Dec. 26th's Letters to the Editor

Dear Edi­tor:
I recently received the new county phone direc­tory. Once again I am reminded that my eye­sight is not what it used to be. Now both the USATODAY and the direc­tory have such small print that they are vir­tu­ally unread­able except by those with 20ty-20ty vision. I think a mag­nig­fier should be included. As for me the direc­tory will be shred­ded. I will keep the old one for ref­er­ence. I appre­ci­ate the cost issue but believe both these pub­li­ca­tions do a dis­ser­vice to the peo­ple they intend to serve.
Linda Har­vey, Cardington

Dear Edi­tor,
The angel’s greet­ing of Luke 2:14 may have sounded strange in the ears of the Judean shep­herds. Their world was one of eco­nomic and polit­i­cal uncer­tainty. The Roman Peace, Pax Roma, was no assur­ance of safety from vio­lent crim­i­nals. Part of the high taxes went to fund pro­tec­tive forces, but these were sta­tioned to pro­tect the wealthy and the polit­i­cally favored of Rome. Ordi­nary cit­i­zens were aban­doned to the crim­i­nal minds of the day.
The angels told of a sav­ior. Could this be the promised return of the king­dom of David? The shep­herds would agree they needed res­cue from their eco­nomic and polit­i­cal sta­tus. It would also seem that it would take Gxod to make such a change. Roman politi­cians had copied Gaul’s Bread and Cir­cuses pol­icy of 100 years ear­lier to ensure a loyal mass of fol­low­ers and extracted ever higher taxes to sup­port their mobs.
A few would have said the cor­rupt reli­gious prac­tices that enriched a few and enslaved many in a dis­tracted tan­gle of rit­ual gen­er­ated the need for res­cue. But the angel said the good news was for ”all”. How could the God of Abra­ham, Isaac and Jacob have good news for those who did know or rejected Him?
God injected Him­self into a vio­lent, oppres­sive, unbe­liev­ing world with a mes­sage of peace and hope unlike any­thing any­one could imag­ine. God was going to the root of the prob­lem; our self serv­ing nature. His mes­sage of great joy was that we could be have peace with Him. His words recorded for 1500 years before the event would unfold in per­fect order.
In the 2000 years since the event many have tried to twist sci­ence, arche­ol­ogy, lit­er­a­ture and his­tory to dis­tort and deny the offer. It is not cheap, it will cost you your ego. It may cost you some ridicule or your job in this coun­try for now. It may cost you your life in other places in the world. The words still ring true if you are will­ing to believe and trust God.
Bob Clark, Edison

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