In light of last week's shooting in Michigan.....
Dear God,
Why didn't you save the little girl in Michigan?
Sincerely,
Concerned Student
AND THE REPLY...
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's 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 give our daughters birth control, and let them 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 agreeing with them, we said it
doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President, does in private
as long as I have a job 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 they're entitled to their 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, 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, 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...
