4.25.2012

The Professor and the SEAL

A Navy SEAL was attending some college courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed atheist and a member of the ACLU. One day the professor shocked the class when he came in, looked to the ceiling, and flatly stated, "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. You could hear a pin drop. Five minutes passed and nothing happened. Ten minutes, and the professor proclaimed, "Here I am God. I'm still waiting."

Finally, it got down to the last couple of minutes when the SEAL got out of his chair, went up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him off the platform. The professor was out cold. The SEAL went back to his seat and sat there, silently. The other students were stunned and sat there looking on in silence.

The professor eventually came to-- noticably shaken-- struggled up, and yelled at the SEAL "What the... what the hell is the matter with you? Why did you do that?"

The SEAL replied, "God was busy today protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say stupid stuff and act like an moron. So He just sent me."

(NOTE: This is a commonly forwarded email. I do not know if it happened in actuality, but it's worth a good laugh.)