a little email i recieved today. thought i'd share

[jserio]

WOW, WHAT A WAKE UP!

Dear God:

Why didn't you save the school children at...

Bath, Michigan 1927
Houston, TX 1959
Moses Lake, Washington 2/2/96
Bethel, Alaska 2/19/97
Pearl, Mississippi 10/1/97
West Paducah, Kentucky 12/1/97
Stamp, Arkansas 12/15/97
Jonesboro, Arkansas 3/24/98
Edinboro, Pennsylvania 4/24/98
Fayetteville, Tennessee 5/19/98
Springfield, Oregon 5/21/98
Richmond, Virginia 6/15/98
Littleton, Colorado 4/20/99
Taber, Alberta, Canada 5/28/99
Conyers, Georgia 5/20/99
Deming, New Mexico 11/19/99
Fort Gibson, Oklahoma 12/6/99
Santee, California 3/5/01
El Cajon, California 3/22/01 and
Blacksburg, Virginia 4/16/07?



Sincerely,

Concerned Student

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Reply:

Dear Concerned Student:

I am not allowed in schools.

Sincerely,

God

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How did this get started?...

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Let's see,
I think it started when Madeline Murray O'Hare complained
she didn't want any prayer in our schools.

And we said, OK..

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Then,
someone said you better not read the Bible in school,
the Bible that says
"thou shalt not kill,
thou shalt not steal,
and love your neighbors as yourself,"

And we said, OK...

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Dr. Benjamin Spock said
we shouldn't spank our children
when they misbehaved
because their little personalities
would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem.

And we said,
an expert should know what he's talking about
so we won't spank them anymore..

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Then someone said
teachers and principals better not
discipline our children when they misbehave.
And 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.

And we accepted their reasoning...

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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, that's a grand idea...

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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, that's another great idea...

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Then some of our top elected officials said
it doesn't matter what we do in private as long as we do our jobs.

And we said,
it doesn't matter what anybody,
including the President,
does in private as long as we have jobs and the economy is good....

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And someone else took that appreciation a step further
and published pictures of nude children
and then stepped further still by
making them available on the Internet.

And we said, everyone's entitled to free speech....

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And the entertainment industry said,
let's make TV shows and movies that promote
profanity, violence and illicit sex...
And let's record music that encourages
rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes...

And we said,
it's just entertainment
and it has no adverse effect
and nobody takes it seriously anyway,
so go right ahead.

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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, classmates or even themselves.

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Undoubtedly,
if we thought about it long and hard enough,
we could figure it out.
I'm sure it has a great deal to do with...

"WE REAP WHAT WE SOW,"

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Pass it on
if you think it has merit
If not then just discard it...
but if you discard this thought process,
then don't you dare sit back and complain about
what bad shape this country is in!




            In God We Trust

[Weston]

Alot of truth in that sadly.

[tussey]

Sorry man but religion and state should be separate period

[frankieG]

oh give me a break

[yamahonkawazuki]

oh give me a break

Okay how long  

[PuddleJumper]

I'm glad my son goes to a small midwestern school.

I signed a permission form at school that gives them permission to administer corporal punishment.

Yep, we still spank em when they need it around here.

BeSafe
PJ

P.S. My sons school also says the pledge to the flag and observes a moment of silence every morning before class.

Be safe

[LOUiE]

i heard someone once say... "as long as there is tests and pop-quizzes, there will still be prayer in school"   

[97gs500e]

This is mostly ridiculous, but with some truth in there..

[ohgood]

i usually delete these kinds of religious / political emails myself. they're mostly re-spun yarns about things we already knew.

i think blaming the schools for poor parenting is a real sick cop out. the schools CANNOT raise children. they can teach them to study, and assess children, but the amount of correction needed for a flawed family life is just plain not possible.

now, go blaming bullying, stress, or whatever. that's bs too. the stress and bullying disappears when ALL the parents to their freaking job.

period.

[scottpA_GS]

OK NOW...

How about, dear God,

  why didnt you save my mommy and her co workers in the World Trade Center? Last I checked he was allowed in there How about Why didnt you save my daddy in bosnia? or Iraq? If are are sad enough to believe that "God" chooese who lives or dies you need help...

If you are waiting for god to save you I feel sorry for ya. If I push you in front of a bus you think God will stop it? you think God made me do it? NO! I DID! Humans choose who lives and dies. 

[trumpetguy]

OK NOW...

How about, dear God,

  why didnt you save my mommy and her co workers in the World Trade Center? Last I checked he was allowed in there How about Why didnt you save my daddy in bosnia? or Iraq? If are are sad enough to believe that "God" chooese who lives or dies you need help...

If you are waiting for god to save you I feel sorry for ya. If I push you in front of a bus you think God will stop it? you think God made me do it? NO! I DID! Humans choose who lives and dies. 

Logic and reason has NO PLACE in a discussion like this.  Where do you get off injecting rational thought into a right-wing diatribe?  Come on, dude!   

[jserio]

and with your "logic" and "reason"  i'm sure you will say that nothing in this email has merit?       

[cafeboy]

and with your "logic" and "reason"  i'm sure you will say that nothing in this email has merit?       

+1

[trumpetguy]

and with your "logic" and "reason"  i'm sure you will say that nothing in this email has merit?       

You got it!     It's a load of 

[jserio]

everyone is entitled to an opinion i suppose. that's what makes this country great.   

[yamahonkawazuki]

and with your "logic" and "reason"  i'm sure you will say that nothing in this email has merit?       

You got it!     It's a load of 

you forgot to add, " in my opinion of course" 

[trumpetguy]

No, actually, it's not just my opinion.  It is factually untrue.  Not opinion, just fact.

I could just as easily (and just as falsely) point to integration as the cause of all societal ills since 1960.  It would be untrue.  None of the things that the email points out are CAUSED by not allowing forced prayer in schools.  Period.

If you want forced prayer in schools, go to Iran or any of the other countries where they practice such nonsense.

[yamahonkawazuki]

No, actually, it's not just my opinion.  It is factually untrue.  Not opinion, just fact.

I could just as easily (and just as falsely) point to integration as the cause of all societal ills since 1960.  It would be untrue.  None of the things that the email points out are CAUSED by not allowing forced prayer in schools.  Period.

If you want forced prayer in schools, go to Iran or any of the other countries where they practice such nonsense.

Well, i figured you might be against religion or disliked those or distrusted those who believed. thats where the opinion remark came from. me i am religios, and also believe in evolution. , on paper both are "theories" or in their current state, both require a bit of faith. to make it ones belief. what i dislike, is one can have a wiccan club at a school. but cannot have a christian club. neithers views are forced upon otehrs, without hte others wanting to know. there are muslim clubs as well, but , errr, anyhoo. i get your point tg 

[trumpetguy]

But you don't get my point.  My beliefs about whether religion is real or not are NOT the issue.  They are private, in fact.  The issue is whether we should attempt to brainwash children by forcing prayer on them in schools (and blaming the alleged decline of society on a correct decision of the Supreme Court to deny said brainwashing).

Kids can pray ANYTIME they want to in every public school in the USA.  What they cannot do is compel others to listen to their prayer.

[yamahonkawazuki]

But you don't get my point.  My beliefs about whether religion is real or not are NOT the issue.  They are private, in fact.  The issue is whether we should attempt to brainwash children by forcing prayer on them in schools (and blaming the alleged decline of society on a correct decision of the Supreme Court to deny said brainwashing).

Kids can pray ANYTIME they want to in every public school in the USA.  What they cannot do is compel others to listen to their prayer.

fair enough tg, yes i missed your point/s please forgive. however in some situations, children are NOT permitted to pray in schools. even if done so away from the rest. and the term brainwashing is a bit strong i think. no one is forcing them . they would be foolish to do so. considering, htey "brainwash candidate, would have almost  the entire legal system on their side lol. religion i do not consider brainwashing. there are a few other things which i would consider as such though