An Atheist and the cowboy

Frederic Remington, Hunter/ źródło: https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/frederic-remington 

I came across a funny story which made me smile. It's about discussing the things we have no idea about. The picture above is titled: Hunter but the figure reminds me of a lost rider in the middle of nowhere. But listen to the story...

On an airplane an atheist was seated next to an old cowboy  and he turned to him and said:

“Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.”

The old cowboy, who had just started to read his book, replied to the 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?” and he smiled self-satisfied.

“Okay,” he 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 old cowboy's intelligence, thinks about it and says: “Hmmm, I have no idea.”

To which the cowboy replies, “Do you really feel qualified to discuss God, Heaven and Hell, or life after death, when you don’t know crap?”