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 crèche, 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
Nick and Jessica 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 Nick and Jessica 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 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 Go d 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 recently) 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.
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 God, 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?
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
~Contributed by Bill Eagle
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 crèche, 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
Nick and Jessica 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 Nick and Jessica 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 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 Go d 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 recently) 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.
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 God, 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?
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
~Contributed by Bill Eagle
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Music: Angels We Have Heard On High
| Solstice Celebrations, thousands of years old: Christmas is one of those. |
The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary.
My confession:
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.
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.
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