Echoing the sentiments of religious-right activists who last month decried a Hindu guest chaplain giving the opening prayer in the Senate, Rep. Bill Sali (R-Idaho) warned that “the protective hand of God” could be lifted. Sali also cited the threat of his Muslim colleague, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minnesota), but unlike comments last December by Rep. Virgil Goode (R-Virginia) linking Ellison to immigration and 9/11, Sali warned that Ellison’s presence, like the Hindu prayer, would displease both America’s founders and God."We have not only a Hindu prayer being offered in the Senate, we have a Muslim member of the House of Representatives now, Keith Ellison from Minnesota. Those are changes -- and they are not what was envisioned by the Founding Fathers," asserts Sali.Sali says America was built on Christian principles that were derived from scripture. He also says the only way the United States has been allowed to exist in a world that is so hostile to Christian principles is through "the protective hand of God.""You know, the Lord can cause the rain to fall on the just and the unjust alike," says the Idaho Republican.According to Congressman Sali, the only way the U.S. can continue to survive is under that protective hand of God. He states when a Hindu prayer is offered, "that's a different god" and that it "creates problems for the longevity of this country."
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The difficulties encountered by former protestants who become Catholics I am a revert. I was baptized in the Catholic Church. Through a divorce in the family I was raised in Protestant circles, eventually attending a Protestant Bible school. My journey back to the Church came through a church history class and working at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. The church history class was abbreviated, meaning it jumped from the Book of Acts to the Reformation. In my spare time I read the Early Church Fathers to fill in the gaps. Years later, while working as a counselor at the Billy Graham association, a friend invited me to his confirmation into the Church. At first I thought it was weird for a Protestant counselor to be joining something as "alien" as the Catholic Church. It was not like changing denominations, it was more like changing religions.
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I have not yet reached a tragic end and my life as it is has not been too hard. Life, however, seems bit busy. Some of the things I've got going on are: an upcoming art show and book signing for my "A Tic In The Mind's Eye"TM comics, publishing another book, an album project, a music performance for the Island's Earth Day 2008 celebration, and construction of a website for Island visitors and businesses. These along with trying to write to earn money on-line and most of all being a husband and parent of 7 kids. It is difficult at times for me to know what to let go of and move on and when. At least I'm not God. I know that sometimes multi-tasking is a god-like feat. Just ask the Goddess- my wife!
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