Often some very good

material comes across the Internet and needs to be shared

with as many people as possible.

This was entitled "If

I were the devil," by Paul Harvey. I would like to

re-title it to read "If the devil came to

Georgia."

"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 the lives 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

mind of every family member for my agenda;

"I would attack the

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

movie screens, and I would call it art;

"I would convince the

world that people are born homosexuals, and that their

life-styles 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 agenda as

politically correct;

"I would persuade

people that the church is irrelevant and out of date, and

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." 1999 Paul

Harvey News

God's people, wake up! It's

up to us. As we go, so goes America!

The Rev. Dr. Knox Herndon

is the pastor of His House Community Church (SBC) and a

substitute school teacher in the Fayette County school

system, and a former Army chaplain. The church is

currently meeting in the American Legion Log Cabin across

from the fountain on the Square in Fayetteville. Prayer

line 770-719-2365; e-mail [email protected] .