On Thu, 02 Aug 2018 18:10:00 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:

>graham wrote:
>
>> On 2018-07-30 8:01 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
>> > graham wrote:
>> > > On 2018-07-30 4:52 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> > > > On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 11:36:38 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > And each is so unnecessary!!!
>> > > > > I went to school in England and each morning started with an
>> > > > > assembly when a hymn was sung and that usual prayer was
>> > > > > recited followed by a benediction from the head master. No
>> > > > > patriotism thankfully!!!
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > When I was conducting meeting as president of a club, I dropped
>> > > > the patriotic song, pledge of allegiance, and club pledge. We
>> > > > didn't do a closing song at the end either. Singing and
>> > > > pledging was not my thing. We did do a benediction before we
>> > > > ate. I mean, you have to give thanks and show gratitude for the
>> > > > food you eat, don't you?
>> > > >
>> > > Only to those who prepared it!!!
>> >
>> > Nonsense. One should always offer a mealtime prayer to Odin.
>> >
>> >
>> I see you haven't been touched by the noodley hands of the Flying
>> Spaghetti Monster:-)
>
>Ohh, do tell the story here!

Graham's a strong believer in atheism. Every now and again he preaches
his beliefs to us.