U.S. Marines and God

[widowmaker]

Some of you have for sure seen this one, but it is quite noteworthy, even some of you libbies might enjoy it.
> 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 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 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 shit and act like an
>asshole. So, He sent me."
>
>
>

[Old Texan]

Heard it a couple times and love it more each time. :devil:
Good post.

[Steve 1]

I second that.