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HYDE PARK

THERE WERE THESE TWO MEN WHO USED TO COME TO HYDE PARK ALL THE TIME.
ONE WAS A FUNDAMENTALIST, AND THE OTHER WAS AN ATHEIST. THE ATHEIST
ALWAYS SAID "IF THERE IS A GOD, LET HIM STRIKE ME DOWN."AND THE
FUNDAMENTALIST
SAID"YOU'D BETTER WATCH IT OR HE WILL." SO THE
FUNDAMENTALIST
GOT A GUN AND HID BEHIND A BUSH AND WHEN THE ATHEIST SAID HIS
LINE, HE SHOT HIM. BUT THE FUNDAMENTALIST THOUGHT HE KILLED HIM AND
SAID "WELL MAYBE THERE ISN'T A GOD IF HE LET ME KILL HIM."
AND AS THE
ATHEIST RECOVERED, HE SAID "MAYBE THERE IS A GOD." SO FROM THEN ON,
THEY CHANGED PLACES IN THE PARK.

Where learned: DETROIT

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious

Date learned: 10-29-1972

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