----- Original Message ----- From: "Albert Grulke" <grulke@bigpond.com.au> To: <AUS-QLD-TOOWOOMBA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 9:22 AM Subject: [AQ-TOOWOOMBA] FW: Thought Provoking > Off list I know but I reckon this si worth sharing > Albert Grulke > -----Original Message----- > From: barry minster [mailto:barrym@bigpond.net.au] > Sent: Friday, 14 March 2003 7:25 PM > To: Gayle De Poli > Subject: Thought Provoking > > > > > Thought this was good enough to pass on... > > > > In light of the many perversions and jokes we send to one another for a > laugh, this is a little different: > > > > This is not intended to be a joke, it's not funny, it's intended to get you > thinking. > > > Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson > asked her "How could God let something like this happen?" (regarding the > attacks on Sept. 11). > Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said, "I > believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've > been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and > to get out of our lives. > And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. > > How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we > demand He leave us alone?" > In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I > think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body > found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we > said OK. > Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school ... the Bible says > thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as > yourself. And we said OK. > Then 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 (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). > > We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK. > Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our children > when they misbehave. > > 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 (there's a big difference between > disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking, etc.). And > we said OK. > > 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 OK. > > 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 OK. > > Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter what we do in > private as long as we do our jobs. > > 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. > > > 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 OK. > > > And then someone else took that appreciation a step further and > published pictures of nude children and then further again by making them > available on the Internet. > > And we said OK, they're entitled to free speech. > > > Then the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies that > promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. > > 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, 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 "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW." > > Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the > world's going to hell. > > Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible > says. > Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire > but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice > about sharing. > Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through > cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and > workplace. > Are you laughing? > Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many > on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they > WILL think of you for sending it. > > Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than > what God thinks of us. > Pass it on if you think it has merit. > > > > If not then just discard it, no one will know you did. But, if you > discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad > shape the world is in! > > > > > > ==== AUS-QLD-TOOWOOMBA Mailing List ==== > Toowoomba Dead Persons Society > www.audps.com > The Chronicle Obituaries Toowoomba > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Sorry this is not the list for this kind of thing thank you! Ray. List Admin. John & Janet Wain wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Albert Grulke" <grulke@bigpond.com.au> > To: <AUS-QLD-TOOWOOMBA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 9:22 AM > Subject: [AQ-TOOWOOMBA] FW: Thought Provoking > > > Off list I know but I reckon this si worth sharing > > Albert Grulke > > -----Original Message----- > > From: barry minster [mailto:barrym@bigpond.net.au] > > Sent: Friday, 14 March 2003 7:25 PM > > To: Gayle De Poli > > Subject: Thought Provoking snip