Prayer

[BevOwen]

My confession:
I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees, Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against.. That's what they are, Christmas trees.
It doesn't bother me a bit when people say,'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn't bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu . If people want a creche, it's just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.
I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from, that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat.
Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship celebrities and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where these celebrities came from and where the America we knew went to.
In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking.
Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her 'How could God let something like this happen?'(regarding Hurricane Katrina). Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.. She said,'I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?'
In light of recent events... terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found a few years ago) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK.. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school. The Bible says thou shalt not kill; thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.
Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave, because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said okay.
Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.
Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with 'WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.'
Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.
Are you laughing yet?
Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.
My Best Regards, Honestly and respectfully,
Ben Stein
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[Mending Fences]

Amen to that!

[ANTI- CORRECT]

PLEASE KILL ME MORE GODLEY B.U.L.L.S.H.I.T
THERE IS TO MANY SUPPOSED RELIGIONS OUT. LIKE I SAID BEFORE. I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY YOU FILL YOUR LIVES WITH FALSE HOPE'S THAT THERE IS A HIGHER PERSON OUT THERE . WHEN THERE IS NOT. JUST LIKE WE ARE NOT THE ONLY LIFE FORMS IN THE HUGE UNIVERSE. WERE JUST TO STUPID. TO FIND THEM BECAUSE WE WOULD RATHER FIGHT AND KILL EACH OTHER CAUSE OF COLOR ,RELIGON , AND MONEY YAH SURE I DIDNT SPELL EVERYTHING .F.U.C.K.I.N.G. RIGHT GET OVER IT STOP GIVING MONEY TO THESE CHURCHES WHO RAISE CHILD MOLESTORS.

[Mending Fences]

Anti-Correct I am praying for you, let me know when you hear the call.

[ANTI- CORRECT]

keep well wishing there is not actual proof there has been a GOD of any sort . make sure you start a chain pray while your. hell if you want i will pretend to be your god and you can start to send me money and i will tell you all these things i can do. and how i have healed and we cant break some bread over some beer.s.h.i.t lets build an alter and slaughter a lame in gods name which is me........

[ANTI- CORRECT]

*lamb

[Mending Fences]

Anti-correct...you have a very narrow stereotype of Christians...or the ones you know practice very differently then most. I will continue to pray for you...again let me know when you hear Him call with that small still voice or you feel the nudge of the Holy Spirit. I have one question for you...why do Christians bring out such responses from you?

[ANTI- CORRECT]

it's not just christians. it's just the fact that i think it's funny how so many people think there was or is some greater thing out there . my problem with this whole thing is. how can someone believe in a book written by somone about someone else.that has been rewritten over and over again and changed and changed.to what they think has happend. i mean look why is jeff warren in jail when in his bible it say he can have many wives of his choice regardless of age. we know in this socitey it's not right but just 69 years ago is was. look at jerry lewis. or like jesus is not the lord jovah is. there is so many example of how a book has warped so many minds.

[Mending Fences]

you are right, the Bible is interperted by many sick and demented minds, but those are only a few the majority of people who read the Bible do not behave this way and read the Bible in faith and love not to control others. Do you believe in right and wrong or good and bad? Most people do, but who get's to determine what is right/wrong or good/bad?

[ANTI- CORRECT]

it's is us to detemine are fate. not by following a book but by the way we have interpeted our life as we grow older. just dont know why peop[le have to think that there is some greater person who over looks us and if you follow him you will be saved. anfd live in harmony

[Book of me]

...Don't know about anyone else but I might just keep at least a 50 yard minimum distance from the 'Toronto Canada' & 'Delta Utah' women.

The next time they post it might be with a 1000 volt L I G H T N I N G B O L T stickin' outta their asses!!!!......
:)

[Max]

Whats a jew?

[albert]

why dont all religons get taxed for the loot they take in ? say 2%, and a 3% tax on thier buildings, and if there in a business,(many are) tax em same as any other business,??

can you under stand all the tax free money being lost on those tv preachers,??????

[ugh]

Max wrote:

Whats a jew?

that guy that wears all that gold and runs that pawn shop.