So I read the inaugural speech.
It was the socialist screed I had expected, with a couple of particularly chilling items. I cringed at "restore science to its rightful place."
No offense, Erich the Science Dude, and all other science dudes who might be reading, but what is it's "rightful" place?
Did I imagine all those tax-funded space shuttle missions? I could have sworn I watched them embark with my own eyes, from my own back yard.
And I help Caleb with his science homework at least once a week. His school has a nice science website where we go to learn all things scientific. He brings home his science notebook every night. He has no such "God" notebook. (Or history notebook, for that matter.)
I could go on, but I just wanted to mention that when I read about the restoration of science to its rightful place, a chill went up my leg.
But just a small chill. Nowhere near the chill I got from hearing the first presidential speech of my memory that ended without asking for God's blessing on our country in any way. Not even in an apologetic, watered-down, PC Bill Clinton kind of way. Nada.
This, of all times, seems a bad time to make sure God knows that as a country, we are no longer interested in invoking His blessing.
But the important thing was accomplished. No non-believers were offended.
Yes, The One did mention that God's grace is upon us. I guess he figures we're entitled to it, by virtue of having been splendid enough to have elected him.
I pray that God's grace will be upon us in spite of that face.
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4 comments:
Good catch, Peggy. Chilling, indeed.
Not my catch but Karen Hall's over at Some Have Hats. I totally agree . . . chilling.
I was wondering about that too. Was it meant to be a slam against Bush's stem-cell research? Was it some attempt at trying to sound throughly modern? Was it about global warming? Somewhat distrubing in its vaugness.
A friend in Texas has said that with the Oath, we are now headed directly into Socialism.
Lord have mercy. I am asked to accept what I cannot change, and I absolutely must pray that this will be better than we envision. If not, we believers will always have our Lord and Savior, and we need nothing else on our side.
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