Re: “Humanist values ‘not superior'” in the Jan. 31 issue of the Merritt Herald

Dear Editor:

Hey, letter writer. You think that parents that bring up their children under their own religious beliefs are “indoctrinating” them? You want indoctrination? Go to your local public school and ask them if they teach any religion other that evolution. Ask any teacher if they are afraid to give any reference to creation rather than big bang, for fear of losing their jobs.

So you think that kids should be making their own life choices earlier? OK, let’s see how this plays out. I’m a kid now: “Sweet Mom, you mean I can decide what’s right for me?

OK, here it is: Religion – Ahhh, sounds boring and what are morals? Anarchy is cool.

Politics – Duke Nukem, shoot first and don’t ask questions. Hail to the King Baby.

Exercise – I get plenty on Call of Duty Modern Warfare.

Hygiene – Flossing is out.

Cleanliness – I like my room the way it is.

Cooking/laundry/dishes – Mom does all that; that’s what women are for.

Diet – Vegetables? Whatever doesn’t taste good isn’t good for you.”

Get the point? I doubt it. It’s the writer of that letter’s kind of thinking that is considered to be “forward” nowadays. All the old values are somehow all-of-a-sudden counterproductive and need to be changed. Then a kid goes into his school and kills 20 people and the letter writer gets confused.

Parents, if you are raising your children under a belief system that has a clearly defined system of morals and a definition of what is right and wrong, good on ya. Children need to be told what is right and wrong and disciplined when they don’t abide by the rules. Guess what, letter writer, that actually teaches them (most of the time) to be law-biding citizens. You say, “Well, I don’t wanna spank/abuse my child.” Well, there are some of us out here that can clearly tell the difference between spanking and beating our kids. So if you don’t know, I probably can’t help you. Of course, spanking isn’t always necessary. One of the best “switches” you can use on their little behind today is probably taking away the X-box.

Jordan Goerlitz

Merritt