Another Embarrassing Voice Heard From

ANOTHER EMBARRASING VOICE HEARD FROM

As is their want, the moralistic, patriotic voices rise to the occasion. Instead of having a common sense conversation on gun control, or better yet a sharing of the importance of eternity, Mike Huckabee pontificates about kicking God out of the schools linked to HERE. If allowing a perfunctory prayer led by many unbelievers passes as "allowing" God in schools, then I would agree. As one who heard Bible readings as well as prayer in public schools when I was young, it is worthless if not counterproductive. I remember a very mean third grade teacher reading passages of Scripture and leading in a stilted prayer. I hardly think that passes as allowing God in schools. In fact, before we "allow" Him in schools, we might want to invite Him back in our churches.
Note: As per the Constitution the Koran would have to be read as well, and prayers would have to be of the deist variety lest they stray from the pluralistic construct of those founding fathers. Jesus, who IS God, was not allowed anywhere in the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution. That may be a good place to start.

Will there ever come a time where professing believers quit lifting up the Dagons of morality and nationalism and suggest that they are God? The shooter’s mother was somewhat of a doomsdayer type, but was also a law abiding citizen who owned several firearms and who taught her children how to fire them. The shooter was sometimes home schooled. Don’t those kind of credentials represent those of Huckabee?

As I said, I grew up in public school classrooms where God “was still allowed in”. We listened as the teacher read the Bible, primarily from the Psalms or Proverbs, We bowed our heads and listened to the same, stale prayers. And I never heard one single peep about Jesus emanate from the lips of any of my teachers.

So that is his idea of God being allowed in the classroom? Which God does He know? Until I was almost 22 years old I had never heard the phrase “born again”. What does that tell you? That says that in many people’s view the war is having some symbolic relics practiced in the classroom representing God. Nothing could be further from the truth. Back in those days we practiced morality and tradition. No Spirit, no presence, and no spiritual reality. Just dead, dry religion. But people demand we return to those days.

How about looking into the mirror, Mr. Huckabee? How about all the political rhetoric you and people like you practice? How about you supporting a Mormon, or do you thing God lives in Salt Lake City any deeper than He does in the public schools? Like Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson suggesting 9/11 was because of the gays and abortion, now Huckabee suggests that God is offended when we removed some religious rituals from the school system. God wasn’t offended when the founding fathers refused to include the name of Jesus in their original documents? Is Huckabee suggesting that God was angry and used this event to show His displeasure with the public schools? Or was he saying that if these kindergarteners would have prayed in their classroom God would have protected them? His views are both nonsense and disturbing.

The horror of Friday was because of sin. The Scriptures tell us that wickedness will increase in the last days. Of course the current gun laws are insane, but at the root of it all is sin. Go ahead, blame the godless liberals. Perhaps this kid was gay. That would be an additional target for those on the mountain called Hubris located in the land of the religious right. God in the schools? How about God in our lives? Collect all the manger scenes, all the plaques inscribed with the Ten Commandments, all the public prayers, all the Christmas pageants, all the reclaim America gatherings, all the generic genuflects to God, all the conservative talk shows, all the liberal talk shows, and most of what goes on Sunday mornings, collect it all and you have little more than some religious tokens with the same power as Santa Claus.

But if we can shoehorn God back into the classroom violence would cease. I hold out a hope that some believers are more spiritual than that. I hope.