People of faith can’t shield illegal actions
Regarding “Evangelicals have long ignored moral failings” (Readers Write, Dec. 30), a letter writer excoriates evangelicals for failing those individuals who violate our immigration laws and cross our borders illegally. The United States is a nation of laws. The consequences to those who break our immigration laws are detention and deportation. The letter writer suggests evangelicals are assisting in the persecution of illegal immigrants, when the Catholic Church and other faith-based ministries along the border have been very active providing food, clothing and other support. The faith-based community has also expressed concerns regarding issues at the border, but it cannot, as the letter writer suggests, shield illegal immigrants from the consequences of breaking our laws.
TERESA COLLIER, SMYRNA
Climate change a fact, not a wishful belief
I fail to see how trusting science can be called a religion, as a recent letter-writer would have it (“Making climate change a near-religion,” Readers Write, Dec. 25). Ironically, it is often religious or ideological blinders that foster wishful thinking such as the writer has conjured up in place of climate science. As a retired geologist-educator, I became a student at Georgia Tech to learn whether responses to global warming advocated by Citizens’ Climate Lobby and others reflect reality. I learned that if you rely on weather forecasts, you should trust climate models, as they use the same supercomputers, data, and physical laws. I also learned from economists why a revenue-neutral carbon tax works better than subsidies or regulations.
By supporting the bipartisan Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, Senators Perdue and Isakson and Georgia’s House members can move beyond wishful thinking to an evidence-based response to this serious, worsening problem.
BILL WITHERSPOON, DECATUR
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