19 Oct 11 An Atheist In The Woods
An atheist was walking through the woods.
‘What majestic trees! What powerful rivers! What beautiful animals!’ he said to himself.
As he was walking along the river, he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him. He turned to look. He saw a 7-foot grizzly bear charge towards him. He ran as fast as he could up the path. He looked over his shoulder and saw that the bear was closing in on him. He looked over his shoulder again, & the bear was even closer.He tripped & fell on the ground.
He rolled over to pick himself up but saw that the bear was right on top of him, reaching for him with his left paw & raising his right paw to strike him.
At that instant moment, the Atheist cried out ‘Oh my God!’
Time stopped. The bear froze.The forest was silent.As a bright light shone upon the man, a voice came out of the sky.
‘You deny my existence for all these years, teach others I don’t exist and even credit creation to cosmic accident. Do you expect me to help you out of this predicament? Am I to count you as a believer?’
The atheist looked directly into the light, and said: ‘It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask you to treat me as a Christian now, but perhaps you could make the BEAR a Christian?’
‘Very well’, said the voice.
The light went out. The sounds of the forest resumed. And the bear dropped his right paw, brought both paws together, bowed his head & spoke ‘Lord bless this food, which I am about to receive from Thy bounty through Christ our Lord, Amen.’
Tags: animals, atheist, believer, cosmic accident, credit creation, existence, god time, majestic trees, sounds of the forest, walking through the woods
30 Sep 10 Quangos: Good or Bad? Live or Die?
A Quango – quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation.
Depending on one’s viewpoint, and perhaps political leaning, quangos either perform a useful function to the area of local or national Government that they serve, or they are a complete waste of taxpayers money.
Human nature too, plays a part, in that people whose lives are affected by a quango are often more polarized as to its existence (or not).
Should they exist at all?
The current Government in the UK is looking at cutting or culling several of them.
Some would appear to be more useful than others.
Check out the list here, and make your own opinion…
Tags: existence, governmental organisation, human nature, money, national government, quango, quangos, taxpayers, UK, united kingdom, viewpoint, westminster
