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I'd Like it to be true, maybe it was...
By: Helen Date: March 12, 2015, 9:55 pm
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There was a professor of philosophy who was a deeply committed
atheist. His primary goal for one required class was to spend
the entire semester proving 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 God, 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 breaking when it hit the ground. 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 the power to save,through Jesus.
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Re: I'd Like it to be true, maybe it was...
By: James Date: March 13, 2015, 3:48 am
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That was a good testimony. I always wonder why the logic of man
insists that Good must do something to prove who he is, they
willingly ignore what he has already done in Jesus.
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