This is in response to Mr. Keith Twombley’s letter on whether or not man has seen the physical hand of God which was printed in the Sept. 15 issue of the Daily. Initially, I had decided not to respond to Mr. Twombley’s letter, but seeing another letter in the Sept. 27 issue in which he once again successfully manipulated statements to suit his goal, I simply could not resist. In his letter in the Sept. 15 issue, Mr. Twombley used two verses from Exodus 15 to prove the point that man had in fact seen the hand of God torture people. In Exodus 15, Moses praises God for saving him and the Israelites from the Egyptians by causing the wall of sea to fall. This event was initiated by Moses stretching out his hands over the sea (Exodus 14: 21) and at no point did any person see God’s hands forcing the sea to separate or fall. If Mr. Twombley had taken the time to read what he was “preaching” and not simply manipulate words to mislead the reader, he would have noticed that Moses was praising God for acting through the hands of a human which, I think, is almost always the case. That being said, I would like to say that Mr. Twombley is part of a growing trend in which people learn the ins and outs of a book that they have taught themselves not to accept. Ironically, a parallel can be drawn between the Egyptians who knew that there was a powerful and righteous God and continued to resist (Exodus 14:25). It is important, however, to point out that he hasn’t openly admitted, yet, to being a non-believer, but then again, we are not all that dumb. So here’s a suggestion Mr. Twombley: try to at least understand what you are talking about instead of just putting it out there and hoping no one will notice. Finally, this was written in the hope of ending the useless debate over the existence of God. There is no reason that excuses this response except the selfish desire of a wanna-be Christian to prove a non-believer wrong. Lijin Varghese

Freshman

Computer engineering