Worship and the nation

[tking]

This quote was one I received in email this morning:


And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss
of worship.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

It seems to me there might be a whole lot of truth to it.

[Tallen]

Yeah I think so. Is our nation in such a condition, yet?

[tking]

Yeah I think so. Is our nation in such a condition, yet?

I'm a bit torn on my answer. In some ways, I think we are rapidly heading that way if we haven't already reached it. But at the same time, I think some folks are returning to their faith because of the condition of our country, so maybe we're getting a chance to escape that.

I was listening to Glenn Beck yesterday as I checked cows (talk radio has gotten my attention lately), and he made the comment that he'd had a "feeling" of sorts for the past few years that we were about to see a global upheaval, and he had made a decision to start openly encouraging his listeners to pray. He'd decided he was going to be more vocal about God and about how He is the only way to save this country. So when this came in email today, I thought it a neat little coincidence.

[Tallen]

I'm a bit torn on my answer. In some ways, I think we are rapidly heading that way if we haven't already reached it. But at the same time, I think some folks are returning to their faith because of the condition of our country, so maybe we're getting a chance to escape that.

I was listening to Glenn Beck yesterday as I checked cows (talk radio has gotten my attention lately), and he made the comment that he'd had a "feeling" of sorts for the past few years that we were about to see a global upheaval, and he had made a decision to start openly encouraging his listeners to pray. He'd decided he was going to be more vocal about God and about how He is the only way to save this country. So when this came in email today, I thought it a neat little coincidence.

Glen Beck... http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_19_2.gif (http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZNxdm824MNUS)...he's something else. But I think he is right on this one.

[tking]

Glen Beck... http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_19_2.gif (http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZNxdm824MNUS)...he's something else. But I think he is right on this one.

I do grow tired of the, often, childish rhetoric of Beck, Hannity, Limbaugh, and Boortz. However, I have been paying attention to some of the issues talked about, and for the most part, they have raised some very legitimate concerns. Granted, they go overboard on their parallels and conspiracy thinking, but that doesn't change the importance of the issues.

I think he's right as well.

[Tallen]

I do grow tired of the, often, childish rhetoric of Beck, Hannity, Limbaugh, and Boortz. However, I have been paying attention to some of the issues talked about, and for the most part, they have raised some very legitimate concerns. Granted, they go overboard on their parallels and conspiracy thinking, but that doesn't change the importance of the issues.

I think he's right as well.

If it wasn't for the almost cartoon presentation of things by these fellows, I would like them much more. Especially Beck, he is like a cartoon figure himself. Personally I like Greta a little better, she at least trys to maintain some perfessionalism in her presentation. :L47: