-------------- Forwarded Message: -------------- From: "Louanna" <lhemmer@cableone.net> To: "Dan Hemmer" <dmhemm@msn.com>, "Bill Patti Stephens" <patabill@comcast.net>, "Lynn Klopfenstein" <lklopfenstein1905@charter.net>, "Sharon Johnson" <sweetpeasrj@hotmail.com>, "Peter Weber" <weberp.1@sbcglobal.net>, "Charles Hemmer" <chemmer@mtco.com>, "Georgia Goforth" <gegcarver@aol.com> Subject: Fw: The 40th day has arrived - quarteened. Virus. Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 14:54:36 +0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralph T. Parsley" To: Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 12:05 AM Subject: The 40th day has arrived - quarteened. Virus. > Subject: AMEN - PAUL HARVEY > > Paul Harvey says, "I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to > sue somebody for singing Santa Claus Is Coming To Town. I don't agree > with Darwin , but I didn't go out and hire a lawyer when my high school > teacher taught his theory of evolution. Life, liberty or your pursuit of > happiness will not be endangered because someone says a 30-second prayer > before a football game. > So what's the big deal? It's not like somebody is up there reading the > entire book of Acts. They're just talking to a God they believe in and > asking him to grant safety to the players on the field and the fans going > home from the game. "But it's a Christian prayer," some will argue. Yes, > and this is the United States of America, a country founded on Christian > principles. According to our very own phone book, Christian churches > outnumber all others better than 200-to-1. So what would you > expect-somebody chanting > Hare Krishna? If I went to a football game in Jerusalem, I would expect > to hear a Jewish prayer If I went to a soccer game in Baghdad, I would > expect to hear a Muslim prayer. If I went to a ping pong match in China, > I would expect to hear someone pray to Buddha. And I wouldn't be > offended. It wouldn't bother me one bit. When in ! Rome ... > "But what about the atheists?" is another argument. What about them? > Nobody is asking them to be baptized. We're not going to pass the > collection plate. Just humor us for 30 seconds. If that's asking too > much, bring a Walkman or a pair of ear plugs. Go to the bathroom. Visit > the concession stand. Call your lawyer. > Unfortunately, one or two will make that call. One or two will tell > thousands what they can and cannot do. I don't think a short prayer at a > football game is going to shake the world's foundations. Christians are > just sick and tired of turning the other cheek while our courts strip us > of all our rights. Our parents and grandparents taught us to pray before > eating, to pray before we go to sleep. Our Bible tells us to pray without > ceasing. Now a handful of people and their lawyers are telling > us to cease praying. God, help us. And if that last sentence offends you, > well..........just sue me. The silent majority has been silent too long. > It's time we let that one or two who scream loud enough to be heard, that > the vast majority don't care what they want It is time the majority > rules! It's time we tell them, you don't have to pray.. you don't have to > say the pledge of allegiance, you don't have to believe in God or attend > services that honor Him. That is your right, and we will honor your > right. But by golly, you are no longer going to take our rights away. We > are fighting > back. And we WILL WIN! God bless us one and all, especially those who > denounce Him... God bless America , despite all her faults, she is still > the greatest nation of all..... God bless our service men who are > fighting to protect our right to pray and worship God..." > May 2005 be the year the silent majority is heard and we put God back as > the foundation of our families and institutions. Keep looking up...... In > God WE Trust. > If you agree with this, please pass it on. If not, delete. > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.13/124 - Release Date: 10/7/2005 > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.13/124 - Release Date: 10/7/2005

What is this crap and why is it allowed on this list? patabill@comcast.net wrote: >-------------- Forwarded Message: -------------- >From: "Louanna" <lhemmer@cableone.net> >To: "Dan Hemmer" <dmhemm@msn.com>, "Bill Patti Stephens" <patabill@comcast.net>, "Lynn Klopfenstein" <lklopfenstein1905@charter.net>, "Sharon Johnson" <sweetpeasrj@hotmail.com>, "Peter Weber" <weberp.1@sbcglobal.net>, "Charles Hemmer" <chemmer@mtco.com>, "Georgia Goforth" <gegcarver@aol.com> >Subject: Fw: The 40th day has arrived - quarteened. Virus. >Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 14:54:36 +0000 > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ralph T. Parsley" >To: >Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 12:05 AM >Subject: The 40th day has arrived - quarteened. Virus. > > > > >>Subject: AMEN - PAUL HARVEY >> >>Paul Harvey says, "I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to >>sue somebody for singing Santa Claus Is Coming To Town. I don't agree >>with Darwin , but I didn't go out and hire a lawyer when my high school >>teacher taught his theory of evolution. Life, liberty or your pursuit of >>happiness will not be endangered because someone says a 30-second prayer >>before a football game. >>So what's the big deal? It's not like somebody is up there reading the >>entire book of Acts. They're just talking to a God they believe in and >>asking him to grant safety to the players on the field and the fans going >>home from the game. "But it's a Christian prayer," some will argue. Yes, >>and this is the United States of America, a country founded on Christian >>principles. According to our very own phone book, Christian churches >>outnumber all others better than 200-to-1. So what would you >>expect-somebody chanting >>Hare Krishna? If I went to a football game in Jerusalem, I would expect >>to hear a Jewish prayer If I went to a soccer game in Baghdad, I would >>expect to hear a Muslim prayer. If I went to a ping pong match in China, >>I would expect to hear someone pray to Buddha. And I wouldn't be >>offended. It wouldn't bother me one bit. When in ! Rome ... >>"But what about the atheists?" is another argument. What about them? >>Nobody is asking them to be baptized. We're not going to pass the >>collection plate. Just humor us for 30 seconds. If that's asking too >>much, bring a Walkman or a pair of ear plugs. Go to the bathroom. Visit >>the concession stand. Call your lawyer. >>Unfortunately, one or two will make that call. One or two will tell >>thousands what they can and cannot do. I don't think a short prayer at a >>football game is going to shake the world's foundations. Christians are >>just sick and tired of turning the other cheek while our courts strip us >>of all our rights. Our parents and grandparents taught us to pray before >>eating, to pray before we go to sleep. Our Bible tells us to pray without >>ceasing. Now a handful of people and their lawyers are telling >>us to cease praying. God, help us. And if that last sentence offends you, >>well..........just sue me. The silent majority has been silent too long. >>It's time we let that one or two who scream loud enough to be heard, that >>the vast majority don't care what they want It is time the majority >>rules! It's time we tell them, you don't have to pray.. you don't have to >>say the pledge of allegiance, you don't have to believe in God or attend >>services that honor Him. That is your right, and we will honor your >>right. But by golly, you are no longer going to take our rights away. We >>are fighting >>back. And we WILL WIN! God bless us one and all, especially those who >>denounce Him... God bless America , despite all her faults, she is still >>the greatest nation of all..... God bless our service men who are >>fighting to protect our right to pray and worship God..." >>May 2005 be the year the silent majority is heard and we put God back as >>the foundation of our families and institutions. Keep looking up...... In >>God WE Trust. >>If you agree with this, please pass it on. If not, delete. >> >> >>-- >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.13/124 - Release Date: 10/7/2005 >> >> >> > > > > >