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NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Watchwoman<\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0 For atheists, it is not a National Day of Prayer<\/span> on May 3rd<\/span>. <\/strong>They are holding protests to insult God calling it their National Day of Reason on May 4th.\u00a0 They are a day late and a dollar short, don’t you think?\u00a0 Because when atheists make an attack, a direct affront to God, it is NOT called Reason, it is called Treason<\/span>.\u00a0 What a bunch of perishing fools atheists are!\u00a0 No one can argue with God and win.\u00a0 No one ever has and no one ever will.<\/p>\n

Christians, I hope you plan to participate in the National Day of Prayer in your area at organized prayer gatherings.\u00a0 If you don’t know of anything planned in your area, at noon — or if you work on your way home at 5 or 6 PM — just go up to the Flag Pole in front of your City Hall in your town and pray out loud.\u00a0 If you can’t think of anything to say, even if you just pray a simple prayer like . . .<\/p>\n

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Our Father, who art in heaven
\nhallowed be thy Name,
\nthy kingdom come,
\nthy will be done,
\non earth as it is in heaven.
\nGive us this day our daily bread
\nAnd forgive us our trespasses,
\nas we forgive those
\nwho trespass against us.
\nAnd lead us not into temptation,
\nbut deliver us from evil.
\nFor thine is the kingdom,
\nand the power, and the glory,
\nfor ever and ever.
\nAmen. <\/span><\/p>\n

You can take your King James Bible with you and read a Psalm.\u00a0 You might want to add: “God Save America, God bless and protect our troops, Give us righteous and Godly Officials from the White House to the School House and please grant mercy and perseverance to the saints not only in America but world wide!\u00a0 In Jesus name, I pray.\u00a0 Amen”\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

At noon you just might be pleasantly surprised to see other people there.\u00a0 You are allowed to pray on government grounds and you can pray in THE NAME OF JESUS<\/strong><\/span>, but if you don’t now, one day soon, you won’t be able to.\u00a0 You do not need permission to say a public prayer from any government official.\u00a0 It is your First Amendment Right! \u00a0\u25ac Donna Calvin<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Secularists counter May 4, 2012, National Day of Prayer with National Day of Reason<\/h1>\n

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Holding \u201cscience for reason\u201d book exchange May 4 \u2014 turn in a Bible and receive a free copy of Charles Darwin\u2019s \u201cThe Origin of Species\u201d<\/h2>\n

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By Kimberly Winston| Religion News Service, Published: April\u00a027<\/p>\n

As millions of Americans bow their heads next Thursday (May 3) for the annual National Day of Prayer, atheists, humanists and other nontheists will mark a day of their own.<\/p>\n

The National Day of Reason \u2014 or \u201cNDR\u201d in the shorthand of the nontheist community \u2014 will also be held May 3, part protest, part celebration and totally godless.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn times of great conflict and worry, people want to look to a higher power, and I am sympathetic to that,\u201d said Paul Fidalgo, communications director at the Center for Inquiry. \u201cBut our day puts the focus back on people and what we can do for ourselves. We are trying to make a better world on our own by emphasizing good works and good deeds on the day.\u201d<\/p>\n

To that end, local groups of nontheists will hold blood drives (Groton, Conn.) training in lobbying politicians (Raleigh, N.C.) and voter registration drives (Flagstaff, Ariz.), as well as marches, rallies and social gatherings. One group in Putnam, Conn., is holding a \u201cscience for reason\u201d book exchange \u2014 turn in a Bible and receive a free copy of Charles Darwin\u2019s \u201cThe Origin of Species,\u201d among other titles.<\/p>\n

NDR was started in 2003 by a Washington-based group of humanists who viewed government participation in the National Day of Prayer as a violation of the separation of church and state.While the numbers participating in NDR have never equaled those of the National Day of Prayer, NDR supporters scored a victory in 2010 when a federal judge ruled that the 1988 law that designates the first Thursday in May as the National Day of Prayer was unconstitutional.The victory was short-lived, as a higher court ruled in 2011 that government participation did not equal compulsory participation.This year, while there are no pending legal challenges, nontheist groups would still like to see the National Day of Prayer become a strictly private holiday.\u201cWe feel that having our chief elected officials proclaim a religious day to be a clear violation of the separation of church and state,\u201d Fidalgo said. \u201cBesides that, it is exclusionary not just for nonbelievers but to everyone who does not buy into monotheism.\u201d<\/article>\n
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Read More: http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/on-faith\/secularists-counter-national-day-of-prayer-with-national-day-of-reason\/2012\/04\/27\/gIQAp3VvlT_story.html<\/a><\/article>\n
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Posted by Donna Calvin \u2014 Tuesday, May 01, 2012<\/p>\n

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