One could certainly take issue
with your comment posted 2/27:
"Julia Gillard is our
Labour Party Prime minister replete with ultra Ocker
Aussie accent. (Originally she comes from Wales)"
"As if reflecting the now
ex-Communist ideal she is also replete with
RED hair." ( http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/feb2012/phil227.htm )
Your comment regarding "RED"
hair is insensitive, inflammatory, perpetuates a
bias based upon superstition, and more importantly,
is unbiblical.
I often read the
comments after a news article in the
British newspapers and find posters who
continually and without apparent reason, villainize
redheaded people.
In the United States, we don't,
as a society, marginalize those with red hair, nor any
other hair color for that matter. I am also very
surprised to have found such absurd
prejudice submitted to a Christian site.
Most importantly, it is
insulting to the LORD GOD as it is HE who created
RED hair ! You
may well remember that King David was described as a
"ruddy" man (Rud = Red), and that Adam's
name, as interpreted by many scholars is/has to do
with, "red." It is certainly not established
biblically that Adam's hair was red, but it is
possible, and it is likely that David's hair was red
or reddish. In any case, the Psalmist states that:
73Thy hands have made me and
fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may
learn thy commandments. Psalm
119:73 KJV
Our hair color would be
included in the Lord's making and fashioning of us. Besides, I
thought the world and Christians were to judge us by our fruits and
the Bible says that God judges us by our heart and our relationship
with His Son.
Perhaps a list of some redheads
who were NOT communistically inclined would help. These include:
Thomas Jefferson---George
Washington---Winston Churchill---King Arthur---King Henry
VIIII---Queen Elizabeth I---William Shakespeare---Mary,
Queen of Scots---Mark Twain---Van Gogh---Erik the
Red---Queen Victoria---Margaret Thatcher---Ronald
Reagan---Andrew Jackson---etc.---etc.
So, the next time
you think of redheads, perhaps rather than
associating them with the communists, you will consider
the possibility that they are simply ON FIRE FOR THE LORD
!