Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 7. April 9 1979
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Sir,
[unclear: After] to the letter "Christian Organs" by [unclear: an] in Salient No. 5.
[unclear: The] early Part of his letter, A.A. Tam [unclear: quo-witnessing] (?) of a christian who posed [unclear: ve] ultimatum to a first year student: "If note a christian, then you must be a [unclear: com-"] For me, I would not even qualify such [unclear: natum] as "naive" but instead, absolutely [unclear: LICAL] and downright Ridiculous. [unclear: Un-dly], it is a shock to us all, christians and [unclear: itians] alike, that such a ridiculous [unclear: state-in] be made. I believe the guy who made [unclear: ement] would feel very shy right now.
Tan also accused indirectly (and [unclear: quitetly]) why I have not dared identify myself [unclear: stian] in my previous letter. Tan also [unclear: ri-that] my effort in masking, my identity is even "simple Mr. Beach" would discern [unclear: m] a christian when he read my letter, by [unclear: titling] it "A Christian's Comment" was [unclear: v] me mainly for clarifying my stand -ie [unclear: hristian] - right in the beginning even [unclear: be-] letter proper. I am sure Mr Beach can [unclear: i] this as proof.
Tan's uncertainty of whether I implied [unclear: hristian's] Comment" that only opinions and other christians' are first hand, I [unclear: ike] to make it loud and clear to Tan that [unclear: wer] is.....No. All I was actually saying, [unclear: eemed] about, was that students should [unclear: eir] opinions through personal encounters. [unclear: e], I am not saying that advising first year [unclear: to] be cautious is wrong. But to me, [unclear: ad-rst] year students to "only listen and talk [unclear: tians] with an open mind" After giving [unclear: id] impressions and Without acknowled-[unclear: at] the other side of the picture can be is Unreal and Unjust. I am concerned [unclear: s]. Koh's letter may create unnecessary [unclear: pre-meng] the student community; hence my [unclear: him]. To give absolute assurance to Tan, [unclear: ing] of "A Christians Comment" is [unclear: defini-a] result of "embarrassement" brought [unclear: iteur] converters" to the extent that I have "painful confession" to "cover up all that had been strewn."
unfortunate that I could not meet the to have my previous letter published it 3. If the dateline was met, "A [unclear: Chris-mment]" would have appeared together [unclear: ina's] letter. It is even more unfortunate [unclear: nt] in my letter to Salient one day before letter was published. Hence it is quite un-lable why A.A. Tan accused my previous [unclear: r] having "conveniently left out the very of the issue" as refered to in Salina's [unclear: ques-anyway], WOCF has answered Salina's queries [unclear: onaily], I feel it is more appropriate for the [unclear: ees] of the various christian groups to [unclear: clari-stand].
[unclear: a], before I am accused again for masking [unclear: tity], I would Like to take this opportunity [unclear: y] my stand even more clearly. I was not an when I first came to Victoria some [unclear: a]. It was only a year later that I became [unclear: an.] I have to acknowledge that this [unclear: deci-e] a christian is not a result of being "[unclear: bible-] by the so called "Christian Saviours" but [unclear: h] resulted from much personal searching [unclear: uating], and observing the quality of the close christian friends. Lastlyy, Tan is right -[unclear: ud] to be a christain in every sense of the [unclear: ly] the way, just so that Tan won't accuse [unclear: ler], I am also a member of WOCF,
[unclear: erely] hope that this letter will clarify my [unclear: a] Christian's Comment" particularly to [unclear: n] and T.S. Koh.
[unclear: P.S.] The title of this letter (ie Spelling it out) [unclear: ven] by me.
Shalom.
(Lawrence Law)