Dear God...

[Jeff Higgins]

From a friend at work:

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,"

[Shaun @ Tru6]

God doesn't save or protect anyone. If God did, we'd just be tools.

Free will can be a b!tch sometimes, but I think God got it right.

[JTO]

Its a tough one isn't it Jeff? The erosion is evident and of our own making.
Keep the faith and give thanks for God's grace.
Troy

[MichiganMat]

Whaa Whaaa Whaaaaaa.....

God not allowed in schools? Good. The less America looks like the Muslim world, the better.

[Nostril Cheese]

Having a relationship with God is VERY different than having a relationship with religion

[on-ramp]

so you think if they had Bible class at Virginia Tech, this would have stopped Cho from the rampage ?

[trekkor]

Things will change.


KT

[kang]

Originally posted by trekkor
Things will change.


KT

…more towards atheism. Look where we were in the past, and compare where we are now. We are far more secular. Europe is even more secular than we are. There was a big pendulum swing to the right after 9/11, but the pendulum will swing back again.

[notfarnow]

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Reply:

Dear Concerned Student:

I am not allowed in schools.

Sincerely,

God

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God has an email address? He must have one heck of a spam filter

[kang]

Originally posted by Jeff Higgins
From a friend at work:

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

Of course, the obvious reply to this is why hasn’t god helped the millions of starving children all around the world who are NOT in school. If you could make a case that god does not help children in our school system but does help children that are not in our school system, you might have a point. But you can make no such case. Since your premise is without merit, the rest of your case just falls completely apart.

Why doesn’t god heal amputees?

http://whydoesgodhateamputees.com/

[72doug2,2S]

Some here would argue things are improving. Of course, mental illness has that effect.

Thanks for keeping it real Jeff!

[IROC]

Originally posted by Jeff Higgins
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Reply:

Dear Concerned Student:

I am not allowed in schools.

Sincerely,

God

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Oh, whatever. Show me one school that does not allow students to pray.

[M.D. Holloway]

Originally posted by Shaun 84 Targa
...we'd just be tools....

You are a tool

[72doug2,2S]

In May 2006, the ACLU of Tennessee convinced Munford High School's principal to ban official prayer at graduation.

[MichiganMat]

Just out of curiosity:

If you want God in schools... would that include a Muslim God? School mandated Muslim daily prayers? It could be announced over the PA system!

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Originally posted by LubeMaster77
You are a tool

But at least I'm sharp!

[kang]

Originally posted by 72doug2,2S
In May 2006, the ACLU of Tennessee convinced Munford High School's principal to ban official prayer at graduation.

The key word there is “official.” Students can pray all they want, before tests, before dates, whatever. There just can’t be an official school prayer. This is due to the separation of church and state and freedom of religion. I happen to agree with this position.

[kang]

Originally posted by MichiganMat
Just out of curiosity:

If you want God in schools... would that include a Muslim God? School mandated Muslim daily prayers? It could be announced over the PA system!

They have to face Mecca five times a day and touch their foreheads to the ground. Is this the god you want in school?

[nostatic]

yes. yes it is. that god's going to kick your god's ass. after school. next to the swings.

Official prayer in school is great as long as it's MY god we're praying to. If it's your god...well, that just isn't right. Get out of my country, you heathen!

[cashflyer]

Originally posted by Shaun 84 Targa
Free will can be a b!tch sometimes, but I think God got it right.

Do you pray?
Maybe before a meal... or maybe before bed...?
Do you pray when a loved one is sick or dying?

I ask because, as I understand it, if the free-will doctrine is absolute, then God will not, must not, and indeed CAN NOT ever answer a prayer.

Obeying God and having faith that he will smile upon you is one thing, but for him to answer a any specific prayer would violate the entire premise of free will.

So... do you pray?