"HOPE WE FIND GOD AGAIN BEFORE IT IS TOO
LATE
"APPARENTLY THE WHITE HOUSE REFERRED TO
CHRISTMAS TREES AS HOLIDAYTREES FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR WHICH PROMPTED
CBS PRESENTER,STEVEN LEVY, TO PRESENT THIS PIECE WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE
WITHYOU. I THINK IT APPLIES JUST AS MUCH TO MANY COUNTRIES AS IT DOES
TOAMERICA.
"_THE FOLLOWING WAS WRITTEN BY
STEVEN LEVY AND RECITED BY HIM ON CBSSUNDAY 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 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. Steven 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."
"It is reprehensible that The Journal Times continues to allow readers to post comments online anonymously. Many comments are mean and judgmental. In some cases, they are also racist. Some clearly show that the poster did not read the article carefully before hitting the keyboard because he or she is asking questions that were answered in the story.