I Hope this catches U the way it caught me!

it's intended to get you thinking.

A prominent American was interviewed on the Early Show and the interviewer asked them,

 "How could God let something like this happen?" (Regarding the attacks on September 11)

They gave an extremely profound and insightful response.

(edited to encompass all religions and  general tenets of personal behaviour)

"I believe any God would be deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been taking the basic teachings out of our schools, out of our government and out of our lives. And by doing so have forced those basic rules of life out of our lives. How can we expect anyone to respect anyone else if they don’t know why they should do so?”

In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc, I think it started

Whn some ppl said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might
damage their self-esteem . We said an expert should know what he's talking about.

And we said OK.

 Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them, we said it doesn't
matter to me what anyone, including the President, does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.

Then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women and call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the female body.

And we said OK.

And then someone else took that appreciation a step further and published pictures of nude children and then further again by making them available on the Internet.And we said OK, they're entitled to free speech.

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 killstrangers, 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 age old teachings whether they be based on a Godhead or not and then wonder why the world has become so unsafe, unstable and seemingly out of control. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what our religious teachers of all faiths have taught us for centuries.Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding religion, peoplethink twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of religious beliefs is suppressed in schools and the work place.

We dnt think about all but discard ... later just sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in……..

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