A E-Mail that was sent to me and my response.

[Dragon*of*Heaven]

This evening I reseaved an Email from what I belive is a christan activist (i dont wish to give the account.) i thought i should share it with you and then my responce. :

Note: forwarded message attached.
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:13:11 EST
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>Subject: Response to CBS
> >
> Apparently we are to be allowed to watch TV
programs that use every foul
word in the English Language, but not the word "God." It will only take
a minute to read this and see if you think you should send it out.
>
DR. DOBSON'S PLEA FOR ACTION
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CBS discontinued "Touched by an Angel" for using the word God in every
program. Madeline Murray O'Hare, an atheist, successfully managed to
eliminate the use of Bible reading from public schools a few years ago.
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Now her organization has been granted a Federal Hearing on the same
subject by the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) in Washington,DC.
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Their petition, Number 2493, would
ultimately pave
the way to stop the
reading of the gospel our Lord and Savior, on the airwaves of America.
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They got 287,000 signatures to back their stand!
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If this attempt is successful, all Sunday worship services being
broadcast on the radio or by television will be stopped.
This
group is also
campaigning to remove all Christmas programs and Christmas carols from
public schools!!
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You as a Christian (or any other religious
background) can help!
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We are praying for at least 1 million signatures.
This would defeat their
effort and show that there are many Christians alive, well and concerned
about our country. As Christians we must unite on this. Please don't
take this lightly.
>
We ignored this lady once and lost prayer in our school and in
offices across the nation.
>
Please stand up for your religious freedom and let your voice be
heard.
Together we can make a difference in our country while creating and for
the lost to know the Lord.
>
Please press "forward," and forward this to everyone that you think
should read this.
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My respons was as follows:

Good Evening:

I understand your heartfelt ideals and your wishes to inspire. How ever I belive that they are wrong in your belifes. I think that it was a compleatly reasonable thing to have the bible taken out of schools. I am also of the faction that thinks that the words under God should be taken of the dollar and out of the pledge. You see in Europe not to long ago (by the standerds of time) Religion and the government ruled the people. Do you remember your lessons in history class that taught what happened as to this occurence. If not then I will refresh your memory it was War. Not only War but as well a great deal of lying, cheating, and misleading that was done by the Catholic Church its self. I for one do not want to repeat this mistake and allow for established religion to involve its self in government.

[solidsquid]

This whole thing is a hoax. There never was any drive by O'Hare to do this. This hoax has been around since the 70's.

The real RM-2493 had nothing to do with Madalyn Murray O'Hair nor did it have anything to do with banning religious broadcasting. That didn't stop the above petition from being widely circulated as concerned citizen after concerned citizen signed it, then sent it on to an ever-widening circle. It's still kicking around to this day despite the real RM-2493 going in front of the FCC in 1974 and being turned down by that body in 1975.

www.snopes.com/politics/religion/fcc.asp

A rumor has been circulating since 1975 that Madalyn Murray O’Hair, a widely known, self-proclaimed atheist, proposed that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) consider limiting or banning religious programming. Also circulating is a rumor that the FCC granted Ms. O’Hair an FCC hearing to discuss this proposal.

These rumors are untrue. In December 1974, Jeremy D. Lansman and Lorenzo W. Milam filed a petition (RM-2493) asking the FCC to inquire into the operating practices of stations licensed to religious organizations, and not to grant any new licenses for new noncommercial educational broadcast stations until the inquiry had been completed. The FCC denied this petition on August 1, 1975. Ms. O’Hair was not a sponsor of this petition.

Since that time, the FCC has received mail and telephone calls claiming that Ms. O’Hair started the petition and that the petition asked for an end to religious programs on radio and television. Such rumors are false. The FCC has responded to numerous inquiries about these rumors and advised the public of their falsehood. There is no federal law that gives the FCC the authority to prohibit radio and television stations from broadcasting religious programs.

www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/Religious.html

[Dragon*of*Heaven]

Thank you solidsquid for puting my mind at ease. I would hate to have had to really thought long and hard about this subject.

[solidsquid]

No problemo.