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Education ls Necessary
May
1
submit my warmest thanks for
running one of the finest arlicles the. PT
has ever run, "Yes Nancy, Education ls
Necessary" [September
1976].
Personally, I'm astounded with the
amounl of time l've wasted in life which
could have been replaced with lasting
education.
If
there is any one thing
I
would tell the youthful generation of
today, it would be, "take every opportu–
nity lo advance your education!"
Louis Barreiro,
Hanford, CA
As a teacher,
I
would like lO say a big
" thank you" lo the Royal Bank of Can–
ada for lbeir views on education and to
The Plain Truth
staff for running lhe
article. Though written in
1956,
the
sta t ements of fact and opinion
presented are as pertinent in
1976
as
they were
20
years ago. The right kind
of education prepares the child with a
" li ving fund of knowledge" as the foun–
dation upon which he/she may build
for the rest of their life. We need more
teachers with this educational philoso–
phy to start our children in the right
direction. Again
I
say "lhank you."
Sherry Fowler.
Rockville. MD
"Jonah and the Whale"
1
have found a lot of help through
your
Plain Truth
magazine and the in–
formative booklets you publish. They
have helped to make clearer forme why
man exists and whal God has planned
for him.
J
read Jon Hill's article "Can
You Swallow the Tale of Jonah and the
W
hale?" in the September issue.. lt was
an article containing humor along with
seriousness. and it was enjoyable and
enlighlening lo read.
UFO Controversy
Brian Forgel,
Plattsburgh, NY
T
was very disappointed with "The
Ubiquilous UFO" article by Robert A.
Ginskey in your August issue. The
wording of the article seems carefully
chosen
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make believers in UFOs look
like "UFOnuts" (your wording). Yet
lhere seems to be no real basis for the
author's anti -UFO bias. Certainly it is
not based on the Bible. What's wrong
with believing in UFOs?
Peter Ditzel,
Lakewood, NJ
The
PLAIN TRUTH
January 1977
J
must lell you how surprised I was to
see an a rlicle in
The Plain Truth
con–
cerningUFOs. ll's the firsl one ever.
I
was
even more surprised
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find the article so
comprehensive and well wri tten since lhe
space limilations make the subject diffi–
cult lo deal with. You also mainlained an
objecti ve viewpoint, another surprise for
me. Keep up the good work.
Life on Mars
Dan DuPonl,
North Hollywood, CA
1
am writing in response to your article
entitl ed "Life on Mars? No Way!"
1
found the ·article very presumptuous
and one-sided on the issue of life on
Mars, or any other planel.
You argue - and ri ghtly so - that
evolution could not have occurred on
Mars.
But,
how do you know thal God
never created life on Mars? lf Earth was
lush paradise before lhe great heavenly
war. described in Revelation. why not
Mars? There is evidence to suggesl that
sorne life forros existing before lhis war
survived into our own times. Couldn't
this have happened on Mars?
Unless you can come up with sorne
more proof, you should label that ar–
ticle as
opinion.
James Carrender.
Akron, OH
lrritated
Every time
The Plain Truth
comes.
1
throw it away quickly.
lt
irritates me to
no end that a presumably Christian
publication can come rolling in like
such a prophet of doom.
l
trust God! And rny strongest, most
effective witness to others is lhat
I
do
not have to worry and stew over the
"state of the world." Yes,
J
can help,
show my concern for others less fortu–
nate. But to dwell on the gloom and to
wring my hands in sweaty worry does
nol portray to others a Christian atti–
lude. Have you rnissed the whole mes–
sage of the gospel - the good news?
Jane Alm,
Fargo, NO
Feedback on Previous Letters
I was a little disappointed by a letter
written by one of your readers. A
woman asked lhat her subscription be
canceled because of the many, many
articles on "the end." Poor wornan,
doesn't she realize that what she calls
"the end" is actually "the beginning"?
Juan Melo,
Porterville. CA
RESOLUTIONS
(Continued trom page 19)
priority. Other interests will begin
to sidetrack your resolve, and it will
take concentrated effort to keep
your time-quantity objectives on
your "must do" list.
lf your goal begins to appear
overwhelming and you begin to
think, " 1 don' t know if 1 can stick
with it that long, " evaluate your
time-quantity objectives. You may
need to break your long-term goal
down into smal ler tasks. Make your
program measurable. Shoot for a
week's (or a day's) accomplish–
ment, and then renew it for an–
other week until you finally attain
your goal. lt is always easier to do
smal l tasks than large ones. And
the feeling of success, when more
frequent, is more exhilarating.
By experiencing frequent suc–
cess, you will be developing a re–
petitive new pattern . A repetitive
new pattern, especially a pleasant
one (experiencing success), will
help you develop a positive new
behavioral pattern - a new living
habit. Your success in achieving
intermediate objectives will culmi–
nate in the mastering of your long–
range goal. Then you 've won! And
your life is permanently enriched
as a result.
Yes, it's easy to have good in–
tentions. You've heard the old ad–
age "the road to hell is paved with
good intentions." But it's not easy
to stick to resolutions.
Yet if you sit down and have a
long, honest talk with yourself and
then develop a practica! time-quan–
tity program for monitoring your
progress, you can be on your way
to endorsing a new adage: " The
road to life and happiness is paved
with mastered resolutions. "
o
Arthur
C.
Mokarow
is
director
ot the Ambassador lnter–
nationat Cultural Foundation
Extension Center and the edi–
tor of
Successful Living.
He
is
a/so an ordained minister,
counseling and working in
the area ot human relations.
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