1st of a series: My Fundie Mom's Forwarded E-mails

[Paragon]

Today's entry:

Fwd: Fw: I HOPE THIS TRAVELS AROUND THE USA

Subject: I hope this hits every email address in the country!

It is time for the majority to rule!

Samuel Thompson wrote: I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to sue somebody for singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song in December.

I don't agree with Darwin, but I didn't go out and hire a lawyer when a high school teacher teaches 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 and we are in the Bible Belt. 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 just 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! After all, the God you have the right to denounce is on our side!

God bless us one and all, especially those who denounce Him... God bless America, despite all her faults.. still the greatest nation of all....

God bless our service men who are fighting to protect our right to pray and worship God...

May 2004 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 it!! --

In God We Trust!!!

[acmavm]

1. Yeah, I get that kind of crap all the time. And when I hit line two I

do exactly what they say to do if you don't agree. I delete it.

[2Design]

2. send back a message...

God I trust you will protect me from your followers.

[silverweb]

3. *lol*

I like it.

:D

[Beearewhyain]

4. Hmmmmm

"Christians are just sick and tired of turning the other cheek"

So I guess the message is follow the teachings of Christ...unless it is inconvenient or bothersome. :eyes:

[anti_shrub]

5. Talk about inferiority complexes...

Christians, the world's most persecuted majority.

[luaneryder]

6. Why didn't she ask her god to

bless the service "women" who are also fighting and dying for her right to pray? *Delete*

[daligirrl]

7. I used to get these all the time

from my roommate's very religious, Catholic, Filipino mother. His parents are also military - his father served in the Navy during the Korean War. They have been, up to now, major flag-waving, ultra-Christian repubs. I always deleted her emails, occasionally sending her a debunkment of some urban legend, but now they are so horrified by recent events in Iraq that they have stopped all of that and occasionally she will ask me a question about what's going on in the world. My mother also used to get this crap in email from her and is very relieved that it's over.

[gumby]

8. predictable

All of this right-wing crap depends on victim status.

The poor Christians are always under attack.

Just ask Rush, Hannity, Coulter --- they're always under attack. The liberals are gonna git em.

This play-school hysterical victim crap needs to be called for what it is.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

9. "If I went to a ping pong match in China..."

...I would expect to hear someone pray to Buddha."

Whoever wrote this is not only religiously insane, but stoopid, with China being a communist state that rejects religion and all.

[Taverner]

10. Why on Earth Fundies feel persecuted in the USA is beyond me...

...Our currency reads "IN GOD WE TRUST"
...Our Pledge specifies "UNDER GOD"
...In every villiage, town and city in the USA, the churches outnumber the government buildings
...Churches pay NO taxes
...An athiest could NEVER be elected President
...An athiest could NEVER be elected to the Senate


Basically, if a fundie doesnt see the rest of the world in lock step with them they see that as persecution...