LETTERS: IT'S TIME TO TURN FALSE FREEDOM INTO GODLINESS

To the editor:

As a nation, we decided some 40 years ago to go astray. At first it was a few rebels without a cause. Then with civil rights and the Vietnam War came a cause, and our youths followed the rebels and created a new anthem of rock 'n' roll.

The snowball was poised at the top of the hill. With every new ideal came more freedom, which created a desire for even more freedom. Each new generation grabbed the next layer of snow and claimed new freedom.

The people of the United States have chosen to accept any action, lifestyle, desire, speech, movie, video, song, Internet site as long as it fits the political-cultural correctness of today.

Each of us has played a part in this downhill roll, and we are on this snowball of our own creation. But many of us are looking at this new perfect freedom and don't like it. We see the consequences of absolute freedom.

If we are truthful with ourselves, we can agree that as a nation we are out of control. But there is hope. It is given to us in our churches every Sunday. It's called repentance: agreeing with God that our actions are wrong and willingly turning away from those actions.

There is time to change and to let go of these false freedoms before the snowball hits the oak tree at the bottom of the hill. Let's start a new millennium seeking true freedom.

BRUCE COLLIER

Cape Girardeau