Letters to the Editor,The Morning Bulletin

Monday 12th April, 2001 (28 A.C.)

While this person doesn't subscribe to the views of Creativity, he does make the excellant point of free speech for all and an end to media bias, on all matters.

Matter of belief

Regarding A. Roebuck (A question of faith, TMB 26/3/01), three things occur to me :

• No one can justify a holy war and it is, of course, very difficult to justify many wars, at all, but perhaps some things are worth standing up for - freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, the right to write letters to the press about the relevance of such freedoms and the like
• And please forgive my ironic sense of humour, but " ... in this third millenium, it might be well to review the relevance of all ancient religious teachings ... " I note that someone who wants us to discount the relevance of "ancient" religious teachings still uses the Christian calendar!
• And, of course, any child can say a thing is silly, simply because they don't really understand what it is that they think is silly to them. That doesn't mean it is : it just means they don't understand it.

I don't wish to start a holy war about this. In our society we have the right to hold different views but, surely, we should consider our beliefs as adults, having thought the issues through.

Robert Mills, Rockhampton.

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