Letter: Religion criticism was off the mark
Columnist Lane Filler's opinion about religion is off the mark ["Isn't it about time for God 2.0?" Opinion, Sept. 24]. He thinks religion is outdated, and the teachings of the Bible are no longer relevant.
Filler is confused. God does not change. God is precise in what he expects, and he gave us the Ten Commandments. God is not the one who has to change. It's our society that needs to find its way back to what's important.
People have turned away from God. Immorality and decadence are widespread, and that is the real problem. The current global situations are indicative of a world gone mad. God is waiting for humanity to come to its senses.
Hedy Kling, Elmont
Lane Filler suggests it is time to rethink religion based on what "we" know is a better way. The column argues that we know better than what religions teach. If you accept this argument, God is relegated to an inferior position, and we who know better have the right to pick and choose what we feel is the correct standard.
If you accept Filler's argument, God becomes irrelevant, and mankind becomes its own god based upon our individual, feel-good definition. I cannot accept such a flawed analysis.
Douglas Brosky, Hicksville