Just FYI,
CALLING your home a "Christian home" and BEING a Christian are two different
things..........
----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy HPTraderOnline" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Pledge of Allegiance ? Was church and state
> A friend of mine is a social worker here in Oregon. He said 90% of the
> social misfits in the program come from good Christian homes.
>
> Guy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wirt Atmar" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 9:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Pledge of Allegiance ? Was church and state
>
>
> > Wayne writes:
> >
> > > You and me both! A lot of our tradtional "prudishness" has been
> > eliminated,
> > > to the great detriment of our families and our society.
> >
> > Just to throw a little cold water on an otherwise excellent tirade, if
you
> > use divorce rates as an indicator of family stability and an adherence
to
> > family values, you find that as a general trend, the states that pride
> > themselves with the highest "Christian" ethics also have the highest
> divorce
> > rates.
> >
> > http://www.divorcereform.org/94staterates.html
> >
> > Of course, the situation is more complicated than merely that. Those
same
> > states also tend to have relatively low education rates and higher than
> > normal levels of poverty.
> >
> > Wirt Atmar
> >
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