A conversation with God

Someone gave this to my mom at work the other day.

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Dear God:

Why didn't you save the school children at*.....?

Moses Lake, Washington 2/2/96
Bethel, Alaska 2/19/97
Pearl, Mississippi 10/1/97
West Paducah, Kentucky 12/1/97
St. Amps, Arkansas 12/15/97
Jonesboro, Arkansas 3/24/98
Edinboro, Pennsylvania 4/24/98
Fayetteville, Tennessee 5/19/98
Springfield, Oregon 5/21/98
Richmond, Virginia 6/15/98
Littleton, Colorado 4/20/99
Taber, Alberta, Canada 5/28/99
Conyers, Georgia 5/20/99
Deming, New Mexico 11/19/99
Fort Gibson, Oklahoma 12/6/99
Santee, California 3/5/01
El Cajon, California 3/22/01
Blacksburg, Virginia 4/16/07

Sincerely,

A Concerned Student

Dear Concerned Student:

I AM not allowed in schools.

Sincerely,

God

How did this get started?

Let's see, I think it started when Madeline Murray O'Hare complained she didn't want any prayer in our schools.

And we said, okay...

Then, someone said you better not read the Bible in school, the Bible that says "thou shalt not kill", "thou shalt not steal", and "love your neighbor as yourself".

And we said, okay...

Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehaved because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem.

And we said an expert should know what he's talking about, so we won't spank them anymore.

Then someone said let our daughters have abortions if they want, and they won't even have to tell their parents.

And we said that's a grand idea...

Then, some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys and they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms they want. Then they can have all the fun they desire, and we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school.

And we said that's another great idea...

Then some of your top elected officials said it doesn't matter what we do in private as long as we do our jobs.

And we said it doesn't matter what anybody, including the President, does in private as long as we have jobs and the economy is good...

And someone else took that appreciation a step further and published pictures of nude children and then stepped further still by making them available on the internet.

And we said, every one's entitled to free speech...

And the entertainment industry said let's make television shows, movies and video games that promote profanity, violence and illicit sex... and lets record music that encourages rape, fornication, drugs, murder, suicide and satanic themes.

And we said it's just entertainment and it has no adverse affect and nobody takes it seriously anyway so go right ahead...

Now you're asking yourselves why your children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, classmates or even themselves.

Undoubtedly, if we thought about it long and hard enough, we could figure it out. I'm sure it has a great deal to do with... "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW!"

Kind of makes you stop and think, doesn't it?

* This is only a partial list of school shootings. Some incidents, obviously were worse than others and got less press. Another list of school shootings can be found here.