Bible’s explicitness takes precedence
I believe when the Bible has an explicit teaching on a subject, this overrules how we interpret God’s attributes to apply to that subject. This is easily seen in the issue of same-sex marriage. The human argument says God endorses love, even between two people of the same sex. But in both the Old Testament and the New Testament, God explicitly condemns homosexual activity – not the person, but the act.
I believe my Democratic-voting Christian brothers and sisters are misguided. Two planks in the Democratic Party platform are inconsistent with Scripture: support for abortion and support for same-sex marriage. I am fully aware of the arguments that espouse these planks. But those arguments are human interpretations that are in conflict with explicit, God-given statements of how we should live. Again, where the Bible is explicit on an issue, we cannot use human interpretation of God’s attributes to believe something different.
DENNIS URBANIAK, Signal Mountain
Do you feel safe with MOX fuel?
The Times Free Press reported (Sept. 8) that a meeting was held by TVA to discuss using MOX fuel at Sequoyah and Browns Ferry nuclear power plants. The Department of Energy wants TVA to dispose of 34 metric tons of plutonium because of an agreement signed with the Russians in 2000. The plutonium will come from dismantling nuclear warheads. Duke Power reported they tried to burn this MOX blend at the Catawba Nuclear Plant and after a short time suspected it bowed the fuel rods due to its intense heat. Duke Power stated it wouldn’t resume burning MOX fuel.The government will make the fuel at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River site in South Carolina.
As a country, we constantly worry that a terrorist group will somehow sneak a suitcase bomb containing plutonium into the country and do insurmountable devastation. TVA and the DOE want to bring 34 metric tons of plutonium into the Tennessee Valley after it’s mixed with uranium at the South Carolina plant. The experts say it’s safe to burn, but it burns hotter. TVA demonstrated it could barely handle the coal-ash problem in Kingston. How would TVA handle a meltdown at Sequoyah using MOX fuel? How safe do you feel?