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Biblical wrongs

6:24pm Tuesday 16th March 2010 in


IT is Ralph Leavis’s prerogative to believe all the stories in the Bible, if he chooses to do so (Viewpoints, March 4), whereas I do not, and I find better things to do with my time than trawling through the scriptures to find support for my beliefs.

Anyone with the time and the inclination can find quotes to support all manner of injustices and cruelties against living entities – religious bigots will always find a Biblical text to support their beliefs and, as an ex-churchgoer, I am appalled at their readiness to turn aside when faced with the ghastly truth regarding blood sports.

I may not longer be a practising Christian, but I do believe that we shall all have to face up to our iniquities at the end of our lives.

BEA BRADLEY Cuxham Road Watlington

Comments(1)

Mick Heavey says...
5:26pm Wed 17 Mar 10

''...I may no longer be a practising Christian, but I do believe that we shall all have to face up to our iniquities at the end of our lives.''..... TRUE - but not necessarily in the way you expect - it's just called 'DEATH'..... & to paraphrase John Cleese's famous dead parrot sketch:- ''I won't be pining, I'll have passed on. I will be no more! I will have ceased to be. I'll have expired and gone to meet my maker. I will be a late human. I'll be a stiff. Bereft of life, I'll rest in peace. If I'm not nailed to a perch I'll be pushing up the daisies. I'll have rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible . I'll be an ex-human..... just like everyone else capable of thinking for themselves & not reliant on a religious mental crutch..... on the other hand I might live forever - if only to annoy everyone !

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