A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....08-25-03....Showdown In Montgomery

Aquamarine; Billie | Aquamarine

[dansangel]

Hello ((((((jwfiv)))))) - more sage words from our resident sage. Hope you are having a blessed Monday!

:-)

[Pippin]

LOL!

I was afraid someone would ask that! LOL!

Wellllll.........

The retreat house is an old stone house built in the 1820's and a lot of patchwork renovations were done on it through the years, including putting in indoor plumbing ie bathrooms. This one is on the second floor and has two stalls and a shower room.Tiny but workable!

The doors on the stalls and the shower are wooden and have slats. also the door of one stall is close enough to the door of the shower to stick handle to handle. Sunday I was in the stall in question and I didn't niticed the door of the shower was opened. As predicted, the two doors stuck together by thier handles. I had to shout and bang on the door for someone to let me out.

Fortunatelt there is a small chaple on that same floor and two of my friends were in the chaple and heard me shouting so they came and let me out.

[Pippin]

Hey, Radio!

[Aquamarine]

That Aqua gif is so beautiful! (can I keep it?)

Thanks for agreeing to let me do this at the last minute and for all the work you did on it. I'm afraid they're giving me too much credit.

[Dubya]

Great thread. Good job.

[FreeTheHostages]

Thanks for the link! There I read:

And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?

—Thomas Jefferson

[Dubya]

Its very refreshing to see you stand up for the values you believe in.

[dansangel]

Hello ((((((((Calpernia)))))))

It's always so nice to see your "bluebird of happiness." Thank you for adding some cheer to the Finest!

:-)

[Dubya]

Hope you are having a good day.

[dansangel]

Happy Monday back at ya (((((((Meekie))))))).

:-)

[Dubya]

Great to hear from you.

[dansangel]

Thank you for the ((((hug))))) Louie_Wolfie_Man. You *know* that really makes my day!

:-)

[dansangel]

Such a beautiful graphic ((((Billie))))).

You're hardly "resting" though from what I can gather. Be sure to drink plenty of water. I'm serious about that.

:-)

[dansangel]

Wow ((((((Pippin))))))

You really have been off on some adventures! Glad you enjoyed your vacation, but it's always good to see you back here on the Finest.

Missed you! :-)

[Aquamarine]

"The most important of all lessons [from the Scriptures] is the denunciation of ruin to every State that rejects the precepts of religion."
~ Governeur Morris
PENMAN AND SIGNER OF THE CONSTITUTION.

[RadioAstronomer]

Hey, Radio!

Hi! I see you are back. :-)

Welcome back!

[Pippin]

You have Mail! :O)

[Pippin]

Yep!

I like to go zventuring in other places :O)

A big Pippin hug for

((((DANSY))))!

[Pippin]

Howdy,

((((DUBYA)))!

[Dubya]

IN JESUS WE TRUST

I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to sue somebody for singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song in December.

I don't agree with Darwin, but I didn't go out and hire a lawyer when my high school teacher taught his theory of evolution.

Life, liberty or your pursuit of happiness will not be endangered because someone says a 30-second prayer before a football game. So what's the big deal?

It's not like somebody is up there reading the entire book of Acts.

They're just talking to a God they believe in and asking him to grant safety to the players on the field and the fans going home from the game.

"But it's a Christian prayer," some will argue. Yes, and this is the United States of America, a country founded on Christian principles.

And we are in the Bible Belt. According to our very own phone book, Christian churches outnumber all others better than 200-to-1.

So what would you expect somebody chanting Hare Krishna?

If I went to a football game in Jerusalem, I would expect to hear a Jewish prayer.

If I went to a soccer game in Baghdad, I would expect to hear a Muslim prayer.

If I went to a ping pong match in China, I would expect to hear someone pray to Buddha. And I wouldn't be offended. It wouldn't bother me one bit.

When in Rome...

"But what about the atheists?" is another argument.

What about them?

Nobody is asking them to be baptized.

We're not going to pass the collection plate.

Just humor us for 30 seconds.

If that's asking too much, bring a Walkman or a pair of ear plugs.

Go to the bathroom. Visit the concession stand. Call your lawyer.

Unfortunately, one or two will make that call.

One or two will tell thousands what they can and cannot do. I don't think a short prayer at a football game is going to shake the world's foundations.

Christians are just sick and tired of turning the other cheek while our courts strip us of all our rights.

Our parents and grandparents taught us to pray before eating, to pray before we go to sleep.

Our Bible tells us just to pray without ceasing.

Now a handful of people and their lawyers are telling us to cease praying.

God, help us.

And if that last sentence offends you, well..........just sue me.

The silent majority has been silent too long.. it's time we let that one or two who scream loud enough to be heard, that the vast majority don't care what they want.. it is time the majority rules!

It's time we tell them, you don’t have to pray.. you don't have to say the pledge of allegiance, you don't have to believe in God or attend services that honor Him.

That is your right, and we will honor your right, but by golly you are no longer going to take our rights away we are fighting back.. and we WILL WIN!

After all the God you have the right to denounce is on our side!

God bless us one and all, especially those who denounce Him...God bless America, despite all her faults.. still the greatest nation of all.....God bless our service men who are fighting to protect our right to pray and worship God...

May 2003 be the year the silent majority is heard and we put God back as the foundation of our families and institutions.

Keep looking up...... In JESUS WE TRUST.