Excellent Quote
(on what inspired him to write 'Our Country')
It was just kind of trying to be open minded about this country. You know, "There's room enough here for science to live/There's enough room for religion to live." It's a big place. There's enough room for a lot of ideas. There are too many people getting in the way of having a nice world by saying, "Oh, I can't do that. I can't have my kid in a school that says the Pledge of Allegiance. I can't have my kid in a school that can't pray. I can't have my kid in a school that doesn't teach creation."Isn't our brain big enough to take in all this information and then let the individual make a decision about what the individual believes? If you hide information from people, don't want people to see the Ten Commandments or don't want people to hear about Darwin, aren't we hiding things that we know from our future generations? I just think that that's incorrect. That's not the America that I believe in.
posted by Callie | 3/15/2007 07:51:00 AM
7 Comments:
Can I get an AMEN over here?!
I have a plant on my deskat work that's called a "prayer plant." It's also known as a "ten commandments plant." It's really really cool looking, but once I found out what it was, I made damn sure I knew how to feed it.
You're the best, hon.
I'll add another "amen." Truly!
John Mellon Who? FYI Callie Mo is on the mend. Jake will be operated on Tuesday for his knee...Not fun for a ten year old... I will try to keep the blog uploaded with all the info..before and after.
I'm not a fan of his music, but I loved that quote.
:)
You haven't visited lately...I have not made reservations yet...
People think for themselves?
No.
I think the problem is the court systems telling people what to do, epsecially when they are making it up as they go.
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