> Dear God,
>
> Why didn't you save the school children in Littleton, Colorado? Or in
> California?
>
> Sincerely, A Concerned Student
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Dear Concerned Student, I am not allowed in schools.
> Sincerely, God
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Let's see, I think it started when Madeline Murray O'Hare complained she
> didn't want any prayer in our schools.
>
> And we said, OK.........
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Then, someone said you better not read the Bible in school, the Bible that
> says "thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as
> yourself".
>
> And we said, OK....
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> 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.
>
> And we said, an expert should know what he is talking about so we won't
> spank them anymore...............
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our
> children
> when they misbehave. And the school administrators said no faculty member
> in this school better touch a student when they misbehave because we don't
> want any bad publicity, and we surely don't want to be sued.
>
> And we accepted their reasoning..............
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want, and
> they won't even have to tell their parents.
>
> And we said, that's a grand idea.............
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Then some wise school board member said since boys will be boys and they're
> going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms they want, so
> they can have all the fun they desire, and we won't have to tell their
> parents they got them at school.
>
> And we said, that's another great idea...........
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter what we do in
> private as long as we do our jobs.
>
> And we said, doesn't matter what anybody, including the President, does in
> private as long as we have jobs and the economy is good..........
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> And then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women and
> call it wholesome down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the female
> body.
>
> And we said, we have no problem with that....
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> And someone else took that appreciation a step further and published
> pictures of nude children and then stepped further still by making them
> available on the internet.
>
> And we said, everyone's entitled to free speech.............
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> And the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies that
> promote profanity, violence and illicit sex... And let's record music that
> encourages rape, drugs, murder suicide, and satanic themes
>
> And we said, it's just entertainment and it has no adverse effect and
> nobody
> takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead....
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, and why
> they
> don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill
> strangers, classmates or even themselves.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Undoubtedly, if we thought about it long and hard enough, we could figure
> it
> out. I'm sure it has a great deal to do with......
>
> "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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