This letter is in response to the column by John Bice "Ten Commandments statue has no place in public domain" (SN 9/26). As a Christian, I took offense to every aspect of Bice's column for a number of reasons, largely due to his inaccuracy and ignorant bias against Christianity.

First of all, if Bice is an atheist, why should he be offended by a Ten Commandments statue when atheists deny the existence of God?

His right to practice any religion he desires is not being violated, because atheists do not practice any organized religion. Another reason why I found Bice's column to be offensive is that in reality, as Christians, we are not totally free to practice our faith, when students who would like to pray in school are not allowed to, and when all around campus there can be seen derogatory remarks scribbled over the top of chalk writings for MSU's Campus Crusade for Christ and other Christian groups - while advertisements for secular groups are left alone.

If Bice wants to talk about hypocrisy, then maybe he should take a look at the United States and how on our money, it says "In God we trust" and how after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the country called upon God after shutting him out of schools, etc., and encouraging a lifestyle where morality is optional.

This nation does not seem like a nation that trusts in God.

But I do agree with one statement made in Bice's column, where he quotes an individual praying at the site of the Ten Commandments monument in Alabama. "Even if they should remove this monument - and God forbid they do - they'll never be able to remove it from our hearts."

Eva Bohler
Humanities and pre-law senior