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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. 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 las t 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.

You have 2 choices:

1. Delete this and never look at it again.

2. Pass this along to your Christian and non-Christian friends,

giving them

encouragement we all need every day.

When you choose option 2, you have chosen to STAND UP.

In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this

is a

little different:

This is not intended to be a joke, it's not funny, it's intended to

get you

thinking..............

Isn't it funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then

wonder why

the world's going to hell.

Isn't it funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question

what the

Bible says.

Isn't it funny how everyone wants to go to heaven provided they do

not have

to believe, think, say, or do anything the Bible says. Or is it

scary?

Isn't it funny how someone can say " I believe in God " but still

follow Satan

(who, by the way, also " believes " in God ).

Isn't it funny how you can send a thousand jokes through e-mail and

they

spread like wildfire,

but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think

twice

about sharing.

Isn't it funny how the lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene pass freely

through

cyberspace, but the public discussion of Jesus is suppressed in the

school

and workplace.

Isn't it funny how someone can be so fired up for Christ on Sunday,

but be

an invisible Christian the rest of the week.

Are you laughing?

Isn't it funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not

send it

to many on your address list because you're not sure what they

believe, or

what they will think of you for sending it to them.

Isn't it funny how I can be more worried about what

other people think of me than what God thinks of me.

Will YOU pass this on? ... I did