[From nobody Sun Jul 9 15:16:43 2017 X-Apparently-To: davenport_laura@yahoo.com via web6404.mail.yahoo.com Received: from imo-r14.mx.aol.com (EHLO imo-r14.mail.aol.com) (152.163.225.68) by mta311.mail.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Oct 2000 17:35:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from EinEngelLD@aol.com by imo-r14.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v28.32.) id r.cb.aac4024 (15879) for <davenport_laura@yahoo.com>; Sat, 28 Oct 2000 20:35:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from web28.aolmail.aol.com (web28.aolmail.aol.com [205.188.222.4]) by air-id07.mx.aol.com (v76_r1.20) with ESMTP; Sat, 28 Oct 2000 20:35:25 -0400 Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 20:35:24 EDT From: EinEngelLD@aol.com Subject: Fwd: Fw: Please do this! To: <davenport_laura@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----_Part_39fb70cd-013f-e11-010203040506" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Unknown Message-ID: <cb.aac4024.272ccacd@aol.com> Content-Length: 4650 ------_Part_39fb70cd-013f-e11-010203040506 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ------_Part_39fb70cd-013f-e11-010203040506 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <SpaceGH@aol.com> From: SpaceGH@aol.com Full-name: SpaceGH Message-ID: <b6.c7060fe.272ca542@aol.com> Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 17:55:14 EDT Subject: Fwd: Fw: Please do this! To: EinEngelLD@aol.com, nosferatufemme@prodigy.net, JennieHey@aol.com, Rebelchic030@aol.com, Sugargirlz45@aol.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part2_cb.aac4024.272ca542_boundary" X-Mailer: Unknown sub 148 --part2_cb.aac4024.272ca542_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part2_cb.aac4024.272ca542_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <DVMMF4EVR@aol.com> From: DVMMF4EVR@aol.com Full-name: DVMMF4EVR Message-ID: <c6.c8f5938.272c6cdc@aol.com> Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 13:54:36 EDT Subject: Re: Fw: Please do this! To: Bjeckenr@gateway.net CC: SpaceGH@aol.com, Fiero525@aol.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 114 > >Is there a God? > > > > > >This is a true story of something that happened just a few years ago at > > >USC. > > > > > >There was a professor of philosophy there who was a deeply committed > > >atheist. His primary goal for one required class was to spend the > entire > > >semester attempting to prove that God couldn't exist. > > > > > >His students were always afraid to argue with him because of his > impeccable > > >logic. For twenty years, he had taught this class and no one had ever > had > > >the courage to go against him. Sure, some had argued in class at times, > but > > >no one had ever really gone against him because of his reputation. > > > > > >At the end of every semester on the last day, he would say to his > class > of > > >300 students, "If there is anyone here who still believes in Jesus, > stand > > >up!" > > > > > >In twenty years, no one had ever stood up. They knew what he was going > to > > >do next. He would say, "Because anyone who believes in God is a fool. > If > > >God existed, he could stop this piece of chalk from hitting the ground > and > > >breaking. Such a simple task to prove that He is God, and yet He can't > do > > >it." > > > > > >And every year, he would drop the chalk onto the tile floor of the > > >classroom and it would shatter into a hundred pieces. All of the > students > > >would do nothing but stop and stare. > > > > > >Most of the students thought that God couldn't exist. Certainly, a > number > > >of Christians had slipped through, but for 20 years, they had been too > > >afraid to stand up. > > > > > > Well, a few years ago there was a freshman who happened to enroll. He > was > > >a Christian, and had heard the stories about this professor. He was > > >required to take the class for his major, > > >and he was afraid. But for three months that semester, he prayed every > > >morning that he would have the courage to stand up no matter what the > > >professor said, or what the class thought. Nothing they said could ever > > >shatter his faith...he hoped. > > > > > >Finally, the day came. The professor said, "If there is anyone here who > > >still believes in God, stand up!" The professor and the class of 300 > people > > >looked at him, shocked, as he stood up at the back of the classroom. > > > > > >The professor shouted, "You FOOL!!! If God existed, he would keep this > > >piece of chalk from breaking when it hit the ground!" He proceeded to > drop > > >the chalk, but as he did, it slipped out of his fingers, off his shirt > > >cuff, onto the pleat of his pants, down his leg, and off his shoe. As > it > > >hit the ground, it simply rolled away, unbroken. The professor's jaw > > >dropped as he stared at the chalk. > > >He looked up at the young man, and then ran out of the lecture hall. > > > > > >The young man who had stood, proceeded to walk to the front of the room > and > > >shared his faith in Jesus for the next half hour. 300 students stayed > and > > >listened as he told of God's love for them and of His power. > > > > > > > > >Now you have 2 choices: > > > > > >1. Delete this and never look at it again. > > >2. Pass this along to your Christian and non-Christian friends, giving > them > > >the encouragement we all need every day. > > > > > >When you choose option 2, you have chosen to STAND > > > > > --part2_cb.aac4024.272ca542_boundary-- ------_Part_39fb70cd-013f-e11-010203040506--]