Sickness and cause
Sir,—Because of word limitations, I have hitherto been unable to answer the impatient challenge of H. G. Oram (April 13). No matter how many people in Christcurch choose to believe that the Bible is correct from their viewpoint, such belief cannot turn fallacy into fact. As a literary work, the Bible is a seething mass of contradictions. Biblical dialogue cannot logically be read as actual, on-the-spot tape recordings and, contrary to Christian presumptions, not one tenet of the Christian religion can he proved. Accepted by the gullible, certainly; but proved? No way. I admire your correspondent for conceding that the Bible is a sad history of degenerates. Unfortunately, it is on this very history that Christianity excuses its own atrocities of crusades, inquisitions and massacres, ad nauseum. Christians, advocating that the Bible be read by the young as a cure-all for today's sickness and violence, have yet to study Samuel 1 and 2. — Yours, etc.,' ARTHUR MAY. April 16, 1982.
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