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This is exactly how I feel about this particular issue:

>   A lot of truth
> in this 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 Nick and Jessica 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 Nick and Jessica 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
> 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 recently) 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 OK. 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? 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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Posted at 12/05/2007 07:51 AM

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