http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20030326_1515.html:
“It is a resolution that I think all of us can support with humility
and grace and our love for our great nation,” Rep. Christopher Shays,
R-Ill., said Wednesday.
Don’t they see the irony of invoking their god’s name in
defense of their policies? Humility?
Here is the
of the HR 153 and
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Religion and Politics — a scary combination.
Jimmy Breslin has a related op-ed piece:
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
When the kids came back from Trick or Treating this year there was
a piece of paper in their bag:
The Pumpkin
A young boy asked his playmate “What is it like to be a Christian?”
The playmate said, “It is like being a pumpkin. God picks you from
the patch, brings you in, and washed all the dirt off of you. Then He
cuts off the top and, scoops out all the yucky stuff. Then He removes
the seeds of doubt, hate, greed, etc. and then He carves you a new
smiling face and puts His light inside of you to shine for all the
world to see.”
Man those christians are one scary bunch! It reminds me of
Hannibal Lector cutting heads open, scooping out brains and then
carving your face with a knife. Nice.
A google search on the tract finds links at gopusa.com
(google cache) and raidersnewsupdate.com
(google cache) which appears to have just republished the article by April Shenandoah (Can that be a real name?) Check out those sites — it is a gold mine for loony Christian opinions like STAR WARS FILMS PROMOTE NEW AGE MESSIAH
The
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Press’ (mirrored on
ing
People’ mailing list)list of the way American civil liberties are
being threatened. This should be required reading on 9/11.