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Wednesday, Sep. 09, 2009

'Nobody can be good without God'

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Regarding "We can be good without God" (Sept. 1, Letters): With deep respect, I would like to make a correction: Some people can be good without institutionalized religion, but nobody can be good without God because all good comes from God, whether you believe in him or not.

"I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people." (Jeremiah 31:33) God's law is love and goodness, so every time we do an act of love we are shouting to the world that we indeed believe in God or a Supreme Being, however we want to call him.

Remember, the only difference between the words God and good is the extra "o." Just an interesting coincidence? The great irony of faith: sometimes you believe in God without even knowing it.

MISAEL AVILA
Oakdale