[BITList] Ben Stein - Remarks from CBS Sunday morning
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franka at iinet.net.au
Thu Sep 16 01:35:09 BST 2010
I believe that there is a lot of truth in this one, it is interesting read
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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 celebrities 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 these celebrities 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 Hurricane 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 a few years ago)
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 okay..
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 yet?
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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