16 Tere vio — Wess March 11 1987
Fundamentalism
in the cross fire

Your last week’s edition carried three more or less in-
teresting articles relating to the Rev. Margaret Mar-
quardt’s recent visit to Terrace. Of course we are happy
to welcome guests to our fair city, and extend to them
our courtesies.

Marianne Weston reported the views of the guest
quite correctly and, in agreement with those expressed
in Ms. Marquardt’s own write up. From Brian Gregg’s
commentary, how-be-it I’m taking it somewhat out of
context, one quote was strikingly impressive. It read,
“the prophetic Scriptures tefer to our present time as
the ‘Laodicean Church period,’ which-means that the
rights of people are considered more important than the
commandments of Christ.” In view of Ms. Marquardt’s
expressed denials of Holy Scripture and her unsup-
ported opinions, that statement impressed me as being
most timely.

The term fundamentalism, like many other good
words such as ‘woman’, has fallen into bad companv..
Webster, in his definition, associates it with, ‘“‘belief in
the inerrancy of the Scriptures; biblical miracles,
especially the Virgin Birth and physical Resurrection of

Christ; etc:’? That which is fundamental pertains to the .

foundation or basis of something. ©
Fundamentalism then, with respect to Christianity,
relates to the very basic truths of “‘the faith fundamen-

talism, is to ridicule that which has been sacred to born — . —_ Gaur
Todd Worobey, a member of First Terrace Scouts, pulls the draw bridge up which was recently constructed by the group for a

again believers past and present. Moreover, when Bible
believers are spoken of as interpreting Scripture in a
literalistic sense, it should be realized that imagery,

to be other than literal, are to be so understood. For in-
stance, fundamentalists do not believe that ‘trees literal-
ly clap their hands,’ or that a round earth has four cor-
ners. To imply otherwise savours of wilfull ignorance,
or a pitiful lack of courtesy.

It was evident to some of us attending Ms. Mar-
quardt’s meeting of Feb. 10, that statements were made

from a very liberal theological standpoint, without

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verification, and without there being ample opportunity

given to prove their falsity. The Bible was said to be a
collection of myths, full of contradictions, with two dif-
ferent accounts of creation, one of which ‘had a pro-
foundly negative effect on women’s lives.’ These are not
the assertions of truly Christian, biblied scholars.

_ The denial of the Pauline authorship of Ephesians,
Timothy, and Tius, accomplished nothing constructive;
nor did it seem to matter that those Epistles begin with
the salutation of Paul, so named. That ‘‘we have as
much social responsibility to each other as we do to a
direct personal relationship with God,”’ relegates Deity
to the level of humanity. One would only expect that of
a humanist. How absurd!

Of course, the main intent of the Feb. 10 meeting was
to charge fundamentalism, more or less with the abuse
of women, Another ridiculous inference! Fundamen-
talism, correctly understood, and in accord with all New
Testament teaching, holds that a man ‘should love his
wifeeven as Christ loved the church and gave Himself
for it.” He should ‘love his wife as his own body,’ and
_ forsaking all others, love, honor, and cherish her until
death ‘parts them. Nowhere does the New Testament say
- or imply that women and men are not eaual.

Women are often more spiritual, wise, intelligent,
and industrious than men, but they were made to be dif-
ferent physically, emotionally, and socially, When it
comes to headship in the marriage relationships the
Biblical revelation is clear, its enemies notwithstanding.
No woman should mind honoring a husband who loved
her enough to die for her. .

I shall have been happily married for 50 years, come
November, and that toa real woman. Obedience to God
and His sacred ‘Handbook’ is the-secret of happiness.
We have no bruises, no scars, and no regrets, By the
way, there is a reputable organization out there known
as Real Women. Ms. Marquardt would do well to join
it.

J.T. McNair, Paster
Terrace, B.C,

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Photo by Daniele Berquist.

TERRACE — A new pro-
gtam ‘sponsored by the
Terrace and District Com-
munity Services Society
(TDCS) will attempt to
help local people who
have.a serious lack of job
skills find employment.

Project Interconnect
began as a feasibility study
that identified a core
group of people in Terrace
who, due to a variety of
disadvantages, have little
or no hope of getting a job
and do not qualify for any
of the employment assis-
tance programs currently
available. The findings in
the study. were endorsed
by the board of the TDCS
and the Employment De-
velopment Branch re-
cently, and the project is
now in its formative
stages.

Brenda Cumiskey, act-
ing manager for Project
Interconnect, said the next
four weeks will be spent
designing the program.
Similar programs in Van-
couver, Prince George and
Vanderhoof will be ex-
amined, she said, and in-

unable

clients for the program
will be identified through
the Ministry of Social
Services and Housing

_(MSSH) and other. agen-

cies in the community
such as School District 88
and the probation office.

_The program will seek

people on income assis-
tance -.who have been
‘to develop
employable skills, who

Letter

Thanks from
the heart —

To the editor,

The Terrace unit of the
B.C. Heart: Foundation
would like to thank all
those who bought tickets
on the raffle of a ‘‘Gund”’
Bear donated by Northern
Drugs.

' The draw took place at
C.F.T.K. The winning
ticket was held by Susan
Gair of Terrace.

have little or no work
history,

social skills. Cumiskey in-
dicated. that little explora-

tion has been done in the »

past on the number of
people who fall into the
target group, but she said
tentative conclusions

reveal up to 70 Terrace ©

residents who could

benefit from the project.

The program will assist
clients for a maximum of
§2 weeks with astrong em-
phasis toward on-the-job
training. Cumiskey said
people in the program will
progress according to in-

‘dividual abilities, with:
classroom training avail-.

able when appropriate.

Cumiskey underlined

the importance of co-
ordination with local
employers to the success
of the program. A ques-
tionnaire has been sent out

to everyone who. holds a .

Terrace business license,
and an employers’ ad-

visory committee has been

and who may
have under-developed

designed to meet the needs

of local employers,” she __
“We want to ~

stated.
develop a credible service,

_ and we'd like to see things |
come to the point where

employers are placing job
orders with us."

The eventual goal for.

Project Interconnect, she
said, will be a success rate
in the order of 80 percent.

Project funding will
come from the Employ-
ment. Development
Branch, and candidate
eligibility will be deter-
mined by the Ministry of
Social Services and Hous-
ing. Cumiskey said final

_ ruling on project funding

will be announced near the
end of April.
Employers interested in

further information about

Project Interconnect are

invited to contact Brenda

Cumiskey at 635-2488 or
the Terrace and District
Community Services So-
ciety at 635-3178. ’

R.A.F.T.

TERRACE — The Terrace
RCMP scored 7 to 6 against
R.A.F.T. (Responsible Action
For Teens) volunteers in a re-
cent floor hockey game held
at E.T. Kenney Primary
School.

| by Daniele Berquist
Norman Cromarty, A

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R.A.F,T. volunteer said ap-
proximately 35 people at-
tended the event. After the
game, relay races were held
which included an egg toss,
riding on tricycles around

pylons, blowing a ping pong
ball across the floor plus

many more events, said.
- Cromarty.

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