posted December 29, 2006 01:12 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.
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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.

posted December 29, 2006 01:32 PM         

Also, blaming murders on prayer not being in schools is ridiculous and ignorant. Also, not everyone who follows the Bible is innocent. Not everyone whose read the passages where it says thou shalt not kill, etc follows them.

I also find it alarming that he seems to think the only way to have a child with a conscience and for them to learn right from wrong is to smack them. Um, let's see, smacking is violence, actually, then spanking would teach them violence is okay when you think someone has done something wrong. In fact he's completely ignored that many parents have no problem giving their children every single thing they want and failing to tell them no.

posted December 29, 2006 01:38 PM         

the point is we have strayed from God, and the Universal God Laws are broken everyday. ...

we are so absorbed in chaos..
we can't find OurSelves..

and we even make things more complicted..then
they need be..

To KNow God..leads you out of danger..Nature will be what it is, and will wrok in cycles..scientifically..

but being InTune God and The Universe..
is your protection..your guidance..your
inner voice..Intuition. ...

God is Part of EveryThing
God is within US