-----Original Message----- 
From:?? Dotty Hopkins [SMTP:dottyhop@napanet.net] 
Sent:?? Sunday, October 29, 2000 8:42 AM 
To:???? Angela & Dan Masluk 
Cc:???? Nancy Sellers 
Subject:??????? Fw: Grizzly Bear Attack 


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> >?? > Grizzly Bear Attack 
> >?? > 
> >?? >An atheist was taking a walk through the woods, admiring all that 
> > the 
> >?? >"accident of evolution" had created.? "What majestic trees!? What 
> > powerful 
> >?? >rivers!? What beautiful animals!" he said to himself.? As he walked 
> >?? >alongside the river, he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him. 
> > As he 
> >?? >turned to look, he saw a 7 foot grizzly charge towards him. 
> >?? >He ran as fast as he could up the path.? He looked over his 
> > shoulder & saw 
> >?? >the bear closing in on him.? He tried to run even faster, so scared 
> > that 
> >?? >tears were coming to his eyes.? He looked over his shoulder again, 
> > and the 
> >?? >bear was even closer.? His heart was jumping frantically as he 
> > tried to run 
> >?? >even faster, but he tripped and fell on the ground.? He rolled over 
> > to pick 
> >?? >himself up and saw the bear right on top of him raising his paw to
> > kill him. 
> >?? >At that instant he cried out "Oh my God!"? Just then, time 
> > stopped... The 
> >?? >bear froze; the forest was silent; the river even stopped moving. A
> > bright 
> >?? >light shone upon the man, and a voice came out of the sky saying...
> > "You 
> >?? >deny my existence all of these years; teach others I don't exist; 
> > even 
> >?? >credit my creation to a cosmic accident, and now do you expect me 
> > to help 
> >?? >you out of this predicament?"? Am I to count you as a believer?" 
> >?? >The atheist, ever so proud, looked into the light and said... "It 
> > would be 
> >?? >rather hypocritical to ask to be a Christian after all these years, 
> > but 
> >?? >could you make the bear a Christian?" 
> >?? >"Very well," said the voice.?? As the light went out, the river 
> > ran, and the 
> >?? >sounds of the forest continued, the bear put his paw down.? The 
> > bear then 
> >?? >brought both paws together... bowed his head and said...? "Lord, I
> > thank you 
> >?? >for this food, which I am about to receive." 
> >?? > 
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