Religious musings...

Dear Sir,

Patrick Gallimore's rambling diatribe (published September 27, 2010) in defense of Devon Dick's religious arrogance is symptomatic of a flawed belief system that actively discourages critical thought from its followers and instead proselytizes a religion of rote, fear and blind obedience.

That is the only conclusion one can draw from the circular arguments he presented with the hopes of getting atheists to see the light.

There is no light in his convictions, only the darkness of fearful servitude to the malevolent boogey man as invented by the architects of Christianity.

I don't need to be a slave to the Christian doctrine to have the spiritual cognizance to know that this world and all its inhabitants have a greater purpose as watched over by an invisible hand with greater knowledge than our own.

I refuse to disregard the millenia of wisdom gained by ancient cultures in favour of a zionist, big-stick religion of xenophobia. There is much greater truth than exists in the Bible and much greater love and acceptance than the present Christian manifestation will tolerate.

It is insulting to my God-given intelligence for Gallimore, and others that share his beliefs, to expect a grown man with a functioning brain to buy the "take it on faith" argument. That is an answer you give to children when you want them to stop annoying you with questions you don't know how to answer. There's nothing wrong with saying "I don't know" but the Christian notion that their system is the final authority precludes them from this sort of humility.

None of us knows all the answers but I'd rather hold my most cherished personal convictions with even a small amount of doubt lest I am wrong, which I always maintain as a possibility.

To do otherwise would be silly and an insult to the intelligence that we are all blessed with.

I am etc,

Brian-Paul N. Welsh

Yet another of my (many) unpublished letters to the editors of Jamaica's two major publications. I have to give thanks though, because the other day a friend of mine studying law at Oxford University asked me to collate my published letters for her to use in a presentation and when I was finished scanning the net I found over a dozen solid correspondences that received many praises (and garnered me my first death threats). I felt good.

I'm totally obsessed with my legacy as I have this constant fear of dying young, before realizing my full potential, and so things like this blog are my attempt at immortality should something unfortunate happen.

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