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Moral of the Story 'The Atheist and the Shark'?

There is this atheist swimming in the ocean. All of the sudden he sees this shark in the water, so he starts swimming towards his boat.

As he looks back he sees the shark turn and head towards him. His boat is a ways off and he starts swimming like crazy. He's scared to death, and as he turns to see the jaws of the great white beast open revealing its teeth in a horrific splendor, the atheist screams, "Oh God! Save me!"

In an instant time is frozen and a bright light shines down from above. The man is motionless in the water when he hears the voice of God say, "You are an atheist. Why do you call upon me when you do not believe in me?"

Aghast with confusion and knowing he can't lie the man replies, "Well, that's true I don't believe in you, but how about the shark? Can you make the shark believe in you?"

The Lord replies, "As you wish," and the light retracted back into the heavens and the man could feel the water begin to move once again.

As the atheist looks back he can see the jaws of the shark start to close down on him, when all of sudden the shark stops and pulls back.

Shocked, the man looks at the shark as the huge beast closes its eyes and bows its head and says, "Thank you Lord for this food for which I am about to receive..."

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  • 10 years ago
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    That was funny and it has athiests pegged. They are so stubborn that they refuse to ADMIT that they believe in God even if they were to talk to Him face to face.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    10 years ago

    Good joke, but ultimately not a good point to make if you're christian. Here's how it should have ended: The shark swims toward the guy, the guy yells for God's help, nothing happens (as it so often does when people pray), then the shark eats him. Good riddance, too. If you can't remain true to yourself in the most desperate situation, you're just a fool then.

  • £€$
    Lv 5
    10 years ago

    Loved it.However, here is an alternative ending........Shark snaps his jaws shut devouring the man in one go.Just before the fatal bite the man asks of god "So what went wrong?" to which god replied "Well the shark prayed for a decent meal".

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    =thanks for the chuckle :-)

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