In GOD We Trust
By Samuel Thompson
(Reprinted By Gary Miller)
August 25, 2003
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. And we are in the Bible Belt.
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 immediately.
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 just to pray without ceasing. Now
a handful of people and their lawyers are telling us to cease praying.
GOD....... help u! s!
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!! you are no longer going to take our rights away!!.. we are fighting
back.. and we WILL WIN! (GOD said so in HIS book!) After all.......the GOD
you have the right to denounce is on our side!
GOD bless us one and all, especially those who denounce HIM... GOD
bless America, despite all her faults.. it's still the greatest nation of
all..... GOD b! less our service men who are fighting to protect our right
to pray and worship GOD...
May 2003 be the year the silent majority is heard and we put GOD back as
the foundation of our families and institutions.
Keep looking up.......... In GOD WE Trust!!!