THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, January 30, 1997 TAG: 9701300008
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A14 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: 19 lines
As neither Jewish nor Christian, I felt the letter sent by the Southern Baptists to numerous synagogues and rabbis to be, at best, presumptuous and, at worst, a deliberate defamation of the Jewish religion. It sounded as if the evangelical Christians were completely discounting the beliefs of those practicing one of the world's major religions.
I do not subscribe to the beliefs of Southern Baptists, yet I respect their rights enough not to discount what or whom they worship. Would it not be the Christian thing for them to show other religions the same respect?
ARCHIE R. WHITEHILL
Norfolk, Jan. 27, 1997