THE Lowly Peon

bad joke of the week: an atheist and a bear 
20 October 2009, 1:42am

so there's this atheist in a forest. being the logicist he is, he marvels in the beauty of nature, thinking about how wonderful it is that it all can be explained by science.

suddenly, though, a big bear sees him. he starts to run, scared to death of all the sciency goodness looking to eat him. luckily, this atheist is a pretty good runner, and makes it for a while. but then he trips and falls.

the bear lifts up his big paw, about to swipe him in the face, and time stops. the clouds open up, and this dude with a big beard peeks his head out.

"why hello, my son," the dude said. "now do you wish you had lived a life of faith and all that other good stuff?" he asked.

the atheist thought for a while, and realized it would be pretty hypocritical for him to say he believed in god just so god would save him from this bear. "i'm sorry, god, i can't do that," he said. "but i wouldn't mind if the bear were a christian!"

god nodded his head, disappeared, and time started. the bear's big paw, about to smite the atheist, came together calmly with his other, and began to pray:

"bless us, oh lord, for these thy gifts, which we are about to receive..."