Another Letter To A News Outlet

There is a high school in the state of Washington whose Principal is threatening to fire the football coach for praying after the football game on the 50 yard line with his team.  Here is my response to that  Principal:   Just leave people alone. Let them exercise their freedoms. Pray if you want to pray. Don’t pray if you don’t want to pray. Just leave people alone. Let freedom ring. So many Principals of schools and Superintendents of school districts are truly scared rabbits. Prayer and football go together like two peas in a pod. There is no NFL football team that does not have a Chaplain on staff. Why? Because everyone in his/her right mind knows that football is a dangerous sport. It is also a sport that requires a great deal of inspiration. Faith, protection, personal guidance, motivation, gratitude, and praise and honor for the Supreme Being are all realities of life. Prayer is serious business, and the devil does not like it. If players were rallying around a water bucket and talking to it after the game, under the name of “school tradition,” I suspect there would be no problem. Herein lies the problem: Nonsense is encouraged, while wisdom is discouraged. This, in an academic institution. The ACLU is waiting close by to “rescue” those who practice wise decisions….and attempt to take away freedoms while they are at it. And make some big bucks to boot!

An Intolerant Professor

 A professor of religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania, named Anthea Butler recently insulted Dr. Ben Carson, and called him a "coon" because she disagreed with a statement he made about the Confederate flag.  She has also stated that "Christianity is responsible for slavery."  "Coon" is an unkind word to call a Black person.  If Butler disagrees with Carson, then explain why.  Is she not an educated person?  Also, Christianity is not responsible for slavery.  It is responsible for ending it.  Butler needs to be reprimanded and/or fired.  It appears that Butler believes in freedom of speech only if she agrees with what is said.  If you do not agree, then you insult.  Does that seem proper?  Does that seem scholarly or courteous?  Incidentally, although he did not belong to a specific denomination, Abraham Lincoln, our 16th President, was a Christian.  He had no formal schooling as a child.  He learned how to read at home using a Bible as a textbook.  His important speeches contain quotes or references to the Bible.  Another great American is no doubt considered the greatest civil rights leader in the history of the United States.  He was a minister of the Gospel and Pastor of a Baptist Church.  He also believed in freedom and expressed it.   For this he was also called a "coon."  Not only that, he was assassinated.  He was Dr. Martin Luther King.   Intolerance sometimes breeds destruction, and the practice of freedom is sometimes the object of that destruction.

Just Love Them From A Distance

If they are blatantly rude, insanely jealous of you, and/or just do not like you; maybe you should seriously consider just staying away from them.  You probably cannot change them. Pray for them. Maybe they are suffering. You can still love them......just love them from a distance.

Hamas Called A Murderer "Heroic"

Several days ago, a Palestinian man stabbed two Israelis to death in old Jerusalem.  This attack also seriously wounded a woman and a toddler.  Hamas, the Islamic militant  group that rules Gaza, praised the attack.  It called the attack "heroic."  I just have one question:  What makes stabbing a man and a woman to death, and seriously wounding a toddler and a woman, a "heroic" act?