Today's paper

In today's Rochester Democrat and Chronicle newspaper, there was an article about the Town of Greece being sued for allowing prayer before their meetings:
http://www.rochesterdandc.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080229/NEWS01/802290364

What is my thought on this? Well, clearly, the Town of Greece is violating the principles established by our forefathers. I mean, in the Constitutional Convention, when Benjamin Franklin said:

"In this situation of this Assembly, groping as it were in the dark to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, Sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of lights to illuminate our understandings?...

I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth that God Governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that "except the Lord build the House they labour in vain that build it." I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the Builders of Babel: We shall be divided by our little partial local interests; our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and bye word down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing Governments by Human wisdom and leave it to chance, war and conquest.

I therefore beg leave to move-that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning before we proceed to business, and that one or more of the Clergy of this City be requested to officiate in that Service.

(ok, that was more than I intended to post of the quote, but it was all good!)

And then there's George Washington:

"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports... Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles." - George Washington, Farewell address

And the people at the Town really should consider Abraham Lincoln:

"God rules this world. It is the duty of nations as well as men to owe their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow... and to recognize the sublime truths that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord." - Abraham Lincoln

But, President Lincoln wasn't one of the founding fathers, so he doesn't count.

I am reminded again, as was brought to our attention Wednesday with Tom Stiles from New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedom, that we need to pray for our rulers. Right now the Town of Greece is standing up for a religious right that it has, and a religious right that our local clergy currently has. Let's pray that these rights don't get taken away because some anti-Christians are making a fuss.

ok, and on a side note... Benjamin Franklin mentioned Babel in his post, and recently I was reading that account in Genesis. Did you know that the city that they were building is what is called Babel? If you read the account, God used tongues to keep them from making their city which He called Babel. The "Tower of Babel" should more properly be called the Tower which was in the City of Babel. "What's your point?" you may ask (and it has nothing to do with the first part of this post). Well, we need to read the Bible with fresh eyes. Trying to ignore those things which we take for granted, and only focus on those things which God's word actually says to us. How hard, how impossible that is... I wonder if I should have stretched this out into a post for Monday?! oh well...

Just a couple of thoughts