Well then, may those who have ears.........I believe in the separation of the church and religion.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: May 27, 2005 15:26 Subject: [Bulk] [TruthTalk] Separation of Church and State > Lance wrote: > > Your dad is, IMO, in the business of offering explanations > > for passages. I rarely engage in such, as all on TT know, > > due to the fact the nobody every changes their mind. > > The goal is not to change minds, but to add to the foundation of knowledge > which already exists. Those who have ears to hear, hear. That is all that > is required to make the effort fruitful. Sometimes in the process, I > realize that I have not studied a matter enough and so it provokes me to > further study. That is a good result as well. > > This reminds me... A reporter, Chris Zuppa, from the St. Petersburg Times > called me yesterday for a detailed interview concerning my views about the > separation of church and state. He had taken pictures of me when I was > preaching at the Federal Courthouse in Tampa and had a good picture of me > with Bible raised and the Courthouse with its wording behind me. He plans > to use the picture in an article on church state issues. I plan to email > him with some more thoughts about how the separation of church and state is > being abused in our country. If any of you would like to share your > thoughts, I would like to read them and pass some of them on to Chris. In > talking to him, I realize that there are some areas about this that I have > not studied enough. For example, I had read about a letter from Thomas > Jefferson where the "wall of separation between church and state" was > addressed, but I had not actually read the letter myself. Neither had this > reporter. I have found some links now that I plan to send after I have more > thoroughly read them. So, I will change the subject line here so that if > anyone would like to offer thoughts about the separation of church and > state, I would appreciate reading them. > > Our conversation was very long, but I noticed that Chris kept asking me > about my Ichabod sign. It seemed to grab his attention. Why do you say > that the glory of God has departed? What does that mean? He also wanted me > to explain separation of church and state from my perspective. I stressed > to him that the First Amendment is about freedom OF Religion, not freedom > FROM religion. I must have read the First Amendment to him three or four > times, trying to help him see it. He also asked me about my opinion of > George Bush and whether or not he should let religion influence so many of > his decisions. I basically said that you cannot separate a man from his > religion. Bush seems to try to minimize the impact of his religion upon his > decisions, as evidenced by his many appointments to homosexuals, but > ultimately he is who he is partly because of his religious convictions. You > can't ask him to divorce his values and principles that came to him from > religion simply because he has been elected President. It was those very > values that probably helped get him elected in the first place. [Sorry > TruthTalkers for the long ramble. I will stop now.] > > Peace be with you. > David Miller. > > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
