Interesting Story – Email
I've been meaning to put this email up here for a long time now. So finally, here it is.
This one should keep us all thinking.
Scripture tells us that it is the FOOL who says in his heart that there is no God.This is a true story of something that happened just a few years ago at USC.
There was a professor of philosophy there who was a deeply committed atheist.
His primary goal for one required class was to spend the entire semester to
prove 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
Jesus, 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 hitting the
ground and breaking 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
His power through Jesus.