Dear God: > >Why didn't you save the school children at ?. . . > >Moses Lake , Washington 2/2/96 >Bethel , Alaska 2/19/97 >Pearl , Mississippi 10/1/97 >West Paducah , Kentucky 12/1/97 >Stamps, Arkansas 12/15/97 >Jonesboro , Arkansas 3/24/98 >Edinboro , Pennsylvania 4/24/98 >Fayetteville , Tennessee 5/19/98 >Springfield , Oregon 5/21/98 >Richmond , Virginia 6/15/98 >Littleton , Colorado 4/20/ >Taber , Alberta , Canada 5/28/99 > >Conyers , Georgia 5/20/99 >Deming , New Mexico 11/19/99 >Fort Gibson , Oklahoma 12/6/99 >Santee , California 3/5/01 and >El Cajon , California 3/22/01 ? > >Sincerely, >Concerned Student > >----------------------------- ------------ > >Reply: > >Dear Concerned Student: >I am not allowed in schools. >Sincerely, >God > >----------------------------- -------------- > >How did this get started?... > >----------------- > >Let's see, I think it started when Madeline Murray O'Hare complained she >didn't want any prayer in our schools. > >And we said, OK... > >------------------ > >Then, someone said you better not read the Bible in school, the Bible that >says 'thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbors as >yourself,' > >And we said, OK... > >----------------- > >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. > >And we said, an expert should know what he's talking about so we won't spank >them anymore.. > >------------------ > >Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our children >when they misbehave. And the school administrators said no faculty member in >this school better touch a student when they misbehave because we don't want >any bad publicity, and we surely don't want to be sued. > >And we accepted their reasoning.. > >------------------ > >Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want, and >they won't even have to tell their parents. > >And we said, that's a grand idea.. > >------------------ > >Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys and they're >going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms they want, so >they can have all the fun they desire, and we won't have to tell their >parents they got them at school. > >And we said, that's another great idea... > >------------------ > >Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter what we do in >private as long as we do our jobs > >And we said, it doesn't matter what anybody, including the President, does >in private as long as we have jobs and the economy is good... > >------------------ > >And someone else took that appreciation a step further and published >pictures of nude children and then stepped further still by making them >available on the Internet. > >And we said, everyone's entitled to free speech.... > >------------------ > >And the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies that >promote profanity, violence and illicit sex... And let's record music that >encourages rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes... > >And we said, it's just entertainment and it has no adverse effect and nobody >takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead... > >------------------ > >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, >classmates or even themselves. > >------------------ > >Undoubtedly, if we thought about it long and hard enough, we could figure it >out. I'm sure it has a great deal to do with... > >'WE REAP WHAT WE SOW' >