Editor,
This is in response to Andres Saenz's letter published in Thursday's Daily Lobo. The letter's main argument was that the Bible is true as it includes narration of historical events. He claims that the Egyptian pyramids were built by Jewish slaves. However, the Bible never mentions anything about the Great Pyramids. Even if it were in the Bible, that doesn't mean that everything else written in the book is true.
Homer's Iliad and Odyssey take place during the Trojan War. The ruins of Troy have been found by archaeologists. So, by Saenz's reasoning, should we all believe that the world is ruled by Zeus? Should we teach our children that the universe was created by Nyx, a bird with black wings who laid an egg and all of existence came to be from that
egg? Of course not.
Many tax-paying Americans do believe in a supreme being of some sort. I do not disagree that alternatives to evolution, such as creationism, should be taught in schools to promote open-mindedness. If it is taught, however, it should be taught in a nonreligious fashion.
The First Amendment does grant freedom of religion, so why are you trying to force yours on everybody else? If you can devise a way to teach children that the universe might have been created by a higher being without forcing your religious views on
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others, then I see no harm in that.
The fact of the matter is that there is scientific evidence supporting the theory of evolution, while the matter of creationism is purely based on speculation and opinion. Saenz, you need to get outside of your fanatical-evangelism box and consider that your beliefs are just that - yours. Stop trying to force them on other people.
Jeremiah Houghton
UNM student
