An atheist was seated next to a little
girl on an airplane and he turned to
her and said, “Do you want to talk?
Flights go quicker if you strike up a
conversation with your fellow
passenger.” The little girl, who had just started to
read her book, replied to the total
stranger, “What would you want to
talk about?” “Oh, I don’t know,” said the atheist.
“How about why there is no God, or
no Heaven or Hell, or no life after
death?” as he smiled smugly. “Okay,” she said. “Those could be
interesting topics but let me ask you a
question first. A horse, a cow, and a
deer all eat the same stuff – grass. Yet a
deer excretes little pellets, while a cow
turns out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you
suppose that is?” The atheist, visibly surprised by the
little girl’s intelligence, thinks about it
and says, “Hmmm, I have no idea.” To which the little girl replies, “Do you
really feel qualified to discuss God,
Heaven and Hell, or life after death,
when you don’t know shit?” And then she went back to reading
her book.