By Steve Roberts Santa Monica
Revelations 13:14 reminds us that Satan is the great deceiver of the world. One day the Anti Christ will rise up and proclaim himself to be God. Columnist Michael J Tittinger warns of that in his column this week. Others refer to what he wrote about as revisionist history. Revelations 6:4 always reminds me about the crusades. Could you imagine a history book that included the following in place of what really happened during the crusades: The crusaders rode their horses to the cottage. They dismounted and surrounded the house and begin to pray and teach the inhabitants about God. The inhabitants becoming aware of the error of their ways repented and then slashed their wrists to go and be with God. A far cry from what really happened and the very subject that Tittinger spoke so passionately about in his column this week.
There is a special election coming up soon in Santa Monica regarding funding for public schools. We need to do what we can to give children the right information when they are young. This becomes the bedrock for their lives going forward. We need to do what we can to insure quality in education so make believe fiction like that described above or by Mr. Tittinger don’t become reality.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 13, 2003. Read the original PDF.