Stupid Christian Hijinks

Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 01:56:09 -0400 (EDT)
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Go to http://www.mcjonline.com/news/03a/20030603a.shtml for a good
laugh, part of it below. When was Jesus' name on the dollar bill or on
the pledge? Christians (and all of the religious) are so pitifully
stupid.
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Country Song Mentioning Jesus Dropped From Stations
Daron Norwood's song, "In God We Trust," made it to some mainstream
country playlists and briefly enjoyed status as the most requested song
before radio executives started dropping the song because it contains
the name of Jesus.
"WSM [in Nashville] played the song for two days when it first came out
and said it was their most requested song," said Mike Borchetta,
president of Lofton Creek Records, the label that signed Norwood. "Then
they stopped playing it and said it was too long. I said, 'Too long?'
and they said, 'Well, it's got too much Jesus in it.'"
KWNR, a country station in Las Vegas, was another station that began to
play the song and then dropped it.
"It was the most requested song for 10 days in a row, and then they said
it had too much religious content," Borchetta told Baptist Press.
The song's lyrics begin, "Take His prayers from the schoolhouse, His
name off the dollar bill. Take His name out of the pledge 'cause you
don't think he's real. You got every right to be wrong, but give me my
rights too. Be yourself, but leave well enough alone." Then the chorus
follows, "If there's no Jesus, tell me who died for us? If there's no
Father, why do I feel His love? If there's no heaven, tell me where do
mamas go? It's more than just a name we choose to love. It's in God we
trust."
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All others pay cash!