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Stephen Harper mentions ‘God’ twice in Canada Day tweet, and outrage erupts
Yahoo! Canada News ^ | Wednesday, July 2, 2014 | Andy Radia

Posted on 07/04/2014 3:04:09 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian

It may be nothing, but when Prime Minister Stephen Harper thanked God for keeping the country safe on Canada Day, he did so with the heaviest of thumbs and it did not go unnoticed.

In one tweet, Canada's leader nearly doubled the amount of Godly references he has made this year, hammering the reference into a Canada Day message, twice.

"God bless you all, and God keep our true north, strong and free!" reads a message posted to Harper's official Twitter account.

(Excerpt) Read more at ca.news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: atheism; christianity; denial; god; handwringers
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To: octex
Doesn’t the Canadian national anthem, “Oh Canada” mention the word God a couple of times?

At least once, apparently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRTwPyIzY4A

Or if you're in a hurry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRTwPyIzY4A&t=3m38s

21 posted on 07/05/2014 2:01:46 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: octex
God keep our land
Glorious and free

22 posted on 07/05/2014 6:21:05 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Lacrosse- Canada's national sport, like hockey only violent)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Unfortunately so. It’s very sad...they’re depriving themselves of His presence, here and for the rest of eternity.


23 posted on 07/05/2014 8:00:10 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization).)
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To: CatherineofAragon

There’s a game that the devil plays, called “blame everybody — whether or not they are guilty.”

That’s how he indulges his desire to bad-mouth God, by bad-mouthing what God has put into His creation.

So when God actually pardoned genuine sin through the Cross, you can easily see how that makes the devil’s head explode. The devil ends up holding the bag, without anything to show for it but an eternity of grief.


24 posted on 07/05/2014 12:28:10 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: octex

In every verse, and throughout the fourth verse, which is:

Ruler supreme, who hearest humble prayer,
Hold our Dominion, in thy loving care.
Help us to find, O God, in thee,
A lasting rich reward.
As waiting for the better day,
We ever stand on guard.
God keep our land, glorious and free.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee!


25 posted on 07/15/2014 7:18:48 AM PDT by alphadoggie
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