This is from an evangelist that I know here is Alabama regarding a recent meeting with Michael Newdow, the self-proclaimed atheist.
 
This kind of reminds me of the atheist that had said: "I would have become A Christian had I not met any".
 
This kind of
 
 
Dear BridgeBuilder,
 
It has been an incredible day.  In the midst of the heightening and already
frenetic preparation for summer ministry, a Christian brother in our area
invited Larissa and me to an amazing meeting.
 
It seems that a member of a nearby Sunday School class had been praying for
Michael Newdow.  You already know, of course, that Michael is the fellow
who, among other things, is pushing to have 'In God We Trust' taken off our
money and to have the words 'under God' eliminated from our Pledge of
Allegiance.  Hearing the burden of the class member, the teacher sent a fax
to Mr. Newdow and invited him to visit their Sunday School class and the
morning worship service.
 
To cut right to the chase, Michael accepted the invitation!  In the course
of conversations that followed, several intriguing issues surfaced.  Michael
shared with the Sunday School teacher tapes of messages left on his
answering machine since he began his crusade.  These messages dripped with
anger, hatred, and bitterness toward him and toward his positions.  Some
threatened his life.  These were from professing Christians.  While I can't
help but appreciate a believer's passion for his faith, for his nation, and
for his Lord and Savior, I also simply can't reconcile that passion with the
kinds of vile messages and emotions communicated with another human being.
 
Before coming, Michael asked if it were possible to meet and have
conversation with Judge Roy Moore while he visited Alabama.  Again, this
faithful, humble Sunday School teacher worked to demonstrate his love for
his God and for this atheist by working out that very thing.  In fact,
Larissa and I were honored with the privilege of being a part of this
dialogue.
 
The conversation was fascinating.  Of course, Mr. Newdow and Judge Moore do
not share the same fundamental beliefs necessary for agreement.  But to hear
these two men discuss the issues on a couch in a rural bed and breakfast was
a rare event indeed.  Judge Moore clearly articulated our Christian view
that there is a law higher than any law written by any man; there is the
absolute law and morality of God.  He asked the question, "On what basis
were the Nuremburg Trials held?"  The people on trial were Germans and not
subject to any other nation's law.  The answer, of course, is the
fundamental belief that natural law, the law that comes from God, supersedes
the law of the governments of man.
 
Michael continued to hold that the most basic value of Americans is the
right of equality among people, and that for government to acknowledge God
is an affront to those who may not believe in God.  In fact, he believes
that this acknowledgement tramples his right of equality.  The judge
referred him back to the process of Alaska and Hawaii receiving statehood in
the fifties.  To become states, they were required to acknowledge the
founding documents of the United States.  These documents include the
Declaration of Independence, which clearly states that we are created beings
and that each human being has inalienable rights endowed on them by their
Creator.  Obviously, this founding document itself clearly acknowledges God
and sets the precedent for all ensuing generations.
 
Juxtaposed against these lofty discussions was a terrifying fact.  When
asked why he accepted the invitation to Sunday School, Michael Newdow
answered, "Because you asked me."  When asked further, he said, "No one ever
asked me before."  The man is a medical doctor and a lawyer.  He grew up and
was educated in this Christian nation.  No one ever asked him to church.
 
Who stands in our lives waiting to be invited to Christian discipleship?
Who is waiting for me?  Who is waiting for you?
 
"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:  Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even
unto the end of the world. Amen."  Matthew 28
 
For the children,
 
Tom