THE EDITOR, Sir:
ON FRIDAY April 22, a letter to the editor from a self-professed prophetic watchdog of the Seventh-day Adventist faith appeared in your columns.
He expressed concern about newly elected Pope Benedict XVI's proposal to work without fail at unifying Christians worldwide.
By desiring to unify Christians and not Catholics, this gentleman was concerned that the Pope was beginning the work of the New World Order in which church and state become one.
I am not sure how they all become interchangeable concepts, but then again I am not blessed with prophetic powers.
The Roman Catholic church is the oldest and largest Christian denomination (one billion strong worldwide). It has seen good times and bad times, including recent scandals.
We have been accused of icon worshipping, blasphemy and even being in cahoots with the devil. Each Pope from the 1900s has been called the anti-Christ and others with prophetic powers have informed us that we will produce the anti-Christ from within our midst.
If other Christians would spend their time praying for us instead of bad-mouthing us, it's possible we'd come around if we are wrong or get along better, accepting our differences.
But then, that would be the Christ-like thing to do.
I am, etc.,
HAYDEN HAMIL
hkhamil@hotmail.com
Golding Avenue
Kingston
Via Go-Jamaica
