Every day a woman stood on her porch and shouted, "Praise the Lord!" And every day the atheist next door yelled back, "There is no Lord!" One day she prayed. "Lord, I'm hungry. Please send me groceries."
The next morning she found a big bag of food on the stairs. "Praise the Lord," she shouted.
"I told you there was no Lord," her neighbor said, jumping from behind a bush. "I bought those groceries."
"Praise the Lord," He not only sent me groceries, but he made the devil pay for them."
p.142 Readers Digest, Sept. 2006
Now ain't that bigoted?
2007-03-21 08:26:45 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think it is funny.
It is a perfect example of how there is absolutely no way to prove to a theist that God doesn't exist because they'll flip whatever you say around and say "yeah, but God did it"
2007-03-21 08:30:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
I personally think it's hysterical. True, it might be a bit mean to all the atheist "the devil" since I know a lot of atheists are are good people. If I ever retell the joke, I'll make sure to paint the neighbor as mean-spirited. No need to call him an atheist; the comment he makes is enough.
2007-03-21 15:31:56 · answer #2 · answered by Church Music Girl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope that is funny. You see the irony in this story is that even Lucifer, Satan, the devil believes that God is greater than he and knows this, he also knows God exists, so why would this not be funny. The Lord did provide, even if it were through such an instrument as the neighbor.
2007-03-21 15:32:20 · answer #3 · answered by Perhaps I love you more 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's kind of cute, but at the same time, it doesn't set right with me. This story implies that because the neighbor was an atheist, he was the devil himself.
2007-03-21 15:33:48 · answer #4 · answered by thezaylady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is very hilarious, loved it and I'm a Christian. I bet the LORD is laughing too!!
2007-03-21 15:33:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Try hilarious. If you think that's bigoted, you are very thin-skinned. Lighten up and learn to laugh at yourself.
2007-03-21 15:31:12 · answer #6 · answered by Julia Sugarbaker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All jokes are an exaggeration of the truth--that one was quite good.
2007-03-21 15:33:10 · answer #7 · answered by huffyb 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Funny and lame.
2007-03-21 15:30:10 · answer #8 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, but that IS funny.
2007-03-21 15:30:21 · answer #9 · answered by David 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's pretty good.
2007-03-21 15:38:50 · answer #10 · answered by Chris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋