God Bless America!

I think most average Americans today think that all Huckabee supporters are either Evangelicals, or at least "Bible-thumpers" (i.e. they try pressure others into believing in God the way they do).

What most Americans forget is that most of us DO believe in God - we just all practice and believe differently.

I for one, doubt that any of my colleagues know my faith or whether I practice it or whether I believe in God. I am just not an in-your-face sort of person (that is, except for my positive attitude).

But, I, along with the vast majority of Americans, do have faith in a Divine Source or Being. And, I, along with many many others who may or may not have put a label on their faith, do pray, or meditate and give thanks to that Divine Being on a regular basis.

In fact, our society's avoidance (almost intolerance, despite our Constitution) of any talk of God, is so rampant that it even prompted Ben Stein to write about how idiotic this intolerant anti-God agenda is. Read Ben Stein's Original Essay here.

Here's an excerpt:

I have no freaking clue who Nick and Jessica are. . . .

Next 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 creche, 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 Nick and Jessica 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 Nick and Jessica came from and where the America we knew went to.

Sooooo, I made a Squidoo lens about the idea that we've gotten away from saying, thinking, singing and praying "God Bless America." What if we all sang (or prayed) "God Bless America" a little bit more? My guess is that . . . we would be MORE blessed.
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Wishing Mike & his supporters All the Best,
Theresa
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