Something Everyone Should Read

This is an email that I received that I absolutely believe in 100%.
I love Ben Stein and his movie Expelled. Watch it!

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 crïeche,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 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 OK. 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