Anyone else get his email....
Just got this email today....
Any comments?
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> In light of the many perversions and 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.
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> Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson
> asked her "How could God let something like this happen?" (regarding the
> attacks on Sept. 11).
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> 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.
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> 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?"
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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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, their classmates, and themselves.
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> 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."
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through
> cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and
> workplace.
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> Are you laughing?
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> 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.
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> 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!!
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