A good and honest man

Ralph Nielsen nielsen@uidaho.edu
Mon, 27 Oct 1997 20:20:42 -0800 (PST) (00878034042, v03007800b07ab145cf91@[129.101.112.100]) 

DOUG LARSON
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>  What am I?  I don't know!  All I know is that I reject the Christian

>God and everything he stands for.  What are we doing with our kids?

>Nothing at present.  What can I say?  They've seen their daddy standing in

>the pulpit, preaching and teaching.  They've seen their daddy writing

>letters to the local newspapers against the evils of homosexuality.

>They've seen their daddy rallying up the troops of brothers and sisters,

>fighting the evils and moral decay within our society.  They've seen their

>daddy practicing his sermons, using them as my Sunday audience, driving

>home the doctrines found in the only true religion.  They've seen their

>daddy, standing on a solid cornerstone, unwavering in all his convictions.

>They've seen their daddy, scaring non-believers, into the kingdom, with the

>biblical doctrine of hell.  They've seen their daddy, condemning those evil

>democrats for bringing down this country's legal system as it adopts pagan

>sin as the law of the land.  They've seen their daddy, start up a ministry

>in apologetics and polemics, countering the claims of the cults via the

>internet, and on the local level.

>

>     What the hell do I do?  Will I become in their eyes, a father who is

>the biggest hypocrite and liar that ever walked the face of the earth?

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RALPH NIELSEN
No Doug, you are an honest man who was mistaken, as so many of the rest us
have been before you. You have had to give up more than most of us,
however. That makes you even more honorable in my eyes.

I have for many years maintained that "If you can't be honest, you can't be
moral." You have shown that you are both honest and moral. And very
courageous, too.

Feel free to tell this to your children. They have a father they can be
proud of. You're a good man, Doug, and you have a good wife, too.

Best wishes,

Ralph