An atheist was taking a walk through the woods

An atheist was taking a walk through the woods, admiring all that
evolution had created.

"What majestic trees! What powerful rivers! What beautiful
animals!", he said to himself. As he was walking along the river,
he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him. When he turned to
see what the cause was, he saw a 7-foot grizzly charging right
towards him. He ran as fast as he could. He looked over his
shoulder and saw that the bear was closing, He ran even faster,
crying in fear. He looked over his shoulder again, and the bear
was even closer. His heart was pounding and he tried to run even
faster. He tripped and fell on the ground. He rolled over to pick
himself up, but saw the bear right on top of him, reaching for him
with his left paw and raising his right paw to strike him.
At that moment, the Atheist cried out "Oh my God!..." Time
stopped. The bear froze. The forest was silent. Even the river
stopped moving.

As a bright light shone upon the man, a voice came out of the
sky, "You deny my existence for all of these years; teach others I
don't exist; and even credit creation to a cosmic accident. Do you
expect me to help you out of this predicament? Am I to count you
as a believer?"

The atheist looked directly into the light "It would be hypocritical of
me to suddenly ask You to treat me as believer now, but perhaps
could you make the bear a believer?" "Very well," said the voice.
The light went out. The river ran again. And the sounds of the
forest resumed.

And then the bear dropped his right paw...brought both paws
together...bowed his head and spoke: "Lord, for this food which I
am about to receive, I am truly thankful."