TO THE EDITOR:
Will Jacobsen’s letter to the editor on Thursday was patently ridiculous. The Bible condemns an incredible array of actions, from eating shellfish (called an “abomination” in Leviticus) to letting women speak in church (called “disgraceful” in Corinthians). Yet, essentially, not one Christian on this entire campus follows these proscriptions, or even identifies them as tenants of their faith.
Obviously, a passage’s inclusion in the Bible is not the be all end all as to whether Christians comply with it, or even believe in it.
In addition, there are many things that the Bible forbids, such as drunkenness, premarital sex, divorce and contraception, that are currently areas of great discussion and disagreement within the Christian community. So to assert that just because an idea is in the Bible that it is beyond reproach and must be followed is naive beyond measure.
Unless Jacobsen truly feels that all those women who speak in church and all those people eating pork and shellfish are sinners, he’d do better to come up with a more firm and logical grounds for his argument. Unfortunately, when arguing in favor of intolerance and hate, sound basis for your logic is hard to come by.
Elias Pratt
School of Medicine, 2015
