A United States Marine was attending some college
courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and
Afghanistan . One of the courses had a professor who was a vowed atheist
and a member of the ACLU.
One day the professor shocked the class when he
came in. He 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. Ten
minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, "Here I am God. I'm still
waiting." It got down to the last couple of minutes when the Marine 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 Marine went back to his seat and sat there,
silently. The other students were shocked and stunned and sat there looking
on in silence.
The professor eventually 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 was too busy
today protecting America 's soldiers who are protecting your right to say
stupid shit and act like an asshole. So, He sent me."