Constituents want cleaner environment

Letters to the editor Thursday

Posted: April 6, 2011 - 7:38pm

Constituents want cleaner environment

John Barrow is our representative in Congress, but on a recent vote he again sided with big polluters at the expense of the health and well being of our families.

Congressman Barrow's vote to block the EPA from updating clean air standards allows polluters to continue to dump unlimited amounts of dangerous pollution into our air.

He claims to support clean energy and the jobs that could come to our region with it, but seems unable to connect the dots that support for dirty energy is the opposite of support for clean energy.

Recent polls found that a majority of voters in the U.S. oppose efforts by Congress to block the EPA from updating badly-needed clean air standards that would reduce pollution.

Based on his recent votes on the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, it's clear he represents big polluters more than Georgia's citizens. Congressman Barrow should rethink his position and help us to protect our air and water.

BRAD BAUGH
Savannah

Bible has proved itself throughout time

I would like to give comment to "Interpreting bible requires logic," (March 25). One of the great distinctions that separate human kind from the beast is that we worship.

We do it in various ways, but in the end it is a search for a higher meaning. For many of us the Bible is a shining light that directs us to those answers. Yes, this most revered book has lost its luster for many in this modern age, but before it is scrapped as not only a useless volume, but even an oppressive document, there are some considerations the logical person must consider.

The Bible is scientifically accurate.

Whether it is describing the earth hanging in space or the life-sustaining hydrological cycle of the earth, its description is accurate. Many who study archaeology respect the Bible's record of the past, how it deals with place, time and contemporary names like no other ancient record.

Here now we find not only our nation, but the world in tumult. Human governments seek ways through a dark and frightening storm, looking for safe harbor. It does require a logical mind to get the Bible's message, but that message is clear to those of us who love the book.

For instance the keeping of the seventh day as a Sabbath was not given to humanity as a whole, but just to a small group, the Nation of Israel. The law at Leviticus 18:22 forbade the practice of homosexuality, and it was given just to the Jews. However, Jude restated God's position on this matter as recorded at Jude 7, and that message is for all humanity. The first recorded marriage was a religious ceremony, and its theme was reproduction of other humans in God's image. This is the standard from a very old and thus far reliable source, the Bible.