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.'