Separation of church and state?

Vincent White: “[W]hy do conservatives that write to this newspaper never write about the evils of racism and other moral issues when Christianity propels them to speak out against wrongdoing?”

Since the Bible’s ambiguous nature enables Christians to condemn wrongdoings and justify them - to, for example, denounce chattel slavery and justify it, Christianity isn’t an influential gauge for such an evaluation.

It’s akin to Christianity being used to justify imperialism and colonialism. Historically, the Christian church’s dehumanizing view that darkskinned peoples are “godless savages” in need of Western influence has countenanced their inhumane treatment and the theft of their labor and resources.

Like the typical Christian bullies who displayed the Bible verses at Lancaster City Park’s cop-worshipping monument, Christianity allows horrible people like Christopher Columbus to feel good about their behavior regardless of how horrendous.

So, this newspaper’s conservatives find no need to speak out because Christianity has conditioned them to consciously or subconsciously think that the second-class status of people of color was preordained by “God” and, therefore, natural and inevitable.

Ergo, Christianity is a part of the problem because it reinforces and perpetuates racism.

Vincent White: “I have never believed in the separation of church and state.”

So by that logic, Vincent, you wouldn’t have a problem with verses from the Quran or the Talmud displayed within Lancaster City Park, right? Or would it be more accurate to state that you never believed in the separation of the Christian church and state?

While quoting Forbes magazine, Vincent White wrote, “’… of the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence, nearly half (24) held seminary or Bible school degrees.’”

Yes, (less) than half of America’s founders held such degrees, and the Constitution and Bill of Rights make no mention of the Bible, “God,” or “Jesus.”

Guy Marsh

Lancaster