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Angela Barnett
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Subject: Fwd: Prayer


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Mary Westbrook <kittenkid_65@yahoo.com> on 08/04/2000 05:43:32 AM
To: Mabel Abrasley <mabel@abrasley.com>
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Subject: Fwd: Prayer




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> >
> > Some people, it seems, get offended way too easily.
> > I mean, isn't that
> > what all
> > > this prayer hullabaloo is all about - people
> > getting offended?  Those of
> > us in
> > > the majority are always tippy-toeing around,
> > trying to make sure we don't
> > step
> > > on the toes or hurt the feelings of the humorless.
> >  And you can bet
> > there's a
> > > lawyer standing on every corner making sure we
> > don't.  Take this prayer
> > deal.
> > > It's absolutely ridiculous.  Some atheist goes to
> > a high school football
> > game,
> > > hears a kid say a short prayer before the game and
> > gets offended.  So he
> > hires a
> > > lawyer and goes to court and asks somebody to pay
> > him a whole bunch of
> > money for
> > > all the damage done to him.  You would have
> > thought the kid kicked him in
> > the
> > > crotch.  Damaged for life by a 30-second prayer?
> > Am I missing something
> > here?
> > >
> > > 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. Nor
> > > do I believe that not praying will result in more
> > serious injuries on the
> > field
> > > or more fatal  car crashes after the game.  In
> > fact, I'm not so sure God
> > would
> > > even be at all these games if he didn't have to
> > be.  That's just one of
> > the
> > > downsides of omnipresence.  If God really liked
> > sports, the Russians would
> > never
> > > have won a single gold medal, New York would never
> > play in a World Series
> > and
> > > Deion Sanders' toe would be healed by now.
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > 
> >