Letters

Christian hypocrisy, hate fuel critics

I am writing in response to Charles Clarkton's letter in the Feb. 3 issue ["Didn't Know Revelation Mentioned Computer Chips"]. As downright silly as it seems, I must assume that this guy is for real. I honestly think he just copied passages from a certain religious tract and tried to pass it off as his own thoughts on the impending doom. This is the same tired crap that certain "Christians" have been pushing for years, with their little pamphlets left conveniently in public restrooms and payphone cubicles. Yeah, Charles, I've read it too. It's called "The Beast," Jack T. Chick, 1988!

I find it funny that Charles is crying about "peaceful Christians" being persecuted and ridiculed. If you are such a hypocrite to think that it is your right to go and persecute and ridicule others in the name of God, then you are putting yourself in the position to be responsible for your actions. I don't think that most people out there have it in for Christians without reason. I think it's a matter of certain groups thinking that they have the divine right to hate others and to force their ideas down the throat of the public without consequence.

I, for one, would be more inclined to respect a group of people who show respect for others, no matter how their ideas differ. As long as fanatics are out protesting ideas that they don't agree with, I will protest the ignorance of those protesters and the groups they represent. I think people are just plain fed up with so-called "Christians" in this country. That seems to fuel this invented plight of the "peaceful Christians." What a load of hogwash.

--Jack Agneson

`Opera Boy' is just another pop singer

You are going to have some very angry subscribers if they go to a Josh Groban concert thinking he is an opera singer. The only reason Rosie O'Donnell called him "Opera Boy" was because the first time she heard him (as the fill-in with Celine for Andrea Bocelli), he was singing in Italian. He sang a duet with her of the song, "The Prayer," certainly not a song from an opera!

Josh Groban sings songs in English, with a few in Italian, Spanish and French. I have been to five of his concerts, and they are more like rock concerts, with high energy and loud speakers, than anything representing an opera!

--Nanette Pigaga,

New Jersey