3/4/10
Anthony Fisher’s spray against secularism reveals an appalling lack of judgment (”Thank God it’s Good Friday: atheism’s a dead end”, April 2). One can understand hysteria and panic in the besieged Catholic hierarchy inducing this nonsense, but there is no excuse for a church leader to vilify atheists. Does he really believe that Nazism, identified by the infamous persecution of non-Christians in particular, was a godless doctrine? Does he really believe everyone who rejects the supernatural for lack of evidence harbours a secret desire for mass murder, gulags and maniacs such as Pol Pot and Stalin? His ugly pitch is aimed at ignorant ears with the intention of inciting hate. The bishop needs to take a deep breath and try a novel tack: “Speak the truth and shame the Devil.” Peter Robinson Ainslie (ACT)
More Letters: http://www.smh.com.au/national/letters/bishops-in-glass-houses-shouldnt-bash-atheists-20100402-rjqq.html
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