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« on: May 02, 2006, 03:57:01 PM »

DOES HE EXIST?

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 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 had 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 who 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 this 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 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 drooped as he stared at the chalk. He looked up at the young man, and then left 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.
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« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2006, 11:15:22 PM »

This is true?!! Shocked
I love it!
Thanks for posting it my friend!

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« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2006, 11:26:50 PM »

I did hear a joke on the same line.............may have been rooted in fact.

Something about an ex marine in the class poping the prof in the mouth before he could drop the chalk and the marine saying
"God was busy so he sent me" Grin

Anyhow I like the serious one better.
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« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2006, 01:23:13 AM »

That story is awesome.  To me it means that we better stand up for God in every circumstance because you never know when you could be used as a tool to make a perfound difference in someone's life.
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« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2006, 03:26:49 AM »

AMEN brother, great post!! Cheesy Cheesy
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« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2006, 03:26:38 PM »

hahaha...that was cute Rookie.

What a great story. And what faith and courage that man had to share in front of 300 hundred of his peers the gospel. I'm sure God was very proud of him.
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« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2006, 03:46:49 PM »

God was indeed in him.

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