March 28, 2003
UNDER GOD:
House Approves National Day of Prayer (AP, Mar 27, 2003)The House passed a resolution Thursday calling for a national day of humility, prayer and fasting in a time of war and terrorism.The resolution, passed 346-49, says Americans should use the day of prayer "to seek guidance from God to achieve a greater understanding of our own failings and to learn how we can do better in our everyday activities, and to gain resolve in meeting the challenges that confront our nation."
Under the resolution, President Bush would issue a proclamation designating a specific day as a day of "humility, prayer and fasting." [...]
A similar resolution approved on March 17 said it was the sense of the Senate that that day should be a national day of prayer and fasting.
What about Jefferson's wall, we hear them whine.... Posted by Orrin Judd at March 28, 2003 6:05 PM
As long as it's a request, I don't mind. And as long as I don't have to pay for it.
Posted by: Harry Eagar at March 29, 2003 12:00 AM... and as long as I don't have to pray to the Christian god. I'll pray all day to my
gods.
We hail both of your sensible admissions that it is entirely appropriate for Congress to make religious pronouncements.
Posted by: oj at March 29, 2003 9:35 AMAs long as these things are not made into law of the land, and as long as the language is kept in general terms rather than favoring Christianity, I'm OK with it.
Posted by: Ann Northcutt Gray at March 29, 2003 11:10 AMAnn:
Well, you're making progress anyway... :)
I think religious people should make every
effort to display humanity. They have a lot
of ground to make up.
As opposed to your secular humanist crew--from Marx to Saddam?
Posted by: oj at March 30, 2003 12:39 PMReligious belief has a nasty tendency to be a pox on humanity, regardless of whether there is a transcendent being thrown into the mix.
Posted by: Regards, Jeff Guinn at March 30, 2003 10:18 PM