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But, if we do not fight
for the religious beliefs upon which your freedom of thought come from, then
we'll die standing still. I'd rather have the long run with the
possibility of doing good. I agree with most of the views in
the chain-mail below.
In other words, I fight
for keeping us free through maintaining what set us free. And, for what
allows you to stand for freedom of thought.
From: Lori Michaelson
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005
5:29 PM
To: Quad
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Fw: Prayer-It's a
good thing
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*I* stand for FREEDOM OF THOUGHT. If we keep fighting over
religion and thought ... we're
killing ourselves in the long run.
"A man's ethical and
moral behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education,
and social ties; no
religious basis is
absolute and necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if
he
had to be restrained
by fear of
punishment and hope of reward after death." -- Albert
Einstein
-------Original Message-------
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 3:19 PM
Subject: Prayer-It's a good thing
This Pastor has guts!!
Thought you might enjoy this
interesting prayer given in Kansas at the
opening session of their
Senate. It seems prayer still upsets some people.
When Minister Joe
Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas
Senate, everyone
was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what
they
heard:
"Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your
forgiveness and to
seek your direction and guidance.
We know Your
Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is
exactly what
we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and
reversed our
values.
We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We
have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn
and called it choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it
justifiable.
We have neglected to discipline our children and called it
building self
esteem.
We have abused power and called it
politics.
We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it
ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and
called it
freedom of _expression_.
We have ridiculed the time-honored
values of our forefathers and called it
enlightenment.
Search
us, Oh, God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin
and
set us free. Amen!"
The response was immediate.
A number of
legislators walked out during the prayer in protest.
In 6 short weeks,
Central Christian Church, where Rev. Wright is pastor,
logged more than
5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls
responding
negatively.
The church is now receiving
international requests for copies of this
prayer from India ,
Africa and Korea.
Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his
radio program, "The Rest
of the Story," and received a larger response
to this program than any
other he has ever aired.
With the
LORD' s help, may this prayer sweep over our nation and
wholeheartedly
become our desire so that we again can be called "one
nation under
God."
If possible, please pass this prayer on to your friends. "If
you don't
stand for something, you will fall for everything."
If
you forward this prayer to everyone on your e-mail list, in less than
30
days it would be heard by the world. How many people in
your address book
will not receive this prayer.....do you have the
COURAGE to pass it on?
"If you hold to my teachings,
you are really my disciples. Then you will
know the truth and the
truth will set you free." John
8:31-32
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