Looking Ahead to the rest of 2023 (1 Viewer)

[Isaac]

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; 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.

May 2023 be the year the silent majority is heard and we put God back as the foundation of our families and institutions.


And yes, 'similar posts' will clue you in.
Bears repeating.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Unfortunately, one or two will make that call.

Recently, it was revealed that a major book-banning incident occurred from the call of one Christian woman. You worry about whether atheists make a call, but a book banning only took one call.

If you want to know the truth, I wouldn't object to a moment of silence at a strategic point before a sporting event. Have the announcer say, "If you want to pray for your team, do so. If you want to pray that the other team falls into the fiery pit, do so. Or just contemplate the weather for 30 seconds." But render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's, and at the moment, Caesar more or less says "No prayers at public-school-based sporting events."

 

[Isaac]

Recently, it was revealed that a major book-banning incident occurred from the call of one Christian woman. You worry about whether atheists make a call, but a book banning only took one call.

If you want to know the truth, I wouldn't object to a moment of silence at a strategic point before a sporting event. Have the announcer say, "If you want to pray for your team, do so. If you want to pray that the other team falls into the fiery pit, do so. Or just contemplate the weather for 30 seconds." But render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's, and at the moment, Caesar more or less says "No prayers at public-school-based sporting events."

You are correct in the implication that sometimes it is offended Christians who make a call for a majority.
Sometimes, sometimes not.

Interestingly, this brings out a fascinating point. Back when Paul Harvey said those words, it actually WAS just a few atheists who tended to complain about that stuff. Fast forward a few years of not doing "that stuff", and now something like nearing a majority are offended by it and want to eliminate it. The "Criminalization of Christianity", as Janet put it, is definitely on a fast track. (Of course when that book came out, she was dubbed crazy for even suggesting it would happen - now there are states who want to make criminals out of parents who refuse to call their boy a girl!)

Either way, I agree with the general sentiment that goes something like this: "America was founded as a broadly Christian nation, and the religious freedom that was sought was generally understood to be religious freedom for Christianity, not religious freedom for absolutely anything that came down the pike, no matter how offensive to the public's sense of decency it was".

There really is no getting away from that. They can call it christian nationalism if they want, but it's just common sense.

And clearly, everyone agrees that not all religious freedom is desirable. If they really meant that, then David Koresh would still be alive and thrusting.