A Pregnant Woman, Two Bears & an Atheist
Written by gestroud in Weird | 71 views
This is a true story.
After being chased by a bear and hit by a car, a pregnant Colorado woman said she would honor the euthanized animal by giving her baby the middle name “Bear.”
Ashley Swendsen, 26, said she first spotted the bear as it was coming out of a creek.
“I didn’t know what to do, so I just kept walking,” she said. She started running when the bear moved toward her. As she ran, she thought, “If it was going to hurt me, it already would have.”
Swendsen climbed up an embankment and was crossing the street when she was hit by a car. She wasn’t seriously injured, but authorities took her to a hospital as a precaution because she was pregnant.
Local police are looking for the car that hit Swendsen. The driver stopped, talked to her and took off.
The bear was caught, tranquilized and killed. Swendsen said she was sad to hear about the bear’s death, saying it had “spared me, and then it had to die.”
So what does this have to do with an atheist????
Ms. Swendsen’s belief that the bear “spared” her reminds me of a joke I heard recently:
An atheist was walking in the woods one day marveling at the wonders of evolution. Suddenly, a bear appeared and ran at him.
The man turned to run, but the bear leapt upon him and lifted its paw to strike.
“Oh god! Help!” screamed the atheist.
Time stopped. The bear’s paw froze in midair.
God’s voice asked, “What is it you’d like me to do for you?”
“I must be dreaming,” said the astonished atheist.
“No, this is real,” God said. “I’m God. I’m here to help.”
“I’m sorry,” replied the atheist, “but I’m never going to believe in you. But if you really are God, could you turn this bear into a Christian?”
“That’s all?”
“That’s all.”
Time returned to normal.
The bear slowly lowered its paw and said:
“Father, thank you for this meal that I am about to receive. Amen”
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