This morning when I woke up I put on my running shoes, and actually went running in them. I bought those shoes in January for that purpose. You already know that I quit smoking back in November. One of the reasons that I did that was because I noticed that my cardio vascular fitness had diminished.
Well, I ran today. It just felt like the right thing to do. A degree recent inactivity has left me feeling lethargic. I don't like that feeling. Plus, when I was trying on clothes at the store the other day, that dressing room mirror showed me a little bit of the bell shaped curve that people commonly call love handles. Let's face it journal...nobody loves love handles.
I remembered that I like running, and with a little consistent effort I will learn to like it again. Not that I didn't learn anything by running today. I learned that I can still outrun a dog, and that smoking and sitting around makes your lungs feel really tiny.
Okay, Okay...she didn't write that, but she probably wanted to.
Majority rules. That is still the rule I think. The bulk of the citizens in Colonial America were Christian. The majority of Americans today are Christian (at least nominally). "Church" is principally a Christian term. And as far as I know, majority still rules.
This does not mean that the Church as a constitutional right to shove their religion down everyone else's throat. Nor does it mean that the Government has a responsibility to de-god everything. It simply means majority rules, and the majority of us are Christian (at least that's what we claim). Where non-Christian persons are concerned, the last time I checked, neither the Government, nor the Church demands your participation. I'm pretty sure religious freedom (at least for a little while) still exists.
Majority rules, but no one is forcing the minority to be anything other than what they are. If it's not a law then it should be: You have the right to be passive, but you do not have the right to disrupt everyone else. In other words sit quietly during the Pledge of Allegence and don't say anything; the same goes for public prayers. Money that says "god" on it will still pay for what you need, and need not be considered an act of worship.
Christians....well in short....learn to follow Jesus' example a little better, and maybe everyone else won't be so pissed off at you.
I would like to interject that there is no such thing as a separation of Church and State. No such separation exists, it cannot exist by definition. The United States was founded with a government of the the people, for the people, and by the people.
What is the State? It is You and I. It is the people that make up the State. The State is not merely a territory, nor some absract legal concept. It is not merely a conglomerate of politicians who dictate to the rest of us what is so. To the contrary, it is us the people whom should dictate to the government what shall be so.
What is the Church? It is You and I (if you are Christian). It is the people that are the Church. Church is not merely an institution, nor is it simply a building where people go to sing. The Church at the root of the word itself is the people.
The idea of a separation of Church and State cannot survive on its own. The same people that are the Church are also the State. It is you and I that must decide what shall be so, and not the egos of politicians and clergymen.
I don't object to seeing anyone in their underwear. Well....almost anyone.
I can see how younger girls get caught in the trap of believing that their body is their only source of value. I expect that women over 30 would have grown out of that sort of mentality.
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RE: Answer a question with a question....
Do you have repetitionitis?