Message-ID: <21010103.1075855561328.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 05:39:00 -0800 (PST) From: suhernan@llgm.com To: judy.hernandez@enron.com, irenepepe@hotmail.com, smanzanales@jw.com, aguevara@llgm.com, bmonte@llgm.com, clbrown@llgm.com, jvega@llgm.com, mthompso@llgm.com, sarriaga@llgm.com, vfarrell@llgm.com, maria.soliz@ppfa.org, erika.zarate@reckittbenckiser.com, bburrell@tmh.tmc.edu Subject: Maybe we've seen this one before, but if we didn't and even if we did, let's keep ourselves reminded Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: "SOCORRO HERNANDEZ" X-To: , , , "A. SUE GONZALES-GUEVARA" , "Barbara Monte" , "CATHERINE BROWN" , "JESSICA VEGA" , "MARIA THOMPSON" , "SANDRA ARRIAGA" , "VIVIAN FARRELL" , , , X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Juan_Hernandez_Dec2000\Notes Folders\Notes inbox X-Origin: Hernandez-J X-FileName: jhernan.nsf Maybe we've seen this one before, but if we didn't and even if we did, let's keep ourselves reminded about this true fact and try to do something about it (at least pray about it). Take care. > > THE NEW SCHOOL PRAYER > This was written by a teen in Bagdad, Arizona. This > is incredible!! > > 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 anytime 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 "judgments" 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 must 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Funny Isn't It? > 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 everyone wants to go to heaven provided they do not have to believe, think, say, or do anything the Bible says. > Or is it scary? > > Funny how someone can say "I believe in God" but still follow Satan > (who, by the way, also "believes" in God). > > Funny how you can send a thousand '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 the lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene pass freely through > cyberspace, but the public discussion of Jesus is suppressed in the > school and workplace. > > FUNNY, ISN'T IT? > > Funny how someone can be so fired up for Christ on > Sunday, but be an invisible Christian the rest of the week. > > Are you laughing? > > Funny how when you go to 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 to them. > > Funny how I can be more worried about what other > people think of me than what God thinks of me. > > Are you thinking?