Mike Jennings
02-17-2006, 12:20 PM
thought this might get bumped off the boards up stairs, so i figured id share it with the jungle, got this in an email today ,i have no idea if it a true story or not.wish it were.
> >
> >Two things to know before you read below:
> >
> > Marines are taught:
> > 1) Keep your priorities in order and
> > 2) Know when to act without hesitation.
> >
> >A Marine was attending a college course between
> missions in Iraq and
> >Afghanistan. The professor, an avowed atheist,
> shocked the class one
> day
> >when he walked in, looked toward the ceiling, and
> said loudly, "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 and the professor
> began his lecture. Ten
> >minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, "Here
> I am God - still
> >waiting."
> >
> >It got down to the last minute when the Marine
> stood up, walked toward
> the
> >professor and threw his best punch knocking him off
> the platform and
> out
> >cold. The Marine went back to his seat and sat
> down.
> >
> >The other students were shocked and stunned and sat
> there looking on in
> >silence. The professor 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 is busy today
> protecting America's
> soldiers
> >who are protecting your right to behave like an
> idiot and say stupid
> stuff.
> >So He sent me."
> >
> >Two things to know before you read below:
> >
> > Marines are taught:
> > 1) Keep your priorities in order and
> > 2) Know when to act without hesitation.
> >
> >A Marine was attending a college course between
> missions in Iraq and
> >Afghanistan. The professor, an avowed atheist,
> shocked the class one
> day
> >when he walked in, looked toward the ceiling, and
> said loudly, "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 and the professor
> began his lecture. Ten
> >minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, "Here
> I am God - still
> >waiting."
> >
> >It got down to the last minute when the Marine
> stood up, walked toward
> the
> >professor and threw his best punch knocking him off
> the platform and
> out
> >cold. The Marine went back to his seat and sat
> down.
> >
> >The other students were shocked and stunned and sat
> there looking on in
> >silence. The professor 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 is busy today
> protecting America's
> soldiers
> >who are protecting your right to behave like an
> idiot and say stupid
> stuff.
> >So He sent me."