Three things Marines value and defend:

God, Country and Corps. In that order........

A college professor, a devoted atheist and active in the ACLU, was teaching his class.

He shocked several of his students when he flatly stated that once and for all he was going to prove there was no God. Addressing the ceiling he shouted: "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. "I'm waiting

God, if you're real knock me off this platform!!!!"

Again after 4 minutes, the professor taunted God saying, "Here I am God!!! I'm still waiting!!!"

His count down got down to the last couple of seconds when a Marine, fresh out of the Corps, after serving in Afghanistan and Iraq and newly registered in the class, walked up to the Professor.

The Marine hit him full force in the face, and sent the professor
tumbling from his lofty platform. The Professor was out cold!! The
students were stunned and shocked. They began to babble in confusion.

The Marine nonchalantly took his seat in the front row and sat silent.

The class looked at him and fell silent...waiting.

Eventually, the professor came to and was noticeably shaken. He
looked at the Marine in the front row. When the professor regained his
senses and could speak he asked: "What the hell is the matter with you, why did you do that?"

"God was really busy, protecting America's soldiers 😀 who are protecting your right to say stupid things and act like an idiot...so he sent me"