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It All Starts with Our SpiritWhen I was four years old my stepmother, the Queen of Belgium, used to tell me all the time, “Pray to God.” I would protest and say, “But he hurts me!” Then she would say, “That’s because you’re bad.” I said to myself, “I’m only a small human, but I’ll find out for myself who God is.” I’ve devoted my life to the pursuit of that goal. Now it’s clear to me that the Trinity of Gods is a huge group of spirits that control most of humanity through religion. The government is especially susceptible to their influence, as little more counts than the acquisition of votes. Every time President Bush opens his mouth, he mentions his God. When I heard Tony Blair speak after the September 11th disaster, I was very impressed with his acknowledgement that not everyone is a member of some religion. Leo Jean Someone sent me this article from a Las Vegas newspaper, and I must say that I couldn’t have expressed it better. “Way to go, Jerry Sturdivant!” From the Las Vegas Review-Journal ROAD TO TYRANNYChurch and StateThe dangers of mixing religion and government are obvious |
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| To the editor:
Velma Atherley wrote a let- |
unanimously passed by the U. S. Senate in 1797, stating: "...the government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian reli- gion." Also, the First Amend- ment says, "Congress shall make no law respecting an es- tablishment of religion" and in Article VI, "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trst under the United States." These people understood the dangers of religion in gov- ernment. The words God, Christian, and Christianity do not evern appear in the Consti- tution or the Bill of Rights. As to Velma Atherley's statement that this is a "God- believing nation," a recent poll by an religious organization shows there are 29 million nonbelievers, and many mil- lions of people of other reli- gions. Mrs. Atherley's suggestion |
that Mr. Messina leave the United States is typical of reli- gious intolerance we see in Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Northern Ireland and the fa- mous religious restriction we saw in Afghanistan. It seems if you are atheist, gay or of a different religion in America, these hypocrites will do the only thing left available to them: ruin your reputations and careers, and silence you as effectively as if they could still burn you. Until they un derstand, "We the People,"it is those like Velma Atherley who should leave. JERRY STURDIVANT |
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