We might think that atheists would want to partner for a
better world. Apparently, this is not the case:
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“Humanists [atheists] in America are attempting
to ban the practice of getting school children to fill shoeboxes with gifts to
send to children in deprived parts of the world.
·
Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child
collected more than 7 million gift-filled shoe boxes for hurting children
around the world this holiday season.
·
The American Humanist Association wants to stop
Operation Christmas Child, run by Franklin Graham's organisaton Samaritan's
Purse, from promoting the shoebox scheme.” http://www.christiantoday.com/article/humanists.want.to.ban.christmas.shoebox.gifts.to.children.around.the.world/101100.htm
We are not requiring atheists to become Christians. We just
insist that Christian be allowed to be Christian – the very right that the
First Amendment has always protected.
Instead, atheists and others are telling us that there is no room in this nation for Christians. This would be understandable if we were killing and kidnapping, but we are merely trying to carry out our Christian mandate to love and to demonstrate that Christ is the source of this love.
How can this great nation be held together in the face of such intolerance? Can the US continue to be an umbrella for the peaceful minded? It cannot!
Instead, atheists and others are telling us that there is no room in this nation for Christians. This would be understandable if we were killing and kidnapping, but we are merely trying to carry out our Christian mandate to love and to demonstrate that Christ is the source of this love.
How can this great nation be held together in the face of such intolerance? Can the US continue to be an umbrella for the peaceful minded? It cannot!
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