To the editor:

I’m not sure where Mr. Spitz received his “Reverend” status from, but I think he might want to go back to re-check a couple things from the Bible in which he quotes or at least use the whole thing instead of the little bits and pieces he chooses.

I believe in the book of Leviticus, where he pulled the quote from, it also discusses the “Holiness Code” in the original Greek and Hebrew Scripture.

It states that men can’t shave or cut their hair short, people can’t wear interwoven fabrics, you can’t interbreed livestock, no eating pork, you can’t have sex with a woman during her period, and if your children swear at you, then you’ve got to kill them or you’ll be breaking God’s laws.

However, to those of us who have taken our faith to the step beyond having it spoon fed into our brains without thinking about it, we can see that although much of the Bible, to believers, was divinely inspired by God, it was also written by men and therefore left open to mistranslations and mistakes.

One thing that is very clear in the Bible, however, is God’s love for all people regardless of their race, gender, faith (or lack of), sexual orientation, economic status, etc.

Nobody will ever be able to tell me that I’ve got more room for love and forgiveness in my heart than God or Jesus.

From a psychological standpoint, it looks like you’ve got a need to feel like you’re just a little bit better than everyone else, and my heart goes out to you for that.

It would be truly exhausting to always feel like I had to one-up others, and one day, I hope you feel and know the love God has for you like I do.

God will forgive you for your sins as he will mine, for none of us are perfect.

“God is love.” 1 John 4:16.

Angie Chipman

Senior

Psychology, history and secondary education