The lecture room fell silent. You could hear a pin drop. Ten minutes
went
>by and the professor proclaimed, "Here I am God. I'm still waiting."
It got
>down to the last couple of minutes when the Marine got out of his
chair,
>went up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him off the
>platform. The professor was out cold.
>
>The Marine went back to his seat and sat there, silently. The other
>students were shocked and stunned and sat there looking on in silence.
The
>professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken, looked at the Marine
and
>asked, "What the hell is the matter with you? Why did you do that?"
The
>Marine calmly replied, "God was too busy today protecting America's
>soldiers who are protecting your right to say stupid **** and act like
an
>*******. So, He sent me."