It's a hoax, I know, but it's still a pretty poignant little tail
US Marines are always taught:
1) Keep your priorities in order and
2) Know when to act without hesitation.
So when this young Marine was attending some college courses between deployments, He had completed two deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, one of the courses had a professor who was an avowed atheist. One day the professor shocked the class when he came in and announced to the class, "Today I am going to prove to you that God does not exist." Then he looked to the ceiling, and stated defiantly, "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 once again in a loud and challenging voice, "Here I am God. I'm still waiting."
It got down to the last couple of minutes and still nothing. As the professor started to count down the seconds the young Marine got out of his chair, walked in military step up to the professor and in one swing, cold-cocked him, knocking him off the platform and out cold. The Marine returned to his seat and sat there, silently. The other students were shocked and stunned. They continued to sit there looking from the Marine to the professor and back again, waiting for the inevitable. A low murmur of voices began to fill the lecture hall
The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken, looked at the young Marine and asked, "What the hell is the matter with you? Why did you do that?"
The Marine stood and calmly replied, "God was busy. So He sent me."
1) Keep your priorities in order and
2) Know when to act without hesitation.
So when this young Marine was attending some college courses between deployments, He had completed two deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, one of the courses had a professor who was an avowed atheist. One day the professor shocked the class when he came in and announced to the class, "Today I am going to prove to you that God does not exist." Then he looked to the ceiling, and stated defiantly, "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 once again in a loud and challenging voice, "Here I am God. I'm still waiting."
It got down to the last couple of minutes and still nothing. As the professor started to count down the seconds the young Marine got out of his chair, walked in military step up to the professor and in one swing, cold-cocked him, knocking him off the platform and out cold. The Marine returned to his seat and sat there, silently. The other students were shocked and stunned. They continued to sit there looking from the Marine to the professor and back again, waiting for the inevitable. A low murmur of voices began to fill the lecture hall
The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken, looked at the young Marine and asked, "What the hell is the matter with you? Why did you do that?"
The Marine stood and calmly replied, "God was busy. So He sent me."