[SEVENSGT]

Wake up America

This Pastor has guts!! Thought you might enjoy this
interesting prayer given in Kansas at the opening session of
their Senate. It seems prayer still upsets some people. When
Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the
Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but
this is what they heard:

"Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your
forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your
Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly
what we have done.
We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.
We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
We have neglected to discipline our children ! and called it
building self esteem.
We have abused power and called it politics.
We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it
ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and
called it freedom of expression.
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and
called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh, God, and know our hearts
today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Amen!"

The response was immediate. A number of legislators walked
out during the prayer in protest. In 6 short weeks, Central
Christian Church, where Rev. Wright is pastor, logged more than
5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls responding
negatively. The church is now receiving international requests
for copies of this prayer from India, Africa and Korea.
Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program,
"The Rest of the Story," and received a larger response ! to this
program than any other he has ever aired.

[highsider]

Yes, chase more people from the church. Because they dont have enough strikes against them at the moment.

[Honclfibr]

Guts, how? Delivering a sermon which unwaveringly walks the hard party line of the church in all respects? This is the very definition of preaching to the choir.

[OreoGitorio]

Originally posted by highsider
Yes, chase more people from the church. Because they dont have enough strikes against them at the moment.

In 6 short weeks, Central
Christian Church, where Rev. Wright is pastor, logged more than
5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls responding
negatively

I like it

[highsider]

Originally posted by SEVENSGT

The response was immediate. A number of legislators walked
out during the prayer in protest.

Pay attention, Pete.

[TheIglu]

The more people leave the church the better.

So that means I'm all for this guy! Let him alienate all but the "pure" amoung us! Then THEY can get told "If you don't like our country, then get out!".

[TheIglu]

"We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery."

I take it he would turn down a winning ticket if it were offered to him.

I'd like to add to his prayer:

We have exploited those looking for direction and called it religion.

We have shunned people looking for equal rights under the law and called it values.

We have taken morals and twisted them to fit our beliefs.

We have used a nations tragedy to further our goals.

[OreoGitorio]

Originally posted by highsider
Pay attention, Pete.

oh i saw that.... and to tell ya the truth, there's too much politics in the church anyways.... get rid of the politicians & you help get rid of the politics

[g®eg]

we're bringing up 1995 / 96 why exactly?
before you were born isn't it?

[highsider]

And in other closed-minded religious news....

[odduc]

nothing further.............

[chr|s sedition]

Originally posted by TheIglu
I'd like to add to his prayer:

We have exploited those looking for direction and called it religion.

We have shunned people looking for equal rights under the law and called it values.

We have taken morals and twisted them to fit our beliefs.

We have used a nations tragedy to further our goals.

I like it. Especially the 1st and 4th one.

-sedition

[bentbryan]

Originally posted by TheIglu
"We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery."

I take it he would turn down a winning ticket if it were offered to him.

I'd like to add to his prayer:

We have exploited those looking for direction and called it religion.

We have shunned people looking for equal rights under the law and called it values.

We have taken morals and twisted them to fit our beliefs.

We have used a nations tragedy to further our goals.

Wow! Are you becoming a republican?

Good post Dustin! I love seeing all the knee-jerk reactions!

[SEVENSGT]

it doesn't preach a churchs view it'a an overview of how God wants everyone to live, not catholic, protestant, jewish, muslim, hindu, or buddist. I like it because it's true, lottery who plays it??? and why,



and these 2 I just love

We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable



so go ahead and call the aclu, but this one is on fair playing grounds

[highsider]

Originally posted by SEVENSGT
it doesn't preach a churchs view it'a an overview of how God wants everyone to live, not catholic, protestant, jewish, muslim, hindu, or buddist. I like it because it's true, lottery who plays it???

Why yes, of course. God must have told him this when they were speaking on the ever-secret "God-Phone".

Do you think the Muslims, Buddhist, or Hindus have a God-Phone too?

[chr|s sedition]

Originally posted by SEVENSGT
it doesn't preach a churchs view it'a an overview of how God wants everyone to live, not catholic, protestant, jewish, muslim, hindu, or buddist.

agreed. I'm a pretty hardline atheist..however, it is *very* easy to see when someone is spewing religious-political-bullshit (the majority of relgious public dialouge) and when someone is dead-on with ethical 'truths' (regardless of their spirtual background is). This guy has hit on the latter.

-sedition

[SEVENSGT]

Originally posted by highsider
Why yes, of course. God must have told him this when they were speaking on the ever-secret "God-Phone".

Do you think the Muslims, Buddhist, or Hindus have a God-Phone too?

you are a fukkin riot chris, sorry i forgot you live in canada




ain't it funny I agree with the resident homo

[OreoGitorio]

"Do you concurr, Mr. Bungles?"

"I concurr"

[SEVENSGT]

Originally posted by OreoGaborio
"Do you concurr, Mr. Bungles?"

"I concurr"

which stupid are you with, me homosider, or flameR-1

[OreoGitorio]

you & the gay dude. good "sermon"... the world's goin to shit

you could read those points out of it's "religious" context & not know it came from a prayer, Catholic, Islam, Jew or otherwise

[chr|s sedition]

Originally posted by OreoGaborio
you & the gay dude. good "sermon"... the world's goin to shit

ha! "the gay dude" I wonder if I can get that put on my bid'ness cards at work. I can see it now...

Behavioral Science Research Study Coodinator
(gay dude who thinks world is going to shit)
Chris Sterling
direct dial: 555-5555-5555
Fax: 555-555-5555

too funny. I wonder if they could print those up on some nice pink cardstock, too.

the world already went to shit,
-sedition

[OreoGitorio]

[bentbryan]

Originally posted by highsider
Why yes, of course. God must have told him this when they were speaking on the ever-secret "God-Phone".

Do you think the Muslims, Buddhist, or Hindus have a God-Phone too?

The Islamofacists who run around in dirty night-shirts have one.

Stoopid night-shirts.