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Not meant to start a fight, I thought it was cool
« on: Sep 12th, 2007, 1:16pm » |
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Subject: Commentary by Ben Stein, Please Read
>The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday
>Morning Commentary.
> 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.
> 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 creche, 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 God 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
>the Lord, 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
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Re: Not meant to start a fight, I thought it was c
« Reply #1 on: Sep 12th, 2007, 1:26pm » |
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funny, indeed, very funny!!!
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Re: Not meant to start a fight, I thought it was c
« Reply #2 on: Sep 12th, 2007, 2:20pm » |
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very cool 
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Re: Not meant to start a fight, I thought it was c
« Reply #3 on: Sep 12th, 2007, 2:54pm » |
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on Sep 12th, 2007, 1:16pm, jimmers wrote:Subject: Commentary by Ben Stein, Please Read
>The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday
>Morning Commentary.
> 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.
> 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 creche, 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.
>
> My Best Regards.
> Honestly and respectfully,
> Ben Stein
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There ya go, I cut out the part that Ben Stein didn't write. 
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