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To the editor:
This is response to the letter published on Oct. 22 from Mr Galbraith who made the claim that worldview and "religion" cause people to have differing opinions on such things as abortion.
Sorry, but you are wrong. I, amongst others, do not follow an invisible mythical being who many claim has the ability to control us. No, Mr. Galbraith, I use research and the knowledge gained from that research not "worldview." For example would you believe me that historically speaking that "God" was a creation of man and not the other way around and that that creation was only a way to gain control and control the lives of others. That is a historic fact. As is the fact that all the stories and myths that are contained in the Bible were stolen from other religions as were the religious festivals that are celebrated in the present.
Let me give you some examples of those. The story of Noah and the great flood can actually be traced to the Epic of Gilgamesh, a story from Mesopotamia and dates back to 2100 B.C., the Zoroastrians who date back to 10,000 B.C. have a creation story, the names of the two human beings in their creation story Adama and Evah.
Now to the festivals. Easter, for example -- have you ever wondered why baby chicks and rabbits are part of a supposed celebration of a person dying on a cross? Easter is actually named after the pagan goddess Esther who was the pagan goddess of fertility, hence the chicks and rabbits.
Christmas, which is coming up. Can anyone show us which chapter in the Bible it states that the historical figure of Jesus was born on Dec. 25? I'll wait. In fact throughout history there are numerous so-called religious figures that were supposed to have been born on Dec. 25 and of a virgin -- Horus (3,000 years before Jesus), Buddha (563 years before Jesus), Krishna (900 years before Jesus) and Zarathustra (1,000 years before Jesus) just to name four, there are many others.
Mr. Galbraith spent nearly two-thirds of his letter going on about biblical principles and how if the country does not start following them that we are going to fall just like "other powerful empires." Really, Mr. Galbraith? I did know that the U.S. was an empire. I know it's a republic, but an empire?
I have to ask Mr. Galbraith this, if people are following the Bible, are they not in all actuality following the religions that the Bible and the early church stole stories and festivals from? As for the "scorn" that is mentioned, let me ask you this, with the fact that people can go online and actually find the real origins of so-called biblical stories, do you blame people for scorning the church and religion as a whole?
Again, I have to ask about the poll he mentioned, the statistics he gave. Are those from just a small portion of the populace such as from one state or was the poll nationwide and asked of every adult in the U.S.? No offense Mr. Galbraith, but I don't remember the questions of this poll being asked either through email or mail to me or my wife.
He mentions Dec. 1 and the Supreme Court hearing a case that could overturn Roe v. Wade. If Roe v. Wade does get overturned, do pro-lifers not understand that people will just go to either Canada or Mexico to have an abortion or unsafe back-street abortion? Clinics will open up to provide the service.
So once again I will say, and no one will change my mind on this, abortions are something that is between a woman and her doctor. No one else has the right to put their nose where it is not wanted. No one has the right, and I do not care who it is, to dictate to a woman what she should do with her own reproductive rights and her body. In other words if you don't like abortions, fine, then don't have one and don't force your opinions on others who may need one.
George Fisher
Lewistown