Courier Post
Letters To The Editor
December 27, 2012
To The Editor:
We are now hearing from some in our nation that our rejection of God in our public schools has led to incidents like the horrendous slaughter in Newtown, Conn.
In my opinion, if God has proven anything over the past several thousands of years, assuming there is a God, this God has shown us humans that the ball is in our court.
Otherwise, how to explain the myriad number of horrendous and murderous actions taken by humans against their fellow humans throughout our human history, many of these actions said to be in the name of God.
I don't blame God for the Christian Crusades, for the deaths of so many native Americans who fell victim to Europeans intent on colonizing this great land.
I don’t blame God for the slavery of African men and women, for the Holocaust which killed not only six million Jews but millions and millions of others who were seen by the Nazis as less than human.
I also don't credit God for the occasional positive movement that we humans make as we work our way forward in life.
For me, the evidence is clear. The ball is in our hands.
I know. It's a scary thought, but the job of becoming a more civil and decent society rests solely on our human shoulders, and there are millions of reasons be they our children, our spouses, our parents, our friends, our community, for us to tackle this challenge as well as we can.
Ian Wachstein
Collingswood, NJ
Letters To The Editor
December 27, 2012
To The Editor:
We are now hearing from some in our nation that our rejection of God in our public schools has led to incidents like the horrendous slaughter in Newtown, Conn.
In my opinion, if God has proven anything over the past several thousands of years, assuming there is a God, this God has shown us humans that the ball is in our court.
Otherwise, how to explain the myriad number of horrendous and murderous actions taken by humans against their fellow humans throughout our human history, many of these actions said to be in the name of God.
I don't blame God for the Christian Crusades, for the deaths of so many native Americans who fell victim to Europeans intent on colonizing this great land.
I don’t blame God for the slavery of African men and women, for the Holocaust which killed not only six million Jews but millions and millions of others who were seen by the Nazis as less than human.
I also don't credit God for the occasional positive movement that we humans make as we work our way forward in life.
For me, the evidence is clear. The ball is in our hands.
I know. It's a scary thought, but the job of becoming a more civil and decent society rests solely on our human shoulders, and there are millions of reasons be they our children, our spouses, our parents, our friends, our community, for us to tackle this challenge as well as we can.
Ian Wachstein
Collingswood, NJ
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