God not in schools email! Shameful!

So, I received this email the other day from a well meaning Christian friend of mine. Those who don't know me should know I am a reformed Catholic turned Lutheran and fairly involved in my church and take my religious beliefs seriously. Not to mention, I lean mostly toward the conservative side. So normally, you would think I would agree with this email. I put the email here and my response is below. Thoughts?

Dear God:
Why didn't you save the school children at ?. ..

• Moses Lake, Washington 2/2/96
• Bethel, Alaska 2/19/97
• Pearl, Mississippi 10/1/97
• West Paducah, Kentucky 12/1/97
• Stamp, Arkansas 12/15/97
• Jonesboro, Arkansas 3/24/98
• Edinboro, Pennsylvania 4/24/98
• Fayetteville, Tennessee 5/19/98
• Springfield, Oregon 5/21/98
• Richmond, Virginia 6/15/98
• Littleton, Colorado 4/20/99
• Taber, Albert a, Canada 5/28/99
• Conyers, Georgia 5/20/99
• Deming, New Mexico 11/19/99
• Fort Gibson, Oklahoma 12/6/99
• Santee, California 3/ 5/01
• El Cajon, California 3/22/01
• and Blacksburg, VA 4/16/07 ?

Sincerely,
Concerned
Student
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Reply:
Dear
Concerned Student:

Sorry, I am not allowed in schools.

Sincerely,
God

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How did
this get started?...
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Let's see,I think it started when
Madeline Murray O'Hare complained She didn't want any prayer in our
schools.
And we said, OK.
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Then, someone said you
better not:
Read the Bible in school; the Bible that says"thou shalt not
kill, Thou shalt not steal, And love your neighbors as yourself,"
And we
said, OK...
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Dr. Benjamin Spock said We shouldn't spank
our children When they misbehaved Because their little personalities Would be
warped and we might damage their self-esteem.
And we said, An expert should
know what he's talking about So we won't spank them
anymore..
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Then someone said Teachers and principals
better not Discipline our children when they misbehave. And the school
administrators said No faculty member in this school Better touch a student when
they misbehave Because we don't want any bad publicity, And we surely don't want
to be sued.
And we accepted their reasoning...
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Then
someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want, And they
won't even have to tell their parents.
And we said, that's a grand
idea.
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Then some wise school board member said, Since
boys will be boys And they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the
condoms they want, So they can have all the fun they desire, And we won't have
to tell their parents they got them at school.
And we said, that's another
great idea...
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Then some of our top elected officials
said It doesn't matter what we do in private as long as we do our jobs.
And
we said, It doesn't matter what anybody, including the President,Does in private
as long as we have jobs and the econ omy is
good....
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And someone else took that appreciation a step
further And published pictures of nude children And then stepped further still
by Making them available on the Internet.
And we said, everyone's entitled to
free speech....
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And the entertainment industry said,
let's make TV shows and movies that promote Profanity, violence and illicit
sex...And let's record music that encourages Rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and
satanic the mes...
And we said, it's just entertainment And it has no adverse
effect And nobody takes it seriously anyway, So go right
ahead.
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Now we're asking ourselves Why our children have
no conscience, Why they don't know right from wrong, And why it doesn't bother
them to Kill strangers, classmates or even
themselves.
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Undoubtedly, If we thought about it long
and hard enough, We could figure it out. I'm sure it has a great deal to do
with...
"WE REAP WHAT WE SOW"
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Pass it on If you
think it has merit! If not then just discard it... But if you discard this
thought process, Then don't you dare sit back and complain about What bad shape
this country is in!!
Why is it our children can not read a Bible in school,
but can in Prison.

My response: (Slightly revised for posting here!)

Dearest Concerned Christian... (LOL)

While I understand the
"point" of this email, to blame the killings of the children on the fact that
God has been removed from school is wagging the dog. The blame should be
put on those responsible. Those who use this type of "advertisement" to
promote their agenda's are just as bad as the liberals who use a black man tied
to the back of a truck and dragged to his death to accuse Bush of racism.
(Not you of course, I am referring to the original author) Though the
basic ideals of the email certainly provide thought and should be discussed, I
actually find it too sensitive an issue to turn into propaganda.

The author makes many "Points" but they have nothing to do with school
shootings. Though some may be valid points and observations, going
from God in schools to violence on TV to authorizing spankings only distract
from the point. This is like when the NY Times tries to take a fluff
piece like the dangers of children eating cotten candy and
somehow ties it to Bush's war in Irag.

Aside from putting in extraneous information, it conveniently left out some
too. Like the Amish school where all those children were horribly killed
by a gunman. You can't blame God for not being in that school!!!!

When you really think about it, do you really think our compassionate
God would let children die to make a point? Especially, one that will go
right over the liberals heads anyway? (Not mine) The only ones that
would understand God's lesson are those who already understand.

I detest hypocrits, regardless of the "side" they are on! Stay tuned, I am back and ready to point them all out to you!