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Ben Stein |
Apparently
the White House referred to Christmas Trees as Holiday Trees for the first time
this year which prompted CBS presenter, Ben Stein, to present this piece which
I would like to share with you. I think it applies just as much to many
countries as it does to America.
A
little sanity please...
Only hope we find GOD again before it is too late
! !
The following was written by Ben Stein and
recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning
Commentary.
My
confession:
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.
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 when you forward this message, you
will not send it to many on your address list
because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it.
Funny
how we can be more worried about what
other people think of us than what God thinks
of us.
Pass
it on if you think it has merit.
If
not, then just discard it... no one will know you did.
But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the
world is in.
My
Best Regards, Honestly and respectfully,
Ben Stein
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