In regards to Zakk White’s Column titled “Sorry, Glenn, God isn’t listening”:

Beck’s idea that America is broken and cannot be fixed by a political solution, but rather a religious or moral one, is not a new idea. Our founding fathers had several things to say about the nature of our country in regards to religion. John Adams said that “our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

If people who claim to be ‘non-religious’ are offended by Beck’s ‘return to God,’ they should be equally offended by John Adams and the Constitution. The ideas are the same. Regardless of whether we are religious or not, as America becomes less and less religious, we should remember what kind of people our Constitution is intended to govern. Our problems may be caused by us, but we should step back and examine why some of these problems exist, in relation to what our Constitution is meant to do.

In regards to the later part of his column, Christianity has been skewed and twisted to support the will of people’s selfishness and greed. But so have belief systems like Evolution, Atheism and Islam. This does not necessarily make them less true, it only shows the evil in people’s hearts. This is crucial, because as White said in his column, there is nothing intrinsically good about a ‘person of faith.’ I agree, but I would like to take your statement further and say that there is nothing intrinsically good about anyone. A Christian is no more of a ‘good person’ than an atheist. The only difference is that a Christian is forgiven for the times that they aren’t a ‘good person.’

Nicholas Sailer

junior, industrial design