You published the view of a self-proclaimed agnostic (Feb. 25) who wrote, "organized religion truly is the opiate of the masses." He concluded that old familiar theme with, "How delusional it is to believe that one's religion is 'right' while everyone else's is wrong, and we all know this includes Christians as well."
We all know that a man called Peter was not "delusional" when he said to Jesus, "To whom shall we go, thou hast the words of eternal life, and we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus answered, "Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil" (John 6: 68-71). Only this one named Judas proved to be delusional.
One out of 12 leaves a pretty good percentage of us Christians who are not delusional.
Jim Ellis
Stoney Creek
Comments (4)
This letter writer makes sense. While both fundamental christians and muslims do their evil hateful deeds, it causes us to label all christians and muslims as evil. Seems like both religions should work harder to distance themselves from the fundamentalists. I know this statement will cause the usual replies, but there's really very little difference in religious zealots of any religion.
Posted by Tony Morton![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://blog.news-record.com/staff/letters/nav-commenters.gif)
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March 9, 2006 10:26 AM
and you still see christianity as the only "right" religion?
ok so 1 in 12 christians is delusional.. lets find 11 more names to describe the others. I'll go first
I know 1 in 12 christians is respectful of other religions though he/she may not agree with the teachings.
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March 9, 2006 10:26 AM
I agree with Tony. Whatever happened to saying "I love the guy cause he's my brother but he's crazy. Don't get to close to him."
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March 9, 2006 10:28 AM
Tony, from my viewpoint, nothing more needs be said; you have stated the true heart of the matter!
Shalom
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March 9, 2006 5:30 PM