Stars & Stripes letter to editor: Wrong to endorse one religion

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This letter writer feels the US military does endorse just one religion.

The principals of democracy and freedom are not “fundamentally Christian beliefs” (“Servicemembers are servants,” letter, Dec. 18). In fact, they stem from ancient Rome and Greece, and the Iroquois Confederacy, all pagan civilizations at the time.

The letter illustrates the writer’s opinion that only Christians are capable of pursuing freedom, democracy, tolerance and love. The book of Genesis in the Bible teaches that we are all created equal in G-d’s image. The ideas of a brotherhood of nations and that peace is superior to war are from the books of Isaiah and Jeremiah. The “Golden Rule” often attributed to Jesus (“Love thy neighbor as thyself”) is from Leviticus. These concepts are not Christian in origin.

The Old Testament is not in the Bible to illustrate the difference between “the vengeful G-d” and “good, Christian G-d.” Without the history and prophecies of my people to substantiate Christian claims that Jesus was the Messiah, he would be viewed as a rabbi trying to bring the Jewish people back to the basic tenets of Judaism — a good man and a social reformer, nothing more.

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[Hubert Flottz]

1. K&R...

I don't believe in the GOP.