(Gisher trots up to the podium and taps the mike)
Gisher: GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY, nice to see you all back again.
(Crowd says good morning!)
Gisher: Today I’m going to talk about cartoons.
(Crowd moans)
Gisher: You thought I was through with the Muslim cartoons?
(Crowd says yes)
Gisher: Negative. But I am not going to talk specifically about them.
(Crowd says amen)
Gisher: Wow, ain’t that something? No, I am going to start with the Muslims themselves. Most of these Muslims live in their world; they live in their country. They only know what their rules are, they only know what their life is like, and they only know the reality that surrounds them. They do not understand what it is like to be a Christian or an American. That’s because they’ve never walked in our shoes.
(Crowd says amen)
Gisher: Does this mean that we Americans, do not have the right to have our own thoughts, our own ideals, our own laws, and our own religious beliefs?
(Crowd says NO!)
Gisher: Who are they to tell us what we should think, how we should live, and how we should worship?
(Crowd says amen)
Gisher: In America, we are granted the right to make these decisions for ourselves, and our Constitution and our Bill of Rights, assure us these rights.
(Crowd says amen)
Gisher: Many Americans would like to see the rest of the world, have the same rights we do, and to possess the same ideals.
(Crowd says amen)
Gisher: Most Americans would like to see that everyone else in the world respected America’s right to exist, and American’s rights, to live the way we choose.
(Crowd says amen)
Gisher: In America we believe strongly in our freedoms, and we have fought many battles to protect them. Many people have given up their lives to defend this American ideal.
(Crowd says amen)
Gisher: Now let me ask each one of you a question, just exactly who is America’s God? Who is America’s official God, who is America’s designated God? Do we have a specific God appointed in the Constitution? Is there a specific god mentioned in the Bill of Rights? If you can find that anywhere in our Constitution, or in our Bill of Rights, do me a favor and LET ME KNOW WHERE IT IS, because I’ve never seen it. I have read both documents, multiple times, and I’ve never seen a designated God mentioned. The only thing I’ve seen mentioned about God, is an article 1, where it clearly states that Congress shall make no laws, regulating or regarding, religion.
(Crowd says amen)
Gisher: Why is it this way? This country was formed, on the backs of people who had been persecuted for their religious beliefs. The founders did not want this to happen again in this country. So they set up protections, allowing each and every one of us, to practice the religion of our choice, to worship the God of our choice, without fear of retribution. In essence, freedom of religious thought. And that’s a good thing.
(Crowd says amen)
Gisher: I could not hear you, do we have religious freedom in this country? ARE WE SUPPOSED TO?
(Crowd says AMEN!)
Gisher: Dozens of religions are practiced in this country. Some have different Gods, some have multiple Gods, and some do not have any Gods at all. Do you people know what the definition of religion is?
(Crowds say no)
Gisher: If you’re talking about the English language, then just pick up any English-language dictionary. One of the definitions, in fact, the primary definition, is a belief in a God or Gods. No dictionary specifies which God. Another definition and another way to look at it, is religion is your way of life, how you choose to live. Not how anybody else chooses to live, but how you decide YOU WILL LIVE!
(Crowd says amen)
Gisher: Let’s talk about the God of Abraham. Does the God of Abraham demand, that nonbelievers worship him? If you find that, somewhere in the text of the King James Version of the Bible, YOU LET ME KNOW! Does Jesus demand that you follow him? Only if you are a believer and the same is true for God. What do God and Jesus ask believers to do, when they encounter nonbelievers? WITNESS PEOPLE; tell the nonbelievers, what will happen to them if they do not accept God or Jesus. Tell the nonbelievers, how they can improve their lives, by adding God or Jesus to their life. Neither God, nor Jesus, EVER ASKED YOU, TO FORCE ANYONE TO BELIEVE IN THEM, to force anyone to follow them, to force anyone to follow their rules. YOU ARE THE ONE who is supposed to follow the rules. You who have accepted Christ, you who have accepted the Lord, YOU ARE THE ONES who are supposed to follow their rules. Not the nonbelievers. If you can find a place in the Bible, where God or Jesus, order their followers, to force nonbelievers, to live a Christian way of life, let me know where it is. CAN I HEAR AMEN?
(Crowd says amen)
Gisher: God and Jesus, are whole lots smarter than all of us humans. Do you really want your wife or your husband, to stay with you because you force them to stay with you? That is not love, that’s called prisoner and warden. If you’re a sane person, you want your wife or your husband to be with you, because they love you, and because they want to be with you. If someone’s with you because you force them to be, is their heart really in it? Are they really with you? No they’re not; THEY ARE A PRISONER IN THEIR OWN HOUSE! Do you think God and Jesus, want phony followers, want people who don’t love them, who don’t really believe in them, idly following them? If you read the words actually read the words in the Bible, you will see no place, where forced subservience is asked for. God and Jesus are extremely intelligent. And unlike a lot of humans, GOD DOES NOT WANT TO FOOL HIMSELF! God wants the truth.
(Crowd says amen)
Gisher: Just a few moments ago, you people told me you did not want the Muslims to tell you who to worship or how to live, AM MY RIGHT?
(Crowd says yes)
Gisher: When the God of Abraham, has never ordered Christians to force people to convert to him, why are so many Christians telling the Muslims how they should live? If the Muslims wish to go to hell, God left that to them, for them to make the decision themselves.
(Crowd says amen)
Gisher: According to your own Bible, God asked you to witness to these Moslems, not to try and force them, to believe, or to live a certain way.
(Crowd says amen)
Gisher: And what are many of you Christians doing in America? Are you not trying to change the laws of man, so that the laws in the United States match the laws in the Bible? Are you not trying to make abortions illegal? Are you not trying to ban gay marriage? You are the ones, who are not supposed to have abortions; you are the ones, who are not supposed to engage in homosexual acts. Those are YOUR LAWS, the laws of YOUR GOD. These are the laws of YOUR RELIGION!
(Crowd says amen)
Gisher: You are trying to force nonbelievers, to live and think as you do. It may be with the best of intentions, but it is not what God asked for, it is not what God wants. God wants these people to willingly follow him, not to be forced into it, by the laws of man. Again, if you can find a place in the Bible where this is asked for, you go right ahead and let me know. It ain’t there people. God is too smart for that.
(Crowd says amen)
Gisher: Even when you change the laws of man, there is ample evidence all around us, that people still break the law. If it is not in their heart, to do the right thing, they will not do the right thing. This is a war fought in every human’s heart, and there are no laws you can pass, and there is no way for you to control that. The best you can do, is tell them of your way, tell them what the Lord asks, tell them what will happen to them, and then pray for them to convert. Passing a law, and forcing them to behave a certain way, doesn’t stop them from behaving a certain way, or we wouldn’t have anyone taking illegal drugs right now. OUR MURDER RATE WOULD BE ZERO!
(Crowd says amen)
Gisher: So who told you to fight gay marriage, and try and stop abortions by changing the law? IT WASN’T GOD!
(Crowd says amen)
Gisher: All God asked you to do was observe his laws and witness to those who didn’t.
(Crowd says amen)
Gisher: SHOW ME where God asked you to change the laws of man.
(Crowd says amen)
Gisher: God wants you to follow his laws, but he didn’t make it mandatory, he gave you the choice of how to live your life.
(Crowd says amen)
Gisher: Who told you to take the choice away from everyone else? LET ME HEAR WHO TOLD YOU!
(Crowd says amen)
Gisher: You good Christians think about that for a while, while you’re doing it, please remember that you told me you do not want the Muslims telling you how to live, AM I RIGHT?
(Crowd says amen)
Gisher: You want that choice to be yours, and it should be. Let’s forget about the Constitution and the Bill of Rights for just a moment. You want that choice for yourself, God clearly stated he wanted you to make that choice yourself. Why are you going against God’s will, and trying to force others to believe, and to live as you do? Ask yourself why you’re doing this, ask yourself who told you to do this? Are you trying to witness, or are you trying to control? DO YOU THINK YOU ARE WISER THAN GOD?
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