Religious Hypocrites Really Annoy Me

[Blue Gardener]

A friend I work with sent me this email about the pledge of allegiance today. This friend is currently having a very public affair with a vendor at work, and he is the one who sent this to her originally. He spends the whole week with her, and her 13 year old daughter, then goes home to his wife on the weekends (lives about four hours away). I really don't care thay they are having the affair since they are both consenting adults, but don't send me this BS and pretend to be such a God-fearing "Christian". It is totally hypocritical, and it makes me want to gag. Plus, there are so many things wrong with the poem it would take an hour to list them all. This is the email:
Since the Pledge of Allegiance and the Lord's Prayer
are not allowed in most public schools anymore because the
word God is mentioned, a kid in Arizona wrote the following "NEW" school prayer. I liked it...
Now I sit me down in school
Where praying is against the rule
For this great nation under God
Finds mention of Him very odd
If scripture now the class recites,
It violates the Bill of Rights.
And any time my head I bow
Becomes a Federal matter now.
Our hair can be purple, orange or green,
That's no offense; it's a freedom scene.
The law is specific, the law is precise.
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.
For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all.
In silence alone we must meditate,
God's name is prohibited by the state.
We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,
and pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks.
They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the bible.
To quote the good book makes me liable.
We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,
And the unwed 'Daddy' our senior King.
It's 'inappropriate' to teach right from wrong,
We're taught that such 'judgements' do not belong.
We can get our condoms and birth controls,
Study Witchcraft, vampires and totem poles.
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,
No word of God much reach this crowd.
It's scary here I must confess,
When chaos reigns the school's a mess.
So, Lord, this silent plea I make:
Should I be shot, my soul please take.
Amen

[physioex]

1. Ewwwww don't read such drivel...

What a waste of freakin time. There is no way to rationalize with people like that, sorry I can't be more positive...

[Blue Gardener]

2. I don't think she'll send me another one

I did reply to her, told her God belongs in church, not school.

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

4. Tell her

"Don't pray in my schools and I won't think in your church!"

It's a bumper sticker I saw recent;y! LOL

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

3. At least point out...

"And any time my head I bow
Becomes a Federal matter now."

Is TOTALLY false and quite frankly a LIE... so maybe the 10 commandments might better be served if our ADULTS knew them better!

Refer them directly to: Thou shalt not lie and Thou shalt not bear false witness.. and while you have their attention, the adultery one MIGHT just slip in there! :spank:

[Blue Gardener]

5. I may do that

Or I might just let the whole thing slide and hope she got the hint. As long as she doesn't send me anymore of this garbage I probably won't bring it up.

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

7. Always an option...

.. but pointing out that the entire pretense of her message was incorrect, well, that's my preference.

My niece forwarded an email a year or so ago about Mad. OHara trying to get Touched By An Angel taken off the air. She had quite an exstensive 'to' list on it and I 'replied all': You really should check your sources, Mad. OHara was murdered by her son a number of years ago. A couple of good rumor check places on the internet is blahblahblah.

I didn't get many more 'rumor' emails from her after that and found out later her other 'to list' people had quite some fun with my note.

But c'mon.. there is enough ignorance in the world that we DONT need to go around spreading MORE... LOL!

[candy]

6. My generation grew up without "under God" in the pledge---

and we did just fine.

The WWII vets,that are being honored in Normandy this week didn't have those words in the pledge either.

Two little words don't make the man(or woman,in my case).

Much ado about nothing.

[nini]

8. don't you know not having God in schools could lead to ADULTERY???

:-)

[Blue Gardener]

10. I really don't think she sees the hypocrisy

Maybe that's what really bugs me.

[gratuitous]

9. Or you could . . .

Commiserate with your friend about the way God's been so shut out of public life, and make the further observation about how terrible it is that so many people take their marriage vows seriously. Most people never make a public vow anymore, except for marriage vows, and what with 50% of marriages ending in divorce, how terrible it is for people to stand up before their friends and a minister of the Gospel, and make a promise that they don't keep. It's just a scandal!

Watch for your friend to squirm a whole bunch. Ask her if she has to go to the can.

[Blue Gardener]

11. She's divorced, he isn't

But, she was still married to her first husband when she met, and slept with, her second husband.