THE MARINE AND GOD
A United States Marine was attending some college courses between
assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. One of the courses had a
professor who was an avowed atheist and a member of the
ACLU. One day the professor shocked
the class when he came in. He looked to the ceiling and
flatly stated, 'God, if you are real, then I want
you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15
minutes.' The lecture room fell silent. You
could hear a pin drop. Ten minutes went by and the
professor proclaimed, 'Here I am God. I'm still
waiting.' It got down to the last couple of minutes when
the Marine got out of his chair, went up to the
professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him off the
platform. The professor was out cold. The
Marine went back to his seat and sat there, silently. The
other students were shocked and stunned
and sat there looking on in silence. The professor
eventually came to, noticeably shaken, looked at
the Marine and asked, 'What the heck is the matter with
you? Why did you do that?' The Marine calmly
replied, 'God was too busy today protecting America's
soldiers who are protecting your right to say
stupid stuff and act like an idiot. So, He sent me.'
