RE: Editorial: Sunday school and the (mis)use of Scripture
I read with interest your editorial. First, the use of Scripture on the In-n-out Burger cup: I normally don’t give a lot of regard to things such as this. I hope it is there in good faith and that it may reach some lost person or be a means to encourage a Christian to return to attending church. I also wonder if this is some kind of sales promotion. We don’t know.
On the child holding an unloaded firearm: I will agree it was over the top. My question is, “What is an assault rifle?” I have yet to hear a definition of what an assault rifle or weapon is.
This photo also can be interpreted to “train up a child.” As a child, I was “trained” or taught to respect firearms, and they were to be treated with respect. I grew up with a loaded gun in the house, and my brother, sister and I knew we were not to touch it.
My children grew up with a loaded gun in the house, and they were taught the same thing. My grandchildren have grown up with a loaded gun in the house, and they also were taught the respect of firearms.
Maybe we are just fortunate, but we were all “trained up in the way we should go:” “That firearm is loaded. Don’t touch it!”
F.A. Taylor,
Copperas Cove, Texas
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