I found the July 19 letter "Heritage" to be very
distasteful, arrogant, prejudiced and bigoted. The Bible is not what gave our
nation's citizens the freedoms we all enjoy (and sometimes take for granted).
Instead, the Bible has been used to discriminate against countless groups of
people in our nation's history and it continues to be used to justify
discriminating against certain groups of people because of their
"sin."
The Bible has been used to discriminate against Jews, Muslims and
other non-Christians. People have also used the Bible (and also the holy name
of God) to discriminate against blacks, women and people who are gay or lesbian.
How righteous is it to own another human being, or hold your wife as inferior
or discriminate against others just because they may be different from you? The
Bible should be used to promote love, mercy, forgiveness and equality, but I
guess our mortal, inferior minds will continue to use the name of God and his
book to justify our own sins.
I pray that God would have mercy on us all, for we have sinned
against him by using his unending good to do nothing but evil.
MATTHEW MORRELL HILL
(The above letter to the editor by Matt Hill was written in
response to the one below)
Heritage
We should not trash our heritage for the abyss of pluralism because
the Muslims in
The Bible, with its high morals and absolutes of right and wrong,
coupled with mercy, forgiveness, acceptance and a savior for eternal life,
which brings consolation and coherence, has been
E.A. TIMM
Walnut Cove