One day a jet airline left Washington, D.C., with the destination of Columbia, South Carolina. On board was a counselor traveling to Columbia for a mental health conference at the University of South Carolina. The counselor was an atheist.

Somewhere during the flight the pilot discovered the landing gear was stuck. That meant trouble. He turned the plane and headed for Greensboro, North Carolina. There was a facility there where mechanics on the ground could give instructions to the pilot by radio and make a visual observation as the plane flew overhead. The instructions which the mechanics gave this pilot were quite dramatic. Following their advice, the pilot put the plane through every acceptable procedure known to shake down the landing gear. He made several nose dives. He rocked the p…