Posted by
RANT BRAZEN on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 7:54:26 PM
There has been considerable chatter on the Internet tonight about God, as there always is. Much of it is bitter, hateful, empty and disturbing. Dr. Thomas Sowell, among my favorite observers of the passing scene (and may the scene we view right now pass quickly), is always there to lend a reassuring perspective in the midst of the madness. A responder (David) to one of Dr. Sowell's recent columns impressed me with his unswerving faith, and the determination to resist the assault on God. I felt moved to commend him for his stand:
Dear David: "In God We Don't Trust?" Then God help us. When I read your headline, it made my heart sink. I could not believe the effrontery and blasphemy embodied in such a statement. But I read on, and was reassured, but shocked, at what you said. I recoil, as you have, at the cold, calculating schemes to rip God out of the nation's core, and raise children who have no faith by which to navigate. I met the world as a college freshman when a science "professor" said to the class, "We are no better than crustaceans, just more complex." I had a daily dose of this kind of moral destruction from then on. It affected me greatly, and it was only many years later that I returned to my roots, and to the God of my youth. Thank you for your wisdom, courage and refusal to bow to the empty, sick agenda than we live so close to in modern America. God bless you. Verne Strickland, Wilmington, NC.