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...Stuart Buck ever met Bishop Spong or heard him speak? (Op-Ed, March 6). He sounds as if he is rehashing a compendium of lies, rumors and poisonous innuendo circulated by a politically motivated faction of "Christians." If the purpose of the Noble lectures is to help students of Harvard discover Jesus, then the committee was quite right to invite Bishop Spong to speak...
DEAR WORRIED: I share your concern that our culture seems to value therapy over self-reliance. (When was the last time you heard anyone tell a kid to buck up?) In general, I think our children need less medication and talk therapy and more work, responsibility and parental attention. However, your reference to the movie Fatal Attraction gives me pause. What if the Glenn Close character had a few sessions with a good counselor? Might the family bunny have been spared? I gather that your daughter is self-medicating with Aimee Mann CDs and scented candles. And she's fortunate...
...Stuart Buck sets out to criticize Memorial Church administrators for allowing Bishop Spong to deliver the William Belden Noble lectures (Op-Ed, March 6). He claims to be upset because Bishop Spong's beliefs do not coincide with the doctrinal requirements set out by Nannie Noble in 1898, the founder of the lectures. I say "claims," and although I have no doubt that this situation does upset Buck, he seems to be lying when he tells us he is concerned with W.B. Noble's spirit. Instead, Buck directs his criticism at Bishop Spong himself. The body of Buck...
...Buck calls Spong "self-congratulatory," accuses him of "racism," and throws in a sarcastic, willfully ignorant comment about one of the Bishop's parallels being an "unexplainable" analogy. How do these points relate to the Bishop's religious doctrine and its compatibility with Noble's stipulations...
...Buck does not like Bishop Spong. But if, as Buck asserts, the fact that we may share Spong's beliefs does not imply that it is right for him to give the lecture, then why does the fact that Buck does not share Spong's beliefs imply that it is wrong for him to give the lecture...