This is in response to William Larochelle’s letter (March 4). It is not a rebuttal to his point about rejecting the doctrine of hell, only an assertion that one can dismiss that idea and still retain one’s faith. One book I recommend is Pastor Rob Bell’s “Love Wins,” which demonstrates a growing understanding within Christianity […]
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The doctrine of hell
In an article, “Ungodly abuse” (Feb. 28), readers learned of an evangelical church based in North Carolina, the Word of Life Fellowship, whose ex-members recently divulged secrets to the Associated Press regarding appalling mistreatment they suffered under the headship of founder Jane Whaley. That abuse, including beatings and “blasting” (prolonged attacks of screaming), is intended […]
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Immorality to blame
In his letter to the editor (Oct. 20), William Van Tassel lamented the prospect of either a Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump presidency. Millions feel the same way, including me. However, there are too many Americans who are just as immoral as they are, Van Tassel contended; too many unwilling to live by the Gospel. […]
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Keep Trump out of the White House
Though no fan of Hillary Clinton, I intend to vote for her in November in order to do my bit in keeping that barking hairball on stilts, Donald Trump, out of the White House. Before HBO’s Bill Maher said it, I thought it: Trump best compares to actor/comedian Andrew Dice Clay — though I’ll admit […]
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Obama’s falsehoods
In 2008, I made the colossal mistake of voting for Barack Obama. (Not that I regret not voting for John McCain. A presidential nominee who could stoop to choosing a Sarah Palin as his running mate self-disqualifies in my book.) In 2012, I just didn’t vote. Come November, I’ll likely do the same. In his […]
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Coming could be at any time
This is in response to William LaRochelle’s letter, “It appears we’re in the end times” (Jan. 2). In it, he said, “If Jesus Christ was God incarnate, then he was truth incarnate … But the undeniable fact is, he was mistaken in prophesying that his second coming was imminent — an inseparable message from the […]
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ISIS the height of hypocrisy
In the Nov. 16 Associated Press article on the bombing by French military planes of Raqqa, Syria, the Islamic State group’s de facto capital, the group was quoted as saying that it attacked Paris because it abhors the city as “the capital of prostitution and obscenity.” This from the ogres who make no secret of […]
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Science makes more sense
I totally agree with what Nancy Willard wrote (Oct. 10) on the subject of climate change in her letter: “The evidence that climate change is real is insurmountable; it is happening now and will get worse.” Presumably, her focus is on human-generated change, as distinguished from change caused by natural processes. According to nasa.gov, a […]
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W. LaRochelle: Religion of peace?
In response to the recent beheading of an Englishman by the Islamic State group, Prime Minister David Cameron decried the group’s claim that it commits such atrocities in the name of Islam, countering that “Islam is a religion of peace.” More recently, we heard this same politically correct mantra repeated by a Lewiston woman from […]
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W. LaRochelle: A silent sky
As I am sure many people do, I share the sadness of letter writer Marilyn Crowley (Jan. 30) over the death of Tyler Doohan, the young boy who lost his life in a house fire in upstate New York recently, after having saved the lives of six relatives. There can be few tragedies in the […]