Wednesday, March 18, 2009

All I know to ask is... CAN YOU HEAR ME GROANING... OH GOD!

If they don't want a chaplain to refer to "GOD" then they just need to hire a motivational speaker.

This would be like forcing a surgeon to try to do surgery without a scalpel... or forcing a carpenter to saw wood without a saw...

Gets ridiculous after a while.


South Florida Sun-Sentinel

A chaplain at Hospice by the Sea in Boca Raton has resigned, she says, over a ban on use of the words "God" or "Lord" in public settings.

Chaplains still speak freely of the Almighty in private sessions with patients or families but, the Rev. Mirta Signorelli said: "I can't do chaplain's work if I can't say 'God' — if I'm scripted."

Hospice CEO Paula Alderson said the ban on religious references applies only to the inspirational messages that chaplains deliver in staff meetings. The hospice remains fully comfortable with ministers, priests and rabbis offering religious counsel to the dying and grieving.

"I was sensitive to the fact that we don't impose religion on our staff, and that it is not appropriate in the context of a staff meeting to use certain phrases or 'God' or 'Holy Father,' because some of our staff don't believe at all," Alderson said....

2 Comments:

Blogger jhthompson said...

What in the world is going on? Is the word "God" offensive to Americans now?? Give us a break!

Thx for letting me share here....

12:22 AM  
Blogger XtnYoda said...

Thank you for sharing!

God Bless!

12:33 AM  

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