From: James Thompson (Thompsonj@higgslaw.com)
Date: Thu Sep 12 2002 - 15:31:52 MDT
Ya'll should like this...
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> Subject: Thought provoking
> >
> > In light of the many perversions and
> jokes we send along to one
> > another for a laugh, this is a little different:
> >
> > This joke today is not intended to be a
> joke, it's not
> > intended to be 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 the attacks on
> > Sept. 11 ).
> >
> > 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
> > 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 OK.
> >
> > Then someone said teachers and principals
> better not discipline
> > our children when they misbehave. The school
> > administrators said no faculty member in
> this school better
> > touch a student when they misbehave because we
> don't
> > want any bad publicity, and we surely
> don't want to be sued
> > (there's a big difference between disciplining,
> touching,
> > beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking,
> etc.). And we said OK.
> >
> >
> > Then someone said, let's let our
> daughters have abortions if
> > they want, and they won't even have to tell their
> parents.
> > And we said OK.
> >
> > Then some wise school board member said,
> since boys will be
> > boys and they're going to do it anyway, let's give
> > our sons all the condoms they want so
> they can have all the fun
> > they desire, and we won't have to tell their
> parents
> > they got them at school. And we said OK.
> Then some of our top
> > elected officials said it doesn't matter what we
> do
> > in private as long as we do our jobs.
> Agreeing with them, we
> > said it doesn't matter to me what anyone,
> including the
> > President, does in private as long as I
> have a job and the
> > economy is good.
> >
> > Then someone said let's print magazines
> with pictures of nude
> > women and call it wholesome, down-to-earth
> > appreciation for the beauty of the female
> body. And we said OK.
> >
> >
> > And then someone else took that
> appreciation a step further and
> > published pictures of nude children and then
> further
> > again by making them available on the
> Internet. And we said OK,
> > they're entitled to free speech.
> >
> > Then the entertainment industry said,
> let's make TV shows and
> > movies that promote profanity, violence, and
> illicit sex.
> > Let's record music that encourages rape,
> drugs, murder,
> > suicide, and satanic themes. And we said it's just
> entertainment,
> > it has no adverse effect, nobody takes it
> seriously anyway, so
> > go right ahead.
> >
> > 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 workplace and sometimes the home.
> >
> > Are you laughing?
> >
> > 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.... I thought you'd like this bob
> >
> >
>
>
>
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