This letter is in response to John Bice's column "Raelian cult beliefs just as nutty as the Christian majority's" (SN 1/15). I wonder how this opinion piece would have been taken had Bice compared the "nuttiness" of the Raelian cult to, say, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, how about Shamanism? There would have been massive public outcry - screaming bigotry - if this opinion piece would have even made it across the editor's desk.

But, since Christianity is the majority religion in the country, Christian bashing is all hunky-dory. The difference, Bice, between the Raelian cult and Christianity, is that Christians believe in God and celebrate Jesus Christ.

They do not "play" God by cloning human beings, such as the Raelians claim to have done. It's opinion pieces like these that make The State News great bathroom reading, rather than a reputable news source.

Brett A. Gillespie
Lansing Community College student