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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: AWMac on January 04, 2005, 01:46:29 PM
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Paul Harvey says:
"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. 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 and to pray before we go to sleep.
Our Bible tells us 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!
God bless us one and all, especially those who denounce Him. God bless America, despite all her faults, she is still the greatest nation of all. God bless our service men who are fighting to protect our right to pray and worship God. 2005 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.
If you agree with this, please pass it on. If not, delete.
:aok
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On the other hand...
Matthew 6:5-6: "And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men....when thou prayest, enter into thy closet and when thou has shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret...."
-SW
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Originally posted by AWMac
Paul Harvey says:
B.S.
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Originally posted by AWMac
Paul Harvey says:
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.
:aok
Do you really want a secular society? Quick ... get on the phone to Bin Laden... he seems to be winning.
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Hmmmmm... 2 Big ones and a Minnow. Where's my stringer?
:D
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Do you really want a secular society? Quick ... get on the phone to Bin Laden... he seems to be winning.
Heads up, secular means 'not overtly religious'.
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Can't be Paul Harvey. Where's the sales pitch?
Charon
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As long as you don't believe that rediculous maggot infested excrement, you can scale, gut, flay and fry me.
-SW
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Originally posted by Charon
Can't be Paul Harvey. Where's the sales pitch?
Charon
Good catch.
SNOPED (http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/prayer.asp)
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Originally posted by Sandman
Good catch.
SNOPED (http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/prayer.asp)
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's toe would be healed by now.
:rofl ya gotta love Texans.
-Sik
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Good catch.
SNOPED
Welcome back sandman.
Yeah, there's two things about ol' Paul. You have the lead up followed by "the rest of the story" with that sales pitch in between.
"The man had the gun, he was going to kidnap the little girl." pause..." Acme goiter pills, make an aching goiter proud." "And now for the rest of the story... that girl was his daughter, who he was thinking of kidnapping from his estranged wife. He decided against it, and went on to build a fried chicken empire. That man was Col. Sanders. (real PH story I remember, BTW).
He a kindly old guy, deep and thoughtful, trustful, a good soul... which is golden when you're a successful product shill :)
Charon
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Originally posted by Chairboy
Heads up, secular means 'not overtly religious'.
Thank You...
I should have said theistic.. or religious.
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Where's the...
Good day!
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oops, forgot that :)
I'm amazed he's still alive. He has to be pushing 140 or 150 by now. He was ancient in the 1970s.
Charon
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GO PAUL HARVEY!
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Originally posted by Charon
Welcome back sandman.
Thanx. :)