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Beating My Head Against a Wall; Or, Whatever Happened to the Separation of Church and State?

By Melissa Doak

That was great, thank you. I just found the Hanukkah amd Kwanzaa worksheets in the vacation worksheets. I loved how she assumed you were jewish or why would you care. I'm Jewish although my husband is not so we do both now, and I get a little wierded out about Christmas stuff. I've sent my kids to schools with such a predominance of hispanic kids so as the token Jew I just bring in Hanukkah stuff. I also think I'm making up for lost time in my childhood when I was the odd one out so revel in the Christmas stuff. I can't even remember what I did as a kid, but we were in California and noone ever talks about their religion in school. Pass along those agnostic traditions - we're having an athiest theme :)

Posted by: Nicole | Dec 20, 2007 13:25

Oy. Imagine being a Buddhist. Holy mother of God!

Keep the faith(s) and may peace be upon you and yours this, er, winter season?

Posted by: Mary Sokolowski | Dec 20, 2007 15:51

Congratulations! And many kudos to Melissa for putting, in clear, articulate and responsible language, a rant, I dare say, more folks than this reader has stewing and growling in some recess somewhere. Some how, our Culture of Materialism has to be brought under control. Articles such as this are a start to the dampening of the blaze. But my question is, how do we get the message beyond those of us who are pushed to the sidelines by the continual bombardment of Xmas carols and already have the rant billowing in our brains? Maybe, if we all stopped caving to the norm...ohwell, nevermind. It was just a dream some of us had....

Posted by: judy barringer | Dec 24, 2007 18:47

Separation of Church and State comes
from a letter that Thomas Jefferson
wrote to a Baptist congregation in
Danbury, Connecticut, because of their
concern about one Protestant denomina-
tion being favored over another. The
phrase appears nowhere in the United
States Constitution. What DOES appear
in the Constitution is the affirmation
that it was completed on the "17th
day of September in THE YEAR OF OUR
LORD one thousand seven hundred and
eighty-seven." Now, just which "Lord"
do you think was being referred to in
this expression? Buddha? Krishna?
Some generic "deity"? Come on, you
know very well that this was a reference
to the Lord Jesus Christ, who is King
of Kings and Lord of Lords.
This country was founded originally
as a Christian nation. Don't think
you can distort the truth and not come
under the judgment of Almighty God!
The Mayflower Compact of 1620 spoke
of the propagation of the Christian
faith as the primary aim of the set-
tlers. No amount of trickery can
possibly change this fact.
"Forever, O Lord, thy word is settled
in Heaven." --Psalm 119:89
You know the truth in your heart.
Isn't it time you acknowledged it? God
will not be patient with you much
longer. And then it will forever be
too late. Stop suppressing what you
KNOW to be the truth. Feel the guilt
that the Holy Spirit is trying to
impress upon your heart, and cry out to
Jesus for mercy. You may rationalize
all you like--still, when all is said
and done, you remain uneasy and unsure
of yourself.
Prepare to meet thy God!

Posted by: Paula Richardson | Mar 06, 2008 21:19

I heartily echo Paula Richardson's
comments. It is hard to believe that
Ms. Doak is serious. At a time when
Christianity is on the verge of being
banned from all public expression, she
complains that it is too "dominant" in
American culture?!?! Give us a break!
The Lord of Lord and King of Kings
shall empower His people to take TRUE
dominion over America, and over the
whole earth. (See Psalm 110:1-3,
especially verse 3: "Thy people shall
be willing in the day of Thy power.")
The rule of Jesus Christ over all
persons and institutions is 100%
inevitable. You are solemnly advised
to turn to Him in faith and humble
repentance, and He will forgive all your
sins. Just cry out to Him. You must
be hurting so very, very badly to write
the things you write. And no wonder--
the Word of God clearly states that it
will "not go well" for those who dis-
honor their parents, as you did in re-
gard to your mother in another article. Your searing inner pain
is God's way of calling you to Him.
Do not ignore Him, or harden your
heart.
Even one minute after you read this, it may be forever too late.
Get down on your knees and cry out
NOW! May God show you mercy!
Ruth Edwards

Posted by: Ruth Edwards | Mar 13, 2008 19:38

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