Errick

This is a forward I received in my email, take a look, I think it speaks for itself.

VERY WELL SAID.

I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to sue somebody for singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song in December.

I don't agree with Darwin, but I didn't go out and hire a lawyer when my high school teacher taught his theory of evolution.

Life, liberty or your pursuit of happiness will not be endangered because someone says a 30-second prayer before a football game. So what's the big deal? It's not like somebody is up there reading the entire book of Acts. They're just talking to a God they believe in and asking him to grant safety to the players on the field and the fans going home from the game. "But it's a Christian prayer," some will argue. Yes, and this is the United States of America, a country founded on Christian principles. And we are in the Bible Belt. According to our very own phone book, Christian churches outnumber all others better than 200-to-1. So what would you expect-somebody chanting Hare Krishna?

If I went to a football game in Jerusalem, I would expect to hear a Jewish prayer.

If I went to a soccer game in Baghdad, I would expect to hear a Muslim prayer.

If I went to a ping pong match in China, I would expect to hear someone pray to Buddha.

And I wouldn't be offended. It wouldn't bother me one bit. When in Rome...

"But what about the atheists?" is another argument. What about them? Nobody is asking them to be baptized. We're not going to pass the collection plate. Just humor us for 30 seconds. If that's asking too much, bring a Walkman or a pair of ear plugs. Go to the bathroom. Visit the concession stand. Call your lawyer. Unfortunately, one or two will make that call. One or two will tell thousands what they can and cannot do. I don't think a short prayer at a football game is going to shake the world's foundations.

Christians are just sick and tired of turning the other cheek while our courts strip us of all our rights. Our parents and grandparents taught us to pray before eating, to pray before we go to sleep. Our Bible tells us just to pray without ceasing. Now a handful of people and their lawyers are telling us to cease praying. God, help us. And if that last sentence offends you, well..........just sue me.

The silent majority has been silent too long.. it's time we let that one or two who scream loud enough to be heard, that the vast majority don't care what they want.. it is time the majority rules!

It's time we tell them, you don't have to pray.. you don't have to say the pledge of allegiance, you don't have to believe in God or attend services that honor Him. That is your right, and we will honor your right.. but by golly you are no longer going to take our rights away .. we are fighting back.. and we WILL WIN! After all the God you have the right to denounce is on our side!

God bless us one and all, especially those who denounce Him...

God bless America, despite all her faults.. still the greatest nation of all.....

God bless our service men who are fighting to protect our right to pray and worship God...

May 2003 be the year the silent majority is heard and we put God back as the foundation of our families and institutions.

Keep looking up...... In God WE Trust

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astrocamel

Ummm I'm confused...what is this thing referring to?

Errick

It's about how lots of people have a big problem with people praying before a football game (or anything for that matter).

If that's not what you're confused about...ask me a question about this...

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PapRoach123

I don't understand why it's so hard for man to accept and live with the fact that his own culture isn't the only one in the world. A culture that doesn't respect a culture is not a culture at all.

astrocamel

Oh...yeah I don't have a big problem with that but I dunno...

YesJess

Yep that was well said.

Wdnesday

The term you are looking for is ethnocentricism, which is the tendency for one culture to believe that their culture is superior to every other culture. Every society has some form of culture, be it basic or advanced. (Sorry, I'm an anthropolgy major, and culture is a big part of it )

What this is refering to more is how our country is offended by religion. Other countries have much more tolerance toward religion, as it is so much more integrated into their cultures. In America, we are so concerned about being politically correct and standing on NO one's toes, that we can't even say "one nation under god" without offending some one.

Next, they'll be taking "In God We Trust" off of our money. Or did they already do that?

Nanny

Like I've always said, I'm not a religious person, but I encourage anyone who feels it necessary to believe in whatever keeps them alive.

IamA-BFG

Technically, I have only pledged allegiance to the United States of America, one nation UNDER GOD!

As soon as they decide to remove those two little words from the pledge, I am no longer bound It will then no longer be a nation under God and the pledge was only for the nation under God.

Besides, I believe that highly immoral and just wrong to force anyone to take any sorts of pledges against his/her own will anyway. (And should have to be 18+ in order to even be allowed to be asked to take a pledge)

Also, to the above topic, AMEN!

PapRoach123

Interesting... It's hard for me to imagine one could be so easely offended to something like that. Is it that they are only afraid of stepping on people's toes, or are people over there actually gonna cry about it once they think their toes start to hurt, supposedly because acceptance of religion is being supported in public?


I was actually gonna say that they did it with the Euro, but I decided to check and the Dutch 2 Euro coin has that text in Dutch, still there. The 1 Euro coin probably too (don't have one present atm), but the others don't.