Frank Schaeffer, a Christian writer and speaker, has been speaking out on one of the most heated subjects of our day. He is especially prepared for this as the son of the famous Francis Schaeffer, who became a "savior" to the American Christian Right.
Frank Schaeffer has had enough of claims that America is now in a "post-racial" era. "If that's true," he asks, "why does so much of the opposition to President Barack Obama's actions seem to have a nasty undertone?"
I agree with Frank Schaeffer, the underlying reason so many have gone after President Obama with the intent to destroy all his efforts, has been that they do not want a person of African-American descent in the white house.
It is evident they would not have gone after Hillary Clinton had she become president. It is also apparent President Obama's year-long efforts at bipartisanship has not worked. Every time he turns around his opponents make personal attacks on his motives.
The most un-American act of the Republican National Committee's comparing the president to the infamous Joker character from Batman comics is beyond the pale. It was one thing for tea baggers carrying such signs and calling the president fascist, socialist, communist and the anti-Christ. But when the national opposition party spreads such videos, they have crossed the line.
Such raw bigotry is rampant simply because the man in the white house is not their shade of white. These people continue to claim he is not a citizen, not a real Christian, friend of terrorists and a man determined to destroy the nation. The right-wing radio talk shows harp on this daily. Those shows have decided nothing he does could possibly be right.
It just so happens that the threat level that the Secret Service investigates is up 400% above that of any previous presidency. (This fact is laughed off by the BHL Conspirators (Beck, Hannity and Limbaugh).
Have we read the so-called Manhattan Declaration, that warns our president that he'll be the "next Hitler" if he supports abortion rights and stem cell research. It is no mere coincidence this "threat" should appear with our present president in office.
The ganging up on Obama has nothing to do with the Obama/Hitler posters being circulated by the likes of people who also portray Obama with a bone in his nose! So when the evangelicals draw parallels to the Nazis that's just a coincidence too!
Frank Schaeffer points out that for the first time in American history a former Vice President (Dick Cheney) has accused the head of state of not wanting to keep America safe, has, "of course, nothing to do with disrespect to a black man!"
"We're living in a country where tens of millions of so-called conservatives would rather embrace outright and absurdly silly paranoid lies, go bankrupt, fail, lose our place in history and saddle ourselves with virtually infinite debt than work constructively with a moderate, decent, smart, kind and honest black man."
(Frank Schaeffer is New York Times best-selling author. Two of his many books: "Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Help Found the Religious Right," and "Patience With God: Faith for People Who Don't Like Religion (or Atheism)"
(In the San Angelo Standard-Times of Mar 26 brought 16 responses. 2 were positive) Most readers do not refute the truth, just trash the messenger (writer).
Friday, March 26, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
50th Anniversay of Pingtung Taiwan Church
It was a lovely sunny Sunday in Pingtung (Pingdong)on January 17, 1960 as the charter members of the Pingtung Baptist Church organized to become a self-supporting church. A part of the National Taiwan Baptist Convention, which had been organized a few years before we arrived on Taiwan island, headquarters of the Republic of China, which next year will celebrate 100 years after overthrowing the Qing dynasty. Manchus from northeast China had ruled China from 1666 to 1911.
The photo was taken the day the church organized on #30 Linsen Lu. Still in a bamboo church in the yard of our house. We moved to Pingtung, the last large city before you come to the southern end of the beautiful isle. The Portuguese sailors were the first Europeans to see it and claim it. They called it FORMOSA, which means beautiful isle.
I hear the church is still going and doing well. I had hoped to go back to Taiwan for the 50th anniversay celebration. But am sending the a DVD of films of building the bamboo church and the lovely brick building seating 400 later in 1960.
I will add more photos as I uncover them.
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Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
Out in West China, nearly 3,000 miles from Shanghai and almost another country from the Han people's China. In history the area was called Turkestan or Chinese Turkestan. The people are Muslim and look more Middle Easterns. They speak Turkish and their writing reminds us of Arabic and Hindi. The name today is Xinjiang Province and is neighbors with Afghanistan and Central Asian, former Soviet-controlled states. The above scene is of happy folks gathered around like a musical picnic. Can't read the artist's name but like that kind of art. Several tribes populate the area and the Chinese government have moved man Han Chinese there to keep it under control. The natives would rather be their own boss, just as many Tibetians and Taiwanese want home control.
Britt Towery visited Wulumuqi (Urumqi) the capital often in the 1980s. Leading a Retreat for English teachers in the schools there.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Sunday Worship Tradition
KEEP THE SABBATH HOLY
The Bible tells us that the Lord God told the people of Israel to do all their labor in six days and keep holy the seventh (Exodus 20:8-11, 31:12-17).
Christians came along some ages later, though most of them came from a Jewish heritage, they did not apply this command literally. The new faith took "the first day of the week," Sunday as their day of rest and worship.
The Puritans settled in New England and kept the Old Testament close, but worshiped on Sundays. Along with other colonists, they wrote many laws to restrict Sunday work and what was permitted on Sundays and what was not proper.
Well into the 19th century, many of these religious laws were carried over to the secular law courts and subject to various punishments. In 1831-32, the famous French traveler, Alexis de Tocqueville observed "Sunday travelers being stopped by officials and interrogated about the necessity o their trip." (Jeffery A. Smith quote from de Tocqueville's "Journey to America.")
In 1810 the Postal Service provoked those who saw the Sabbath as holy by announcing mail service would be delivered seven days a week. The government was pliable and tried to make delivers on Sunday to not interfere with church services. Some hard-liners against the 7-day mail delivery sound like today's televangelist Pat Robertson: the holy day was being profaned; morality would decay; predicted that a wrathful God would punish the nation.
The National Reform Association was formed by eleven denominations during the Civil War. This group regarded the Civil War as divine judgment. Even the end of Christianity was predicted.
1890, Postmaster General John Wannamaker, a Presbyterian elder and Bible teacher, was denounced at a Sabbath Association meeting saying he should be dismissed from his church unless he stopped Sunday mail service. He didn't stop the service.
The printing of Sunday newspapers were attacked. Many post offices were in stores, so they stayed open for mail pick-up and place to buy newspapers. This little crack in the mercantile door caused more stores to begin Sunday openings. Ballgames and fairs became popular. The congress was bombarded to enact a national Sabbath. This Christian lobbying force was not successful in getting an acknowledgment of God, Christ, and the Bible authority in a preamble to their law proposal.
Sir William Blackstone viewed profanation of the Sabbath as punishable because it corrupted morals. At the same time, 1894, "Fishing on Sunday," was a penal statue. The Blue Laws-------
More liberal (progressive is what the word means, not being stuck in the past as conservatives) clergymen and churches were saying Sunday should observe what Jesus said, "the Sabbath was made for man." They insisted to give the people leisure for thought, rest, and clear the mind for a new week of work, would benefit both religious and secular life.
DeWitt Talmage was a leading preacher in 19th century New York. He cautioned, "Don't fight newspapers. Attack provokes attack." Talmage's brother was a missionary to East China and I want to write someday about him. Excuse me, I digress.
Having lived in a time when stores closed down on Sunday and early on Wednesdays (mid-week services), I admit it was a far different time than today. Mother bought groceries during the weekdays and never considered going to a movie on a Sunday. It just was not even considered as a option.
In the 1930s and 1940s, there might be one or two gasoline stations open Sunday, but only on the highway or the afternoon. City buses did not run and public schools did not hold athletic or academic contests. During the summer there were no Wednesday night softball games scheduled. (I have my doubts how many of the players, coaches and fans darkened a church door on Wednesday nights – unless a good supper was being involved. The coach of my team was in church, he was the educational director.)
Wide-open Sundays are not progress, nor a blessing. May I suggest a new American law? Make work illegal on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This would fulfill the Law of Moses.
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Monday, March 1, 2010
PETER HAMMOND: Muslim Boogerman
ANTI-MUSLIM PROPAGANDA KEEPS SPREADING FEAR
A friend of a friend wrote recently of constantly hearing from friends telling her of their aversion and dislike of the religion of Islam. She wrote, "I'm stunned that my well-educated friends are so taken in by this fear-mongering." This animosity, bordering on hate, of Muslims, is short-sighted and close- minded. These people most likely never met a real-live Muslim in their whole life.
This fear of anything foreign, the word can be translated "strange" or "outsider," is an unfortunate part of the human equation. Our nature is to like those who look like us, and are comfortable with those who talk like us. It is not wrong, just something we need to be aware of it.
In a Mesopotamia legend the skyscraper builders disobeyed the Creator God's command to spread out and replenish the earth. They ignored their God and kept building their city. This resulted in the confusing of their languages, and each group went their own way. That story illustrates how languages unite people to their own kind, their own customs, traditions and eventually to feeling superior to those strangers over the hill..
They no longer respected what was different in their neighbors and were suspicious of what others "mumbled," (languages) or how they looked (various shades of red, yellow, black, brown and pale).
This part of Texas is bi-lingual, but most of those who speak both languages have Spanish as their mother tongue. (The Texas immigrants might have won the Battle of the Alamo had they spoken Spanish. But, I digress.)
For humans of any language to oppose something they do not understand or do not want to understand is like the old saying: "A man's mind is like a parachute, good only when open."
Examples of anti-Islamic rhetoric: "Islam is not a religion, nor is it a cult. In its fullest form, it is a complete, total, 100 percent system of life" writes one opponent of having Muslims in our country. Apparently Muslims can't be good Americans with such a lifestyle! Strange logic. I've heard many a preacher and politician proclaimed they were Christians first, and Americans second.
Another example: "Islamization begins when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their religious privileges," they say. What were the late Jerry Falwell's political agenda for the White House and the government? Agitate for religious privileges maybe?
Another quote from the fear mongers: "When Muslims reach two to five percent of population, they begin to proselytize other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups and push for halal ("kosher" for Muslim food), with threats if supermarkets fail to comply."
I understand why my friend is fed up with this Islam-bashing. The propaganda predicts what will happen when a country's population of Muslims reaches 20, 30 or 50 percent. And as the percentage rises Dar-es-Salaam (House of Peace) is finally formed with Sharia law controlling the world. Can't you see the feminist allowing that!
Peter Hammond's book, "Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat" goes much farther by ignoring what he doesn't understand and spreading panic with his twisted, myopic view of anything strange or different.
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A friend of a friend wrote recently of constantly hearing from friends telling her of their aversion and dislike of the religion of Islam. She wrote, "I'm stunned that my well-educated friends are so taken in by this fear-mongering." This animosity, bordering on hate, of Muslims, is short-sighted and close- minded. These people most likely never met a real-live Muslim in their whole life.
This fear of anything foreign, the word can be translated "strange" or "outsider," is an unfortunate part of the human equation. Our nature is to like those who look like us, and are comfortable with those who talk like us. It is not wrong, just something we need to be aware of it.
In a Mesopotamia legend the skyscraper builders disobeyed the Creator God's command to spread out and replenish the earth. They ignored their God and kept building their city. This resulted in the confusing of their languages, and each group went their own way. That story illustrates how languages unite people to their own kind, their own customs, traditions and eventually to feeling superior to those strangers over the hill..
They no longer respected what was different in their neighbors and were suspicious of what others "mumbled," (languages) or how they looked (various shades of red, yellow, black, brown and pale).
This part of Texas is bi-lingual, but most of those who speak both languages have Spanish as their mother tongue. (The Texas immigrants might have won the Battle of the Alamo had they spoken Spanish. But, I digress.)
For humans of any language to oppose something they do not understand or do not want to understand is like the old saying: "A man's mind is like a parachute, good only when open."
Examples of anti-Islamic rhetoric: "Islam is not a religion, nor is it a cult. In its fullest form, it is a complete, total, 100 percent system of life" writes one opponent of having Muslims in our country. Apparently Muslims can't be good Americans with such a lifestyle! Strange logic. I've heard many a preacher and politician proclaimed they were Christians first, and Americans second.
Another example: "Islamization begins when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their religious privileges," they say. What were the late Jerry Falwell's political agenda for the White House and the government? Agitate for religious privileges maybe?
Another quote from the fear mongers: "When Muslims reach two to five percent of population, they begin to proselytize other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups and push for halal ("kosher" for Muslim food), with threats if supermarkets fail to comply."
I understand why my friend is fed up with this Islam-bashing. The propaganda predicts what will happen when a country's population of Muslims reaches 20, 30 or 50 percent. And as the percentage rises Dar-es-Salaam (House of Peace) is finally formed with Sharia law controlling the world. Can't you see the feminist allowing that!
Peter Hammond's book, "Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat" goes much farther by ignoring what he doesn't understand and spreading panic with his twisted, myopic view of anything strange or different.
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IMP.: 2010 Census
The Importance Of Your 2010 Census Form
The 2010 United States Census is underway. Mid-March the forms are to be sent out to your house and mine. Everybody is urged to fill out the forms and send them back when they arrive in the mail.
The official 2010 Census web-site stresses that "We Can't Move Forward Until You Mail It Back." Much depends on every person in the United States taking this serious, and being counted.
Since the 2010 census will be the first in 30 years to be taken under a Democratic administration, Republicans are upset and see all kinds of horrors in the census, fighting straw-men problems of their own creation. The GOP, the party of NO (see last paragraph), has been opposing this decennial census for over a year, with no end in sight.
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann told the Washington Times that she and her family will not be fully filling out the 2010 census forms, "only giving her household numbers."
If others take her attitude, they will be cutting their nose off to spite their face. (C-Span's televising the House and Senate is usually very dull television, but when some of our representatives get on their high horse, or hobby horse, it is better than Saturday Night Live or a Danny Kaye comedy.)
Time Magazine, not the most liberal of the weeklies, reported that when Republican Senator Judd Gregg announced that he no longer wished to be the Commerce Secretary nominee, he said "that the decision was based in part on serious disagreements with the Obama White House over the 2010 census." That night on Fox News, Sean Hannity claimed Obama's plans for the census process "the biggest White House power grab ever," as his guest Karl Rove ("Bush's Brain") voiced agreement.
Not to be outdone by the Hannity-Rove duet, House Republicans declared that the White House had "an unprecedented plan" for the census that "will taint results and open doors to massive waste of taxpayer funds." The tainted results and massive tax waste were not defined or explained.
The 2010 Census is one of the shortest in history with only ten questions to complete. These ten questions are asked on the form you receive. Counting undocumented immigrants is the law: the Constitution requires that all people living in the U.S. should be included in the census, regardless of citizenship status. (TV side-show barker Glenn Beck, take note!)
Without a full census count, local governments won’t get their fair share of federal resources for housing, healthcare, schools, and roads. Public education is especially important. If the census undercounts undocumented children, the school districts suffer a lack of funds.
Trust has always been a vital part of being a concerned and (dare I say it) patriotic American. Cooperation in this census, that began in 1790, should not be viewed as a political party caper; nor a way to find illegal immigrants or punish anyone.
For at least the last 80 years the GOP has said NO to anything that concerned ordinary Americans. For proof study: Social Security, the war in Vietnam, equal rights, civil liberties, church- state separation, consumer issues, public education, reproductive freedom, national health care, labor issues, campaign-finance reform, the environment and tax fairness. Now we can add the 2010 Census.
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The 2010 United States Census is underway. Mid-March the forms are to be sent out to your house and mine. Everybody is urged to fill out the forms and send them back when they arrive in the mail.
The official 2010 Census web-site stresses that "We Can't Move Forward Until You Mail It Back." Much depends on every person in the United States taking this serious, and being counted.
Since the 2010 census will be the first in 30 years to be taken under a Democratic administration, Republicans are upset and see all kinds of horrors in the census, fighting straw-men problems of their own creation. The GOP, the party of NO (see last paragraph), has been opposing this decennial census for over a year, with no end in sight.
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann told the Washington Times that she and her family will not be fully filling out the 2010 census forms, "only giving her household numbers."
If others take her attitude, they will be cutting their nose off to spite their face. (C-Span's televising the House and Senate is usually very dull television, but when some of our representatives get on their high horse, or hobby horse, it is better than Saturday Night Live or a Danny Kaye comedy.)
Time Magazine, not the most liberal of the weeklies, reported that when Republican Senator Judd Gregg announced that he no longer wished to be the Commerce Secretary nominee, he said "that the decision was based in part on serious disagreements with the Obama White House over the 2010 census." That night on Fox News, Sean Hannity claimed Obama's plans for the census process "the biggest White House power grab ever," as his guest Karl Rove ("Bush's Brain") voiced agreement.
Not to be outdone by the Hannity-Rove duet, House Republicans declared that the White House had "an unprecedented plan" for the census that "will taint results and open doors to massive waste of taxpayer funds." The tainted results and massive tax waste were not defined or explained.
The 2010 Census is one of the shortest in history with only ten questions to complete. These ten questions are asked on the form you receive. Counting undocumented immigrants is the law: the Constitution requires that all people living in the U.S. should be included in the census, regardless of citizenship status. (TV side-show barker Glenn Beck, take note!)
Without a full census count, local governments won’t get their fair share of federal resources for housing, healthcare, schools, and roads. Public education is especially important. If the census undercounts undocumented children, the school districts suffer a lack of funds.
Trust has always been a vital part of being a concerned and (dare I say it) patriotic American. Cooperation in this census, that began in 1790, should not be viewed as a political party caper; nor a way to find illegal immigrants or punish anyone.
For at least the last 80 years the GOP has said NO to anything that concerned ordinary Americans. For proof study: Social Security, the war in Vietnam, equal rights, civil liberties, church- state separation, consumer issues, public education, reproductive freedom, national health care, labor issues, campaign-finance reform, the environment and tax fairness. Now we can add the 2010 Census.
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A Bit Of Sabbath History
KEEP THE SABBATH HOLY
The Bible tells us that the Lord God told the people of Israel to do all their labor in six days and keep holy the seventh (Exodus 20:8-11, 31:12-17).
Christians came along some ages later, though most of them came from a Jewish heritage, they did not apply this command literally. The new faith took "the first day of the week," Sunday as their day of rest and worship.
The Puritans settled in New England and kept the Old Testament close, but worshipped on Sundays. Along with other colonists, they wrote many laws to restrict Sunday work and what was permitted on Sundays and what was not proper.
Well into the 19th century, many of these religious laws were carried over to the secular law courts and subject to various punishments. In 1831-32, the famous French traveler, Alexis de Tocqueville observed "Sunday travelers being stopped by officials and interrogated about the necessity o their trip." (Jeffery A. Smith quote from de Tocqueville's "Journey to America.")
In 1810 the Postal Service provoked those who saw the Sabbath as holy by announcing mail service would be delivered seven days a week. The government was pliable and tried to make delivers on Sunday to not interfere with church services. Some hard-liners against the 7-day mail delivery sound like today's televangelist Pat Robertson: the holy day was being profaned; morality would decay; predicted that a wrathful God would punish the nation.
The National Reform Association was formed by eleven denominations during the Civil War. This group regarded the Civil War as divine judgment. Even the end of Christianity was predicted.
1890, Postmaster General John Wannamaker, a Presbyterian elder and Bible teacher, was denounced at a Sabbath Association meeting saying he should be dismissed from his church unless he stopped Sunday mail service. He didn't stop the service.
The printing of Sunday newspapers were attacked. Many post offices were in stores, so they stayed open for mail pick-up and place to buy newspapers. This little crack in the mercantile door caused more stores to begin Sunday openings. Ballgames and fairs became popular. The congress was bombarded to enact a national Sabbath. This Christian lobbying force was not successful in getting an acknowledgement of God, Christ, and the Bible authority in a preamble to their law proposal.
Sir William Blackstone viewed profanation of the Sabbath as punishable because it corrupted morals. At the same time, 1894, "Fishing on Sunday," was a penal statue. The Blue Laws-------
More liberal (progressive is what the word means, not being stuck in the past as conservatives) clergymen and churches were saying Sunday should observe what Jesus said, "the Sabbath was made for man." They insisted to give the people leisure for thought, rest, and clear the mind for a new week of work, would benefit both religious and secular life.
DeWitt Talmage was a leading preacher in 19th century New York. He cautioned, "Don't fight newspapers. Attack provokes attack." Talmage's brother was a missionary to East China and I want to write someday about him. Excuse me, I digress.
Having lived in a time when stores closed down on Sunday and early on Wednesdays (mid-week services), I admit it was a far different time than today. Mother bought groceries during the weekdays and never considered going to a movie on a Sunday. It just was not even considered as a option.
In the 1930s and 1940s, there might be one or two gasoline stations open Sunday, but only on the highway or the afternoon. City buses did not run and public schools did not hold athletic or academic contests. During the summer there were no Wednesday night softball games scheduled. (I have my doubts how many of the players, coaches and fans darkened a church door on Wednesday nights – unless a good supper was being involved. The coach of my team was in church, he was the educational director.)
Wide-open Sundays are not progress, nor a blessing. May I suggest a new American law? Make work illegal on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This would fulfill the Law of Moses.
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The Bible tells us that the Lord God told the people of Israel to do all their labor in six days and keep holy the seventh (Exodus 20:8-11, 31:12-17).
Christians came along some ages later, though most of them came from a Jewish heritage, they did not apply this command literally. The new faith took "the first day of the week," Sunday as their day of rest and worship.
The Puritans settled in New England and kept the Old Testament close, but worshipped on Sundays. Along with other colonists, they wrote many laws to restrict Sunday work and what was permitted on Sundays and what was not proper.
Well into the 19th century, many of these religious laws were carried over to the secular law courts and subject to various punishments. In 1831-32, the famous French traveler, Alexis de Tocqueville observed "Sunday travelers being stopped by officials and interrogated about the necessity o their trip." (Jeffery A. Smith quote from de Tocqueville's "Journey to America.")
In 1810 the Postal Service provoked those who saw the Sabbath as holy by announcing mail service would be delivered seven days a week. The government was pliable and tried to make delivers on Sunday to not interfere with church services. Some hard-liners against the 7-day mail delivery sound like today's televangelist Pat Robertson: the holy day was being profaned; morality would decay; predicted that a wrathful God would punish the nation.
The National Reform Association was formed by eleven denominations during the Civil War. This group regarded the Civil War as divine judgment. Even the end of Christianity was predicted.
1890, Postmaster General John Wannamaker, a Presbyterian elder and Bible teacher, was denounced at a Sabbath Association meeting saying he should be dismissed from his church unless he stopped Sunday mail service. He didn't stop the service.
The printing of Sunday newspapers were attacked. Many post offices were in stores, so they stayed open for mail pick-up and place to buy newspapers. This little crack in the mercantile door caused more stores to begin Sunday openings. Ballgames and fairs became popular. The congress was bombarded to enact a national Sabbath. This Christian lobbying force was not successful in getting an acknowledgement of God, Christ, and the Bible authority in a preamble to their law proposal.
Sir William Blackstone viewed profanation of the Sabbath as punishable because it corrupted morals. At the same time, 1894, "Fishing on Sunday," was a penal statue. The Blue Laws-------
More liberal (progressive is what the word means, not being stuck in the past as conservatives) clergymen and churches were saying Sunday should observe what Jesus said, "the Sabbath was made for man." They insisted to give the people leisure for thought, rest, and clear the mind for a new week of work, would benefit both religious and secular life.
DeWitt Talmage was a leading preacher in 19th century New York. He cautioned, "Don't fight newspapers. Attack provokes attack." Talmage's brother was a missionary to East China and I want to write someday about him. Excuse me, I digress.
Having lived in a time when stores closed down on Sunday and early on Wednesdays (mid-week services), I admit it was a far different time than today. Mother bought groceries during the weekdays and never considered going to a movie on a Sunday. It just was not even considered as a option.
In the 1930s and 1940s, there might be one or two gasoline stations open Sunday, but only on the highway or the afternoon. City buses did not run and public schools did not hold athletic or academic contests. During the summer there were no Wednesday night softball games scheduled. (I have my doubts how many of the players, coaches and fans darkened a church door on Wednesday nights – unless a good supper was being involved. The coach of my team was in church, he was the educational director.)
Wide-open Sundays are not progress, nor a blessing. May I suggest a new American law? Make work illegal on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This would fulfill the Law of Moses.
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