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Philosophy
Professor
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 attempting to prove that God couldn't exist. His
students were always afraid to argue with him because of his
impeccable logic.
For twenty
years, he had taught this class and no one ever had the courage to
go against him. 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 Christ Our Lord.
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