The Atheist

"Religious Holidays"

An atheist complained to a friend, "Christians
have their special holidays, such as Christmas
and Easter; and Jews celebrate their holidays,
such as Passover and Yom Kippur; Muslims have
their holidays. EVERY religions has its holidays.
But we atheists," he said, "have no recognized
national holidays. It's an unfair discrimination."

His friend replied, "Well, why don't you celebrate
April first?"

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"The Atheist"

A very religious man lived right next door to an atheist.
While the religious one prayed day in, day out, and was
constantly on his knees in communion with his Lord,
the atheist never even looked twice at a church. However,
the atheist's life was good, he had a well-paying job and
a beautiful wife, and his children were healthy and good-
natured, whereas the pious man's job was strenuous
and his wages were low, his wife was getting fatter every
day and his kids wouldn't give him the time of the day.

So one day, deep in prayer as usual, he raised his eyes
towards heaven and asked:

"Oh G~d, I honor you every day, I ask your advice for every
problem and confess to you my every sin. Yet my neighbor,
who doesn't even believe in you and certainly never prays,
seems blessed with every happiness, while I go poor and
suffer many an indignity. Why is this?"

And a great voice was heard from above:

"BECAUSE HE DOESN'T BOTHER ME ALL THE TIME!"
Received on Sat Jan 29 02:56:47 2005