I was utterly shocked and disgusted on Wednesday to find the level of complete bigotry published in The Crimson White. The article by Joe Geary was prejudiced, closed-minded and offensive. I am appalled that The Crimson White would ever allow such ignorant ideas to be published.
In response to Joe I would first like to point out that you said you failed to see why the picture of the AAA members chalking “was so important.” AAA does chalking for the same reason every other organization on campus chalks, to draw awareness.
By placing this photo on the front page, The Crimson White was helping AAA draw even more attention. I did not think an article was really required but I am sorry one was not there to explain this to you. I am sure you were not equally upset when the Wednesday CW had a picture of the “Cemetery of the Innocents” and no article to prove its importance.
Secondly, let me draw attention to the logical fallacy behind your “simple reasoning” against atheism. You did not list facts to arrive at your conclusion that God exists. You simply said, “if God does not exist, objective moral values and duties do not exist.” This is in no way a fact. It is simply an opinion that coincides with your beliefs and therefore does not prove the existence of God. You also used the straw man fallacy by misrepresenting the meaning of objective morality by implying that it exists because of God.
The whole point behind objective morality is that it has absolutely nothing to do with a belief system and therefore does not exist because of God. You also state that having a system of morals that is “universally binding is impossible without God.” I find this statement contradictory to your argument because there is no universal set of morals. In some places it is acceptable to stone adulterers and cut off the hands of thieves, but this is seen as immoral here in America.
In your article, you also raise the question about Christian schools outperforming their secular counterparts. While this may be true, there are many factors that would contribute to this that have nothing to do with morality. Christian schools are private schools and therefore have much better funding. Private schools also have the ability to deny admittance based on grades and test scores. They can choose to allow only top students to attend while public schools are open to all students.
Finally, it would be naive to believe that every student and faculty member at Christian schools is in fact Christian and abides by a Christian set of values.
I would like to close my argument by pointing out that you have no authority in speaking on AAA’s world views or on “what is universally right and wrong” especially since there really is no universal standard of right or wrong. I believe many people would agree that attacking an organization because their beliefs are different than yours is bigotry, and bigotry is generally seen as negative. You may believe AAA deserves no place on the front page of The Crimson White but I believe your bigotry deserves no place at all in The Crimson White.
