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Whose holy book?

The Dec. 2 letter to the editor was titled “Graves should read Bible.” Paul Graves is a Christian minister. Yes, he has read the Bible.

The problem, however, is not reading the Bible, but how you interpret the Bible. I would guess many Christians assume the Bible is the literal word of God. Many holy books and many prophets’ words have been assumed to be the literal words of God: For Muslims, the Holy Koran; for Latter-day Saints, the Book of Mormon; for many from India, the Bhagavad-Gita; for Neale Donald Walsch, the “Conversation With God” series. One could go on and on.

How is one to prove the holy books are straight from the mind of God? We have to resort to faith and belief. What happens when these beliefs clash? What happens when we follow Ken Campbell’s advice, when man’s laws conflict with God’s law, we must obey God?

History is replete with wars and atrocities committed based on this advice; most recently the gunman belonging to the Phineas Priesthood.

It may be better to humbly sit back and take care of the mote in his own eyes rather than cast stones based on assumptions.

Roger Junttila

Post Falls

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