Living next to a city that leans so far to the left it could tumble into Puget Sound any minute, it’s not surprising that letters to the local papers contain a lot of bizarre logic. In the most recent Bellevue Reporter, a writer somehow believes that a statement such as: “yes Virginia homosexuality is wrong” is far worse than making a statement that: “yes Virginia there is no God” because “it is also a direct attack on a specific group of people who are constantly under attack in this country.”
How is saying: “There is no God” different from saying: “Believing in God is wrong”? And is there any group of people under more attack in this country than Christians and Jews, by bus ads and letters to newspapers for example?
I wonder what would happen if the ads said: “Yes Virginia there is no Allah.” I wonder how many people actually think the phrase “separation of church and state” is in our Constitution.
I suppose the good news to keep in mind is that when we get to heaven, we won’t be bothered by all the atheists’ advertising and ranting.
Gary T. McGavran, Bellevue