This story is of something that was
>alleged to have happened just a few years ago at USC.
>
>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  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 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 said. 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.
>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.
>
>Now you have 2 choices: