| The same paper (5/21/99 CDT) that describes another
shooting spree also reports a mother and her son who wish to eliminate the acknowledgment of duty to God from the Boy Scout oath. One would think lawmakers and all citizens would be scrambling to re-enforce duty and devotion to God after young people who hate or ignore God(except in cursing Him) commit such atrocities. But as students from Columbine testified before Congress this week, only God can take the hate out of one's heart. (By the way, the same paper reported a black man from Detroit who was murdered by a tire iron. Watch for Congress to require car-buyers to undergo background checks and waiting periods.) To this mother who thinks she is wiser than the Boy Scout's founders, I would say, "Go start your own group that doesn't mention God; require patriotism; or encourage moral straightness, physical fitness, or mental alertness, for ALL these principles just might cramp someone's lifestyle. Maybe an oath to Hitler, Nietzsche, Darwin, China, or Milosevic would be appropriate." To this lady's son who has similar beliefs, I would add, "Some day you will likely turn TO God as did Madelyn Murray O'Hair's son Bill after putting his mother's vulgar, immoral ideology into practice and finding such a life to be entirely miserable and hopeless. And, yes, Jesus will make Himself known to you with love, forgiveness, and grace."
Rev. Gabriel J. Morley
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