Ben Stein commentary

email from a friend | 7/22/2022 | Ben Stein

[sodpoodle]

The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary. My confession: 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 that 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 celebrities 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 these celebrities 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. 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 a few years ago) 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 okay.. 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 yet? 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. My Best Regards, Honestly and respectfully, Ben Stein THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS WAS BUILT ON CHRISTIAN PRINCIPALS NOT ON ATHEISTIC PRINCIPALS ALSO ON FREEDOM OF RELIGON NOT FREEDOM FROM RELIGON.

[Vaduz]

I have no idea where the concept came from, that America is an explicitly atheist country.

American Marxism is a good place to look first.

[LRoggy]

I have no interest in your antisemitism, nor apologize for calling it out.

[BobL]

“Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn’t spank our children when they misbehave...”

The FASTEST way to see a society collapse is to trust Dr. Spock on this...and we (collectively) did trust him.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

You should apologize, because you are wrong. I am in no way an anti-semite and you have to be bigoted and thin-skinned to take my post as such, yourself.

You are guilty of everything Stein is complaining about. Our shared heritage of Mosaic law should be a set of principles which bind both Christians and Jews. Your posts make me think that a desperate search for identity may make this more difficult.

[Hiddigeigei]

I agree with Ben Stein commentary. I was raised without religion but told to read the Bible because it was one of the "great books" and part of my heritage. I am at best an agnostic, but recognize that the ancient Jews and Christians had a better understanding of what made a society work and livable than most modern philosophers if not all. I will take President John Adams' word for it:
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." --- John Adams

[GenXFreedomFighter]

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