Paul Harvey--If I were the Devil

[bud]

By Paul Harvey

   

   I would gain control of the most powerful nation in the world;

   

   I would delude their minds into thinking that they had come from man's

   effort, instead of God's blessings;

   

   I would promote an attitude of loving things and using people, instead of

   the other way around;

   

   I would dupe entire states into relying on gambling for their state revenue;

   

   I would convince people that character is not an issue when it comes to

   leadership;

   

   I would make it legal to take the life of unborn babies;

   

   I would make it socially acceptable to take one's own life, and invent

   machines to make it convenient;

   

   I would cheapen human life as much as possible so that life of animals are

   valued more than human beings;

   

   I would take God out of the schools, where even the mention of His name was

   grounds for a lawsuit;

   

   I would come up with drugs that sedate the mind and target the young, and I

   would get sports heroes to advertise them;

   

   I would get control of the media, so that every night I could pollute the

   minds of every family member for my agenda;

   

   I would attack then family, the backbone of any nation. I would make

   divorce acceptable and easy, even fashionable. If the family crumbles, so

   does the nation;

   

   I would compel people to express their most depraved fantasies on canvas and

   movies screens, and I would call it art;

   

   I would convince the world that people are born homosexuals, and that their

   lifestyles should be accepted and marveled;

   

   I would convince the people that right and wrong are determined by a few who

   call themselves authorities and refer to their agendas as politically

   correct;

   

   I would persuade people that the church is irrelevant and out of date, the

   Bible is for the naive:

   

   I would dull the minds of Christians, and make them believe that prayer is

   not important, and that faithfulness and obedience are optional;

   

   I GUESS I WOULD LEAVE THINGS PRETTY MUCH THE WAY THEY ARE!

[tranquilo]

The answers to all our nation's (and the world's)

    problems are in the Bible.  If only we would read it,

   believe it, and put its teachings into practice -

   what a wonderful place it would be!

[gunr]

Trouble is, everybody has to abide by it, or it wont work!

[chopprs]

Oh how the world would be a perfect place if everyone were like......ME!

[22man]

Tranquilo,

   

   Isaiah 9:6

   

   Revelation 19:15

[tranquilo]

"He which testifieth these things saith, Surely

   I come quickly.  Amen.  Even so, come, Lord Jesus."

   Revelation 22:20  

   

   

[gunr]

Chops!

   I see an opening for you in that explanation! Do your thing!