> >� > > MARINES facing battle are being asked to pray for > > President Bush (...) > > <serious> > Bah. Really religious people should be praying for > _Saddam_ too. > </serious> >
Reminds me of the line from Fiddler On The Roof: Villager: Rabbi, is there a blessing for the Tsar? Rabbi: A blessing for the Tsar? Of course! May God bless and keep the Tsar...far away from us! I think Saddam is almost past the point where prayer can either help him or change his heart. At a certain point, one must reap what one has sown. A basic tenet of most faiths is that there are consequences for the moral choices one makes (or doesn't make) in one's life. My prayers are with the US armed forces and the innocent civilians of Iraq. What Saddam has done to them over the past 35 or so years almost beggars description. (This is not to argue how he came to power or how at times we may have helped him stay in power.) Tom Beck www.prydonians.org www.mercerjewishsingles.org "I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed I'd see the last." - Dr Jerry Pournelle _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
