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Confessions Of A Jew
12/11/2008 9:59:55 PM
 Confessions Of A Jew

I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does
not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up,
bejeweled trees, Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel
discriminated against. That's what they are: Christmas trees.



It doesn't b other me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I
don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto.
 In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and
sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn't bother me at all
that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my
beach house in Malibu . If people want a crèche, it's just as fine with
me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.



I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think
Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think
people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around,
period. I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an
explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I
don't like it being shoved down my throat.



Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we
should worship celebrities and we aren't allowed to worship God as we
understand Him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too... But
there are a lot of us who are wondering where these celebrities came from
and where the America we knew went to.



In light of the many 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 Katrina) 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 a few years ago) 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.



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 yet?


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.

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Re: Confessions Of A Jew
12/11/2008 10:25:19 PM

Hello Nick,

Thank you for sharing this article, so true, yet so sad. 
I have read this before and it should come out to be shown
again and again until we start taking notice of it
and maybe
start to think where our country started to derail and go downhill.


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Re: Confessions Of A Jew
12/11/2008 10:25:35 PM
Very well said Nick, love the honesty brother! Thank you. Oh those pictures are something else. That warrior picture reminds me of a young kid, what we reap is what we sow. Picture taken from The Warriors movie 1979. Now a Prayerwarrior im not afraid anymore LOL
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Re: Confessions Of A Jew
12/11/2008 10:36:18 PM
Hello Dear Amanda

As humans there are certain things in life that we learn the first time and then take for granted, but important lessons in life just seem to be forgotten until we are forced to learn it again. We learn quicker when we are interested, if there is no interest we seem to forget again !



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Re: Confessions Of A Jew
12/11/2008 10:41:26 PM
Hey Brother Thomas

As I said before my friend, being the Prayer Warrior you wear the armor very few people can except and for that I am honored to call you friend !


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