In response to Jake Hjorth’s letter of Aug. 25.
Humanism – any system of thought based on the interests and ideals of man. Your forum is to be open-minded and able to converse freely, intelligently and respectfully?
I found your letter to lack respect and eliminating everyone involved in politics or religion sure cuts down the possibilities.
Want to prove a point? Take a quote from a founding father and you can prove most anything. Read the Declaration of Independence and Preamble to the Constitution to see the end result. The government was not to establish a state religion and the church was not to run the government. This did not mean members of a church could not participate in government.
I tried to judge what you were concerned about but had a problem. I believe it was against abortion but in that case I don’t understand how you can place religion and politics together.
As a Christian I have and will continue to fight abortion except to save the mother’s life. Was your statement a quote from someone or your thoughts? For a female egg to reject the male sperm is not a voluntary action. Abortion is the deliberate destruction of a new being.
The last part, “if it is coming at it as a result of a forcible or illegitimate rape,” is odd. If a quote from some law decision it is really odd. For one thing is there such a thing as legitimate rape?
To go back to humanism, try our church. Our focus is to discuss the interests and ideals of man based on God’s plan rather than man’s viewpoint. Sounds good to me!
Nelda J. Westerlind
Grand Marais
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