Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson
> asked her "How could God let something like this happen?" (regarding the
> attacks on Sept. 11).
>
> Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said
> "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years
> we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our
> government and to get out of our lives.
>
> And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can
> we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He
> leave us alone?"
>
> In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I
> think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body
> found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we
> said OK.
>
> Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school ... the Bible
> says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as
> yourself. And we said OK.
>
> Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they
> misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might
> damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an
> expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.
>
> Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our
> children when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty
> member in this school better touch a student when they misbehave because
> we don't want any bad publicity, and we surely don't want to be sued
> (there's a big difference between disciplining, touching, beating,
> smacking, humiliating, kicking, etc.). And we said OK.
>
> Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want,
> and they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said OK.
>
> Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys and
> they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms they
> want so they can have all the fun they desire, and we won't have to tell
> their parents they got them at school. And we said OK.
>
> Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter what we do
> in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them, we said it
> doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President, does in private
> as long as I have a job and the economy is good.
>
> Then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women and
> call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the female
> body. And we said OK.
>
> And then someone else took that appreciation a step further and published
> pictures of nude children and then further again by making them available
> on the Internet. And we said OK, they're entitled to free speech.
>
> Then the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies that
> promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let's record music that
> encourages rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes. And we said
> it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect, nobody takes it
> seriously anyway, so go right ahead.
>
> Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they
> don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill
> strangers, their classmates, and themselves.
>
> Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out.
> I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
