A United States Marine was attending some college
courses between assignments. He had completed missions
in Iraq and Afghanistan.

One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed
atheist and a member of the ACLU. One day the
professor shocked the class when he came in. He looked
to the ceiling and flatly stated, 'God, if you are
real, then I want you to knock me off this platform.
I'll give you exactly 15 minutes.' The lecture room
fell silent. You could hear a pin drop. Ten minutes
went by and the professor proclaimed, 'Here I am God.
I'm still waiting.'

It got down to the last couple of minutes when the
Marine got out of his chair, went up to the professor,
and cold-cocked him; knocking him off the platform.
The professor was out cold. The Marine went back to
his seat and sat there, silently. The other students
were shocked and stunned and sat there looking on in
silence. 

The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken,
looked at the Marine and asked, 'What the heck is the
matter with you? Why did you do that?' The Marine
calmly replied, 'God was too busy today protecting
America's soldiers who are protecting your right to
say stupid stuff and act like an idiot. So, He sent me.'