something to think about....

[ragt20]

Something to think about...

Hope you can take a moment and read this, it really does make you
think on how we can be so passionate one thing and couldn't care less
about another thing. It's not about religion, but it is about our view on
life.

I know there's been a lot of emails going around, but this really makes
you think. If you don't have time, at least skim through it, but the
bottom line is something to think about...

Finally, The Truth on National TV

Billy Graham's daughter was being interviewed on the Early Show and Jane
Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?" And Anne
Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said:

"I believe that 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 that He
is, I believe that He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give
us His blessing and His protection if we demand that He leave us alone?"

Let's see, I think it started when Madeline Murray O'Hare (she was
murdered, her body was found recently) complained she didn't want any
prayer in our schools, and we said OK.

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
neighbour 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) And we said,
an expert should know what he's talking about so we said OK.

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(There's big difference between disciplining and touching, beating,
smacking, humiliating, kicking, etc.) And we said, OK.

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, OK.

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, OK.

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 agreeing with them, we said it
doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President, does in private
as long as I have a job and the economy is good.

And then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women
and call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the
female body. And we said, OK.

And then 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 OK, they're entitled to their free
speech.

And then 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, it has no adverse effect, and nobody
takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.

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."

"Dear God, Why didn't you save the little girl killed in her classroom? "
Sincerely, Concerned Student... AND THE REPLY "Dear Concerned Student, I
am not allowed in schools". Sincerely, God.

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 everyone wants to go to heaven provided they do not have to
believe, think, say, or do anything the Bible says.

Funny how someone can say "I believe in God" but still follow Satan who,
by the way, also "believes" in God. Funny how we are quick to judge but
not to be judged. Funny how you can send a thousand '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 the lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene pass freely through
cyberspace, but the public discussion of God is suppressed in the school
and workplace.

Funny how someone can be so fired up for Christ on Sunday, but be an
invisible Christian the rest of the week.

Are you laughing?

Funny how when you go to 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 to them.

Funny how I can be more worried about what other people think of me than
what God thinks of me.

???

But, if you discard this thought process, then
don't sit back and complain about what a bad shape the world is in!

[Polygon]

Couldn't be said any better. Besides God gave us all free agency to do what we want.

How can God let this happen? That question urks me to no end because of the reasons in your previous post as well as God won't do anything about it because it would require him to take away someone’s free agency. To stop those terrorists, that would be taking away their free agency. God won't do that, because then what would be the point of this life?

Life is merely a test of our faith to God. It seem many people are failing, but that is the point of this life. If God takes away free agency then there is no point in the test.

[G-Forces]

Hilarious! :hehe: You churchies crack me up sometimes.

[ragt20]

Originally posted by G-Forces
Hilarious! :hehe: You churchies crack me up sometimes.

we churchies doesn't mean you have to be a "churchy" to see the point of the post......

[YogsVR4]

While the response was cleverly created, its no different than any other One World Order scheme. If we all believed the same thing and followed the same rules then nothing bad like that would ever happen. Its ignoring the true condition of humanity. However, it is also true that people who expose having all their wims and desires out for people to see, balk at anyone publicly showing their faith. Those people should lighten up or go fuck themselves. Forcing a religion on someone is bad, but so is trying to prevent someone from pursueing one.

[ragt20]

Forcing a religion on someone is bad, but so is trying to prevent someone from pursueing one.

true...I totally agree with ya there.....thats the whole point of the free world .....people can choose or should be aloud to do or follow whatever religion they want...when it comes to forcing it onto others like the Taliban/muslims want to do I am TOTALLY against .......
other thing is you don't have to be a follower of any religon or a beliver of god....but tis human nature...when in trouble or in a crisis you always looking to him for help

[MercCougarXR7]

A beautiful response .