Fw: It takes guts to say "Jesus"

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This came from a friend of mine.
> 
> 		It takes guts to say "Jesus"
> 
> 
> 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*
> (you'll see what I mean later).
> 
> Nobody would go against him because he had a reputation.  At the end
> of every semester, on the last day, he would say to the class of 300
> students, "If there is anyone here who still believes in God, stand
> up!"  In twenty years, nobody 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 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 could do nothing but stop and
> stare.  Most of the students were convinced 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 get
> enrolled in the class.  He was a Christian, and had heard the stories
> about this professor.  He had to take the class because it was one of
> the required classes 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 or did 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 room. The professor shouted, "YOU
> FOOL!  If nothing I have said all semester
> has convinced you that God doesn't  exist, then you are a fool!  If
> God existed, he could 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 pleats of his
> pants, down his leg, and off his shoe. And 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 up proceeded to walk to
> the front of the room and share 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.


Bro Aaron