The Atheist

Many years ago, I was watching this TV program on our only national flag barrier channel, NTV. Then it used to air, very good quality programs compared to now a days. The story goes like this :

A bunch of youngsters went to temple and when the priest offered them some prasad, one of the atheist in the group said loudly, “Heah, I don’t put it, as I don’t believe in GOD !” then the priest, remembers his own time, as an atheist and starts telling them the story behind how he ended up as a priest.

In his youth time when he was married, he himself did not believe in existence of God and then was arguing with his wife for his being or not. It so happened that he married a core believer of GOD and His existence on earth. During one such argument with his wife, he refused to eat. Because his wife was reasoning that, “GOD will feed him even if you refuse to eat.” “If he feeds me, then I will see how he will feed me was his logic.” Saying that much line he leaves home and heads for the forest to hide himself up in the tree, thinking no one will see him and then make him to eat.

Whole day passed by, without much happening. But when the dark started rolling in the deep forest he saw some people coming to nearby the place where he had been hiding himself up in the tree. They were the group of burglars. Suddenly they saw food, warm food left in that jungle so the gang leader got suspicious and started looking around. As the food was warm, so the group must be nearby. After searching for a while they spot our atheist, on top of a tree. They bring him down the tree, and start questioning his motto, to leave food on the ground and then hiding himself up in the tree. The thugs gang thought that the food must have been poisoned so they wanted him to eat it first so that they could dive in the food.

Remember he refused to eat food that day ? so he refused to eat it. the suspicion got stronger not and so they wanted to be sure that it’s not been poisoned. The thugs started beating him until he had no option but to eat that food.

Then just like that he remembers his wife line, “ if you don’t eat the god will make you eat even he had to beat you up to make you eat.” This small incident changed his believe in God and from that point onwards, he became a hardcore believer of God and his existence on earth.

After hearing his story, the youngster from the group accepts the prasad offered by this priest.