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zziizzxx
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Take heart, these things must come I guess. I don't like it but if America is Manasseh, then we will [America] will fall faster than his brother Ephriam [Britian]. Have you seen what is happening in England?
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phaze
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Let's not be apathetic. Look at what has happened at Wal-Mart as a result of pressure from Christian groups. We can change things if we work together.
We must all unite and take action if we want to crush all anti-family media.
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i believe it is not a matter of changing a pagan world ourselves but that it has become a matter of religious freedom. we are so blest in america. we have taken religious freedom for granted. but if we look real close at what is really happening, the day is coming when we possibly will not have this freedom to take for granted. i believe that God calls us to stand against the adversary and stand for Godly principles as a witness of the Lord that we are in His army.
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my savior leads me
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Betty, i know exactly how you are feeling. i had the same problem. and i agree with you statement about censorship in the textbooks. christians really need to start taking stands and addressing their government officials need to hear how we as believers feel about these issues.
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TEXASGRANDMA
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I find it sad that our text books have to be censored from having founding fathers in them but they refuse to censor porn. I had visited a site that I liked and the site owner sold my email to porn. Now my email is filled with pictures that make me ill. I spend every morning deleting and blocking these from my email address. I have alot of Christian friends including 3 Pastors that email me and it is alot of trouble to change email addresses but I am on the verge of doing so. All because someone thought it would be funny to tortue me. ![[Mad]](mad.gif)
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helpforhomeschoolers
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You know it is funny. When I moved here to South Dakota, 12 years ago, I thought MT Rushmore was a beautiful thing. The Native Americans are carving Crazy Horse .
But today, I look at both those and am sure that God is offended by both. God created both those beautiful mountains and man thinks he can improve upon God's work; and with the faces of men no less! I drive by each of these mountains weekly and everytime I do, I pray God's forgiveness for our self absorbed ignorance!
As to censorship, I really dont see that the disciples went around trying to clean up the pagan world. I see that they preached the Gospel and let CHRIST clean the pagan world out of each individual. Not a popular thought I know, but I think it is the Biblical truth.
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phaze
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I have to disagree. We must censor. We must clean up this nation, and censorship is the only way.
Censorship can stifle pornography. It can reduce hateful writings. It can put a Christian perspective on our lives.
We must cast a shadow of wickedness upon our enemies. We must show all that God is the way, even if it means distorting the truth.
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leeprice
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I'm offended by the Nazi mentality of censorship. ![[mad2]](graemlins/mad2.gif)
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Gary
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I'd be convulsed with laughter if it wasn't so sad.
Reminds me of a talk-radio host in the Twin Cities who refers to Minnesota as "the land where absolutely nothing is allowed."
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Rosa
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Mt Rushmore its in South Dakota. But I see your point kindgo.
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Mt Rushmore, thats in Iraq , isn't it?
Or is that the Mountain in South Dakota with the four presidents faces carved into it? Been there, done that.
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helpforhomeschoolers
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Dont worry about Mt Rushmore, no body know where it is anyway! ![[biglaugha]](graemlins/biglaugha.gif)
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All I can say Kindgo, is
LORD COME QUIKLY
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Strive to enter in at the strait gate:for many, I say unto you will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. ( Luke 13:24 )
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Kindgo
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FALWELL CONFIDENTIAL
DATE: May 1, 2003
FROM: Jerry Falwell
LET'S JUST BAN ... EVERYTHING
California school officials have issued new textbook regulations that are designed to keep "offensive" material from hurting anyone's feelings.
And how do you keep from offending people?
Invoke censorship.
The Fox News Network reported this week that a variety of phrases, images and historic references have been suppressed in order to afford a more politically-correct environment for students. After examining the things that have been banned, it becomes evident to any clear-thinking individual that these school officials are more concerned with rewriting history and manipulating the minds of children than they are with actually teaching.
Here are just a few of the directives California educators have mandated for their textbooks:
* The nation's "Founding Fathers" must be referred to as "the Framers," to avoid any implication that they were what they were - men. You know, these great men typically wore powdered wigs and wore frilly clothes, so maybe we should refer to them as our "Founding Cross Dressers," or the "Founding Transgenders." (Then again, maybe I shouldn't make such suggestions because, as ludicrous as it sounds, some California educator might think it's not such a bad idea.)
* Images of unsafe foods - hot dogs, sodas, cake, etc. - have been banned. Maybe we should appease the unyielding animal-rights activists and not depict any meat dishes, at all. Better yet, maybe we should suggest in our textbooks that meat eaters - probably 90 percent of Americans - are the equivalent of murderers.
* Mount Rushmore can no longer be pictured because "it appears to offend" some Indians ... I mean Native Americans. I say tear Mount Rushmore down if it is so offensive. Just blow it up. This nation of "inclusion" should not boast a monument that does not include a minority, a homosexual, a dolphin or a handicapped individual.
* Even yachts cannot be depicted in California textbooks because they are seen as elitist. Well, aren't houses seen as elitist to homeless people? Maybe photos of cars should also be banned. In fact, shouldn't all photos be banned since many people can't afford a nice camera?
And don't books come from trees? Should we even have books in our schools when they come at the expense of the trees?
You get the picture.
Our nation is comprised of a growing number of people who have made an art form of being offended; and California educators are determined to mollify them.
This is, of course, an unending proposition. The list of offenses will continue to grow and censorship-minded California officials will eventually find their textbooks full of empty white pages - unless white pages are also found to be offensive.
"I think our textbooks should to our greatest capacity be free of any type of stereotyping," Sue Stickel, who is "deputy superintendent for curriculum and instruction" for the California Department of Education, told Fox News. (Ms. Stickel, I'd bet that 90 percent of California students can't even spell or define the word "stereotyping.")
This spirit of suppression is not exclusive to California education officials. We see it all across the nation. People are offended by the Ten Commandments, the Pledge of Allegiance, prayers at high school football games, pro-adoption license plates, etc. And as soon as these people complain, some left-leaning judge or city official can typically be found to authorize a ruling to squelch the offending activity or image. (By the way, how is it that conservatives are typically portrayed as book burners when it is the left that is so comfortable with silencing those with whom they disagree?)
Unless we are prepared to ban everything in our nation - because virtually everything can be made to appear offensive - we had better start electing political leaders and school officials who understand that education is supposed to be about the free exchange of ideas and actual teaching. We'd better get serious about putting people in power who will not acquiesce to those who are habitually insulted or offended by even the most innocuous things.
And now that I've finished this editorial, I think I'll head over to McDonalds in my SUV.
Jerry Falwell Ministries Online
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God bless,
Kindgo
Inside the will of God there is no failure. Outside the will of God there is no success.
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