Good God, Y’all

I’ve been too lazy these past couple days to blog or check my e-mail. And considering yesterday’s tragedy at Virginia Tech, I was rather depressed. So I decided to snap out of it today and take a look at some of the jokes my uncles sent me in my e-mail. And as usual, there are important lessons to be learned from a good joke.

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 a vowed 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 hit him square in the face, 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 hell 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."

I wonder if this is the same professor who dropped the piece of chalk, asking God to save it before it broke on the ground. You never know with these stories. Wink, wink.