I applaud Rich Stever. His July 27 letter — “The good ol’ days? Really?” — was right on the money, with one small exception: The founding fathers were not all “strong Christians.” Some of the founders were either atheist or agnostic, but simply respected the right of each person to believe, or not believe, as they choose, a point that the religious right today conveniently ignores in their revisionist view of American history.
Stever’s point regarding weak faith, however, is dead on. Many Christians push for laws to mandate obedience to their personal religious beliefs — a tacit admission that their own ability to follow them is so frail they need to be forced to do so. And they see nothing wrong with requiring everyone else to follow them, too. Do any Christians today really stand for true religious freedom? Few, if any, and not often.
Roy G. Wilson
Vancouver
