Letter to the Editor

Church, free speech

Monday, February 7, 2005

Dear Editor,

I would like to reply to the letters submitted by Michael Hendricks and Robert A. Yost on 2-2 A.D. 2005. Robert, I don't recall ever talking to you personally, but I suspect that at one time you were "hurt in church" being "hurt in church-is when you discover that the pastor and the entire congregation is human and imperfect just like you are.

What you apparently did was leave, rather than continue to worship the only Perfect One who ever walked the earth, Jesus. You, and a few others, claim that creationism (the Holy Bible) is a theory. Jesus Christ says its the absolute Truth.

No offense, but I am going to continue to believe Jesus instead of you. I would like to suggest that you read the whole Holy Bible, starting with the book of John. If you read a verse that disturbs you, or there is something you don't understand, write it down, and you will discover that it all comes together like the pieces of a puzzle.

If you still have questions after you have read it cover to cover call a Christian Pastor and ask him to explain it. You mentioned that our entire population comes from two people (Adam and Eve) and imply that incest was a part of it.

As far as what I have read further on in the Bible, and heard on a few sermons, is that the "law" didn't come into being until God handed Moses the Ten Commandments. Before the Ten Commandments, there was no law, and hence, no one could break the law.

If there was an explanation for every little detail in the Bible, it would be too heavy to carry to church. Your suggestion to tax the church sounds to me like "Misery loves company."

Maybe you figure if the Church were taxed, your tax burden would be less. There is a much better solution; "Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that (I earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways".

(Haggai 1:6,7.) Let me say one more thing about reading the Bible, when you start to read it the first time, it's like the first time you listened to the C.B. radio. You didn't quite understand everything being said, you have to develop an "ear" for it.

Michael, you bring up an interesting point, hypocrisy. The best explanation I have heard is thusly: Your dad has the freedom to promote and encourage drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes through his column, and I also have the freedom to dis- courage smoking and drinking alcohol.

If you believe that your dad is doing the right thing, any attempt to stop me would be hypocritical. Speaking of freedom, anyone who is addicted to nicotine or any other substance is not free, by any means. In 1991, when I was living in Denver, I went to A.A. meetings to often courage the people who were still struggling with alcohol addiction.

My message was, "I, by the grace of God, was able to stop drinking in 1979. If I can do it, it's possible for you. Most of the people in those meeting would testify of abstaining for less than a year, and then I would testify of being a teetotaler for 12 years. I believe that everyone who drinks alcohol is one drink away from skid row, and every smoker is one cigarette or cigar away from emphysema. If I was walking past a house, and noticed that it was on fire, I would attempt to warn the occupants inside so they could escape the fire. If just one side of a matter is presented, that is brainwashing.

In the advertisements for liquor and beer, a group of smiling people dressed in the height of fashion, is depicted. To avoid brain washing, a photo of a derelict passed out on the sidewalk, in a pool of his own spew, should also be shown. Cigarette companies should be required to provide coupons on the cigarette packs for oxygen bottles.

Sincerely,

George R. Anderson

McCook

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