Anti-Abortion Madness
According to a letter in today’s Hays Daily News, Dr. Tiller should not have been allowed to be a member of a church because he was a known sinner. This letter was written by a Rev. Ron Ely.
First of all, as I tell all of my students, a writer will not be taken seriously if he/she makes obvious grammatical errors. My first read of today’s aforementioned letter was almost painful to this English teacher because of its syntactical and grammatical stumbles.
More important, however, is the content of the letter. I have some questions for the reverend. Aren’t all men and women sinners by our very nature? Does God and/or the Bible tell us to judge our fellow humans? Or is that God’s job? Does Rev. Ely claim to be Dr. Tiller’s judge? Are not Christians supposed to love one another, especially sinners? If church leaders took it upon themselves to kick all sinners out of churches, I fear there would be no one left. If there was some kind of requirement for admittance to church, what would it be? What sins would be accepted and which one would cause casting out? In my opinion, this letter preaches hate, rather than the love that Christ commands of his followers.
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