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9.18.08 @ 12:01AM

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Someone needs to tell reader M. Hans Liebert that his polemic was somewhat unconvincing, as it's hard to make the case for one's religiosity when one uses the lower case when invoking God's name. O.K., I just did. Also, I hope he doesn't take offense at my chuckling over the notion that he, and folks like him, are "moving in the direction of hope and faith." Pardon my skepticism, but to sneer at fellow Christians by calling them "right-wing extremists" and hate speech mongers, would appear to be a detour in direction. Or am I missing something here? I sense a certain velvet gloved, iron-fisted absolutism to the direction of "hope and faith" that Liebert and his fellow travelers want to go. You'll pardon me if I don't wish you all a bon voyage.
-- A. DiPentima

Mr. Liebert is aghast that Jeffrey Lord would suggest that those who attack Sarah Palin's faith are not Christian. (Personally, I don't think he said that, but let's grant the point). Mr. Liebert would do well to understand that Mr. Lord's opinion is not what he should be concerned about. I would commend two pieces of reading to Mr. Liebert. The first is in the Gospel of John, Chapter 3. It is the conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus on the subject of what does or does not constitute being a Christian. What Mr. Liebert would discover, if he had eyes to see, which he obviously does not, is that identifying oneself as a "good Christian" does not make you one, any more than sleeping in a hen house makes you a chicken.

The second is in the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 24. In that chapter, Jesus explicitly states that there are "many" who call themselves "Christian," but are not, and will eventually be cast into outer darkness.

The "faith and hope" to which Mr. Liebert says the country is moving is a "faith and hope" that is responsible for the murder of 50 million infants, inside and outside their mother's wombs. It is a "faith and hope" that is espoused by a charlatan who actually spoke in opposition to a bill that would have provided for minimal care of infants born alive as the result of a botched abortion. In other words, infanticide.

No one, Mr. Liebert -- no one who is truly born again, would ever dream of supporting a candidate or party that espoused such barbarism that is in total opposition to all that Jesus Christ taught. In fact, Jesus said that you and your fellow travelers would be better off having a millstone tied around your necks and be cast into the midst of the sea than to face him on the Day of Judgement.

My opinion on this subject counts for nothing, Mr. Liebert. The opinion about which you need to be concerned is that of the Judge of all mankind, Jesus Christ. It is him you will face very soon.

Be afraid, Mr. Liebert. Be very afraid.
-- Keith Kunzler

When M. Hans Liebert writes, "Ignorant of the fact that one can have a liberal social view and still believe in god," one has to wonder if the use of the lower case "g" in "god" was a Freudian slip or purposeful disrespect. Or it may reflect that the Left's god is secularism and need not be capitalized.
-- Ira M. Kessel
Rochester, New York

MERGING AT 80 MPH
Re: Jim Karr's letter (under "Are You Experienced?") in Reader Mail's Us and Them and Eric Peters's Is 16 Too Young to Drive?:

Mr. Karr claims that a lot of kids in farm country drive trucks and tractors at age 11 and thus "By the time they reach 16 they have had five years of driving experience."

Uhhh, no sale. Driving a tractor on the side of some country road at 10 MPH with nothing but an occasional produce truck to contend with doesn't really qualify as driving experience.

I grew up in southern California where driving meant being on the I-5 freeway. Indeed, we all were required to do some freeway driving in high school driver's ed. When you take your driver's license test you have to show you can navigate a car in city traffic -- not maneuver a row crop tractor down a deserted dirt road or drag a hay merger over to the neighbor's farm.

Driving experience means operating a motor vehicle in moderate to heavy traffic conditions. It means understanding and complying with traffic laws while moving at speeds often exceeding 40 MPH.

I'm not sure how many 11 year old kids can claim they've done that. If not, then they can't claim to have driving experience than means anything.
-- Garry Greenwood
Gearhart, Oregon

FROM INGMAR BERGMAN COUNTRY
Re: Larry Thornberry's McCain in the Sunshine:

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