No More Mr. Nice Guy!

The Footsteps: an Atheist Parable

Two men were walking along a beach. One was young and naive, the other, old and wise.

They walked all day until their feet hurt, and finally reached their destination. Then the young man looked back and exclaimed in excitement: "Look! See those places where there is only one set of footprints? That's where Jesus carried us."

The old man replied with a smile, "No, son, you're wrong. Sometimes you got tired and I carried you, sometimes I got tired and you carried me. But there was no Jesus. The only thing that got us through this long journey, the only thing we ever had, was each other."