Plucking the Eagle's Wings

Plucking the Eagle's Wings

mercies are new everyday! Teach kids this, or at least don't prohibit its discussion, and you will see new self-esteem in kids blossoming across the land. My Grandfather, John Bava, published this poem in one of his books. It mocks the utter nonsense of evolution: Three monkeys sat in a coconut tree, discussing things that are said to be. Said one to the other, now listen, you two; There's a certain rumor that can't be true: That man descended from our noble race, this very idea is a big disgrace. No monkey ever deserted his wife, starved her babies and ruined her life And you've never known a mother monk, to leave her babies with others to bunk Or pass them on from one to another, till they scarcely know who is their mother. And another thing you will never see: a monk build a fence `round a coconut tree And let the coconuts go to waste, forbidding the other monks to taste Why if I put a fence around a tree, starvation would force you to steal from me. Here's another thing a monk won't do: go out at night and get a stew Or use a club, a gun or knife to take another monkey's life We're fully convinced without any fuss, man has descended, but not from us. (Source: Scrapbook of Radiant Gems , John Bava, page 34) Since Creationism is a Biblical teaching, it is banned in the name of separation of church and state, even though in some communities about 65% of the youth in public schools also attend church at least occasionally. By the way, separation of church and state is not now, nor has it ever been, a law. It was a concept that our Founders were mindful of because their goal was to protect the free exercise of religion not to ban religion. However, protecting the free exercise of religion is a law; it is the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In the name of protecting non-Christians, must we totally eradicate our Christian heritage from every public place and public school? What is wrong with this picture? An Assault on Morality: So-called modem, enlightened educators

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