"REMARKES FROM CBS SUNDAY MORNING

Remarks from CBS Sunday Morning

"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they've made a difference. 
The Marines don't have that problem."
- President Ronald Reagan. 


Remarks from CBS Sunday Morning - Ben Stein
 
  I Only hope we find GOD again before it is too late ! ! 
  


The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday  Morning  Commentary.

My 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 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. 

Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her 'How could God let something like this happen?' (regarding Hurricane 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 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
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Comments




  • Excellant post! Spot-on!


    Pegasus, you asked:


    If a neighbor did something wrong, I would not take a paddle to them, so why would I want to paddle my own child who I love more than anyone else?


    Because you dont want them to grow up being the undiscplined pieces of crap that we see sprouting like weeds today. Kids have no fear of God or their parents anymore due to a lack in discipline. Just look around to see the results of this trend. Almost everyone I know who have kids that dont get spankings, also get absolutely NO respect from their kids. Same goes for people I knew who grew up in such conditions which lacked in discipline. Lots end up in troulbe with the law. I saw a toddler smack (I mean SMACK) her mother in the face once during a temper tantrum, and the mother said "stop that" like that would help! She got the crap smacked out of her again as the toddler was screaming at her in defiance.


    Now this is just me, but I think that a swift smack on her little behind would have served as a much better solution

    PHEONIX1, 2 weeks ago | Flag

  • I agree with everything except that there is a need to spank children. 


    If a neighbor did something wrong, I would not take a paddle to them, so why would I want to paddle my own child who I love more than anyone else?


    If I want my child to be gentle, loving, considerate of other, I have to teach by example, not with violence.


    Besides, too many people have no self control, do not know that there are limits, and can not tell the difference between a spanking and a beating.


    Love, approval, censure, time spent together make a stronger impression than a spanking. 


    I would not need to stoop to physical violence to control my child.

    PegasusWing, 2 weeks ago | Flag

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