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The following is a true story that happened just a few years ago at
USC.
STAND UP!!!
There was a professor of
philosophy 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 his 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 through
Jesus.