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An interessting point of view -Ben Stien
11/26/2006 11:18:38 PM
If they know of him at all, many folks think Ben Stein is just a quirky actor/comedian who talks in a monotone. He's also a very intelligent attorney who knows how to put ideas and words together in such a way as to sway juries and make people think clearly. The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary Herewith at this happy time of year, a few confessions from my beating heart: I have no freaking clue who Nick and Jessica are. I see them on the cover of People and Us constantly when I am buying my dog biscuits and kitty litter. I often ask the checkers at the grocery stores. They never know who Nick and Jessica are either. Who are they? Will it change my life if I know who they are and why they have broken up? Why are they so important? I don't know who Lindsay Lohan is either, and I do not care at all about Tom Cruise's wife. Am I going to be called before a Senate committee and asked if I am a subversive? Maybe, but I just have no clue who Nick and Jessica are. If this is what it means to be no longer young. It's not so bad. Next confession: 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 bother 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 creche, 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 Nick and Jessica 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 Nick and Jessica 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 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. 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.
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Re: An interessting point of view -Ben Stien
11/26/2006 11:51:54 PM

Hi Larry,

     I recieved this in an e-mail about a week ago. I loved it then and I still love it.

    I am one of those old people who think it is time to take our country back.

     Thank you, Larry for a great article.

Your Good Friend

Deborah

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Re: An interessting point of view -Ben Stien
11/27/2006 1:05:23 AM

Hi Larry

I know I don't post to often in your forums,  but I thought I would here. I get this particular article from time to time in my emails. Ben Stein is very good with words and he is correct in what he says. The world has gone to h*ll. I agree with Deb that it is time to take our wonderful nation back and be the proud AMERICANS that we are.

 

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Re: An interessting point of view -Ben Stien
11/27/2006 3:26:51 AM
Wow!  Thank you Larry.

This is definitely well written and thought provoking!  I agree with Dee and Deborah...........it is time to take this country BACK!

I am stealing this article and sending it to my database...........so there!

Thank you again and BLESS YOU for sharing this,  Jill
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Re: An interessting point of view -Ben Stien
11/27/2006 3:54:20 AM
Gee, too bad Stien is such an TOTALLY IGNORANT JACKASS on this subject!!! The FACTS are that the US is the MOST Religious first world county in the world! So do NOT give this BS about their being any Atheist influence of any magnitude here. The FACTS ARE Atheists in the U.S. are the MOST harassed, persecuted and picked on minority there is. We ARE the ONLY minority it is still "politically correct" to pick on. (And I am DAMN SICK & TIRED OF IT!) The FACTS are that FAR TOO MANY Christians act like they OWN the US! The FACTS are MULTI-MILLIONS of Americans are of religions OTHER than Christian. And some of them believe in MANY gods. The FACTS are that FAR TOO MANY American Christians LIE about the founding of the United States, they LIE about the religious beliefs of our Founding Fathers & they LIE about the principals the United States was founded on. The FACTS are that Christians are NOT any more honest, truthful, kind, caring, compassionate, just, hard working, fair, inventive, courageous, brave, successful or have more of ANY other positive trait than Atheists have! The FACTS are that MOST Americans who are Atheists WERE Christians before they DE-programmed themselves and more than a few of them were officials of come type in Christian Church. So we have BEEN THERE -DONE THAT! The FACTS are MOST Americans who are Atheists are SO AFRAID of how their "loving" Christian neighbors will treat IF they knew they are Atheists, they do not make it public knowledge. And some are SO AFRAID, they do not even tell their families and friends. People who believe in god get shoved around in the US? THAT IS A LIE and ANYONE WHO SAYS IT IS STUPID! Neil C. Reinhardt
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