Message-ID: <24540889.1075855518823.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 01:30:00 -0700 (PDT) From: judy.hernandez@enron.com To: jh306@netzero.com, suhernan@llgm.com, dora_thurmond@uniteddc.com, cbburrell@juno.com, rbobo@iservco.com Subject: Fwd: Prayer Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Judy Hernandez X-To: jh306@netzero.com, suhernan@llgm.com, dora_thurmond@uniteddc.com, cbburrell@juno.com, rbobo@iservco.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Juan_Hernandez_Dec2000\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: Hernandez-J X-FileName: jhernan.nsf ---------------------- Forwarded by Judy Hernandez/HOU/ECT on 08/04/2000 08:27 AM --------------------------- Angela Barnett 08/04/2000 05:54 AM To: Regina Blackshear/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Angela Gill/NA/Enron@Enron, Sandra R McNichols/HOU/ECT@ECT, Leslie Smith/HOU/ECT@ECT, Judy Hernandez/HOU/ECT@ECT, Pamela Mitchell/HOU/ECT@ECT, Nikki Johnson/NA/Enron@Enron, Warren Perry/Corp/Enron@Enron, Derick Jones/Corp/Enron@Enron, Diane Salcido/Corp/Enron@Enron, Jorge Olivares/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Eve Puckett/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Judy Walters/HOU/ECT@ECT cc: Subject: Fwd: Prayer ---------------------- Forwarded by Angela Barnett/HOU/ECT on 08/04/2000 05:52 AM --------------------------- Mary Westbrook on 08/04/2000 05:43:32 AM To: Mabel Abrasley cc: Subject: Fwd: Prayer Note: forwarded message attached. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Apparently-To: kittenkid_65@yahoo.com via web705.mail.yahoo.com Received: from imo-r07.mx.aol.com (152.163.225.7) by mta110.mail.yahoo.com with SMTP; 03 Aug 2000 18:14:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Kttn0965@aol.com by imo-r07.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v27.12.) id r.39.84f5079 (8977) for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2000 21:13:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Kttn0965@aol.com Message-ID: <39.84f5079.26bb72d5@aol.com> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 21:13:57 EDT Subject: Prayer To: kittenkid_65@yahoo.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 16-bit for Windows sub 86 Content-Length: 4101 > > > > Some people, it seems, get offended way too easily. > > I mean, isn't that > > what all > > > this prayer hullabaloo is all about - people > > getting offended? Those of > > us in > > > the majority are always tippy-toeing around, > > trying to make sure we don't > > step > > > on the toes or hurt the feelings of the humorless. > > And you can bet > > there's a > > > lawyer standing on every corner making sure we > > don't. Take this prayer > > deal. > > > It's absolutely ridiculous. Some atheist goes to > > a high school football > > game, > > > hears a kid say a short prayer before the game and > > gets offended. So he > > hires a > > > lawyer and goes to court and asks somebody to pay > > him a whole bunch of > > money for > > > all the damage done to him. You would have > > thought the kid kicked him in > > the > > > crotch. Damaged for life by a 30-second prayer? > > Am I missing something > > here? > > > > > > I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going > > to sue somebody for > > singing a > > > Ho-Ho-Ho song in December. I don't agree with > > Darwin, but I didn't go out > > and > > > hire a lawyer when my high school teacher taught > > his theory of evolution. > > Life, > > > liberty or your pursuit of happiness will not be > > endangered because > > someone says > > > a 30-second prayer before a football game. So > > what's the big deal? It's > > not > > > like somebody is up there reading the entire book > > of Acts. They're just > > talking > > > to a God they believe in and asking him to grant > > safety to the players on > > the > > > field and the fans going home from the game. > > > > > > "But it's a Christian prayer," some will argue. > > Yes, and this is the > > United > > > States of America, a country founded on Christian > > principles. And we are > > in the > > > Bible Belt. According to our very own phone book, > > Christian churches > > outnumber > > > all others better than 200-to-1. So what would you > > expect - somebody > > chanting > > > Hare Krishna? If I went to a football game in > > Jerusalem, I would expect > > to hear > > > a Jewish prayer. If I went to a soccer game in > > Baghdad, I would expect to > > hear > > > a Muslim prayer. If I went to a ping-pong match > > in China, I would expect > > to > > > hear someone pray to Buddha. > > > > > > And I wouldn't be offended. It wouldn't bother me > > one bit. When in > > Rome... > > > "But what about the atheists?" is another > > argument. What about them? > > Nobody is > > > asking them to be baptized. We're not going to > > pass the collection plate. > > Just > > > humor us for 30 seconds. If that's asking too > > much, bring a Walkman or a > > pair of > > > ear plugs. Go to the bathroom. Visit the > > concession stand. .. Call your > > > lawyer. > > > > > > Unfortunately, one or two will make that call. One > > or two will tell > > thousands > > > what they can and cannot do. I don't think a > > > short prayer at a football game is going to shake > > the world's > > foundations. Nor > > > do I believe that not praying will result in more > > serious injuries on the > > field > > > or more fatal car crashes after the game. In > > fact, I'm not so sure God > > would > > > even be at all these games if he didn't have to > > be. That's just one of > > the > > > downsides of omnipresence. If God really liked > > sports, the Russians would > > never > > > have won a single gold medal, New York would never > > play in a World Series > > and > > > Deion Sanders' toe would be healed by now. > > > > > > Christians are just sick and tired of turning the > > other cheek while our > > courts > > > strip us of all our rights. Our parents and > > grandparents taught us to > > pray > > > before eating, to pray before we go to sleep. Our > > Bible tells us just to > > pray > > > without ceasing. Now a handful of people and > > their lawyers are telling us > > to > > > cease praying. God, help us. > > > > > > And if that last sentence offends > > you-well............just sue me. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >