Tom Came Prepared Got What He Wanted To The Editor Well ell you ou are always co commenting enting a about ut the apathy of students at which I tend to agree with While I Idon don dont don't t find the time tune fo for extra curricular activities such as watching what a senseless waste of time I finally managed to find the time to respond to your recent editorial about Tom the Religious Fanatic and his visit to cs S s Redwood edwood campus ampus You commented on the religious zealots way one-way preaching to college students His conversatIon conversation conversation conver conver- was fairly way one-way l indeed de though he did give answers straight from the Bible For the most part my comments comments com corn ments are directed to the majority of the students who stood or sat around mocking the fanatic for hours r Y Every t time e I walked by the quad to go to my next class I would notice Toms Tom's large congregation For the most most part the students who who were ere hanging hanping around looked lik like a bunch of fools Possibly a few students had goo good questions but uneducated juvenile comments abounded from the majority of students I wonder why it is that you were were re really ay 11 so because down believe some of what he be was saying Is that so upset Perhaps Ph er aps your anger flows so intensely deep you why you gave him what he came prepared for I want to say that Tom has courage that most of us do not In fact I suggested this to one of the students who wasso wasso was wasso who tri tried to tomake tomake tomake so-called so non conformists and others But would the and the student angrily disagreed with me so angry and that Tom put himself through He themselves through the scrutiny persecution make such a point be willing to put with him One student blurted out stood alone on the quad all day in front of you seemingly not one of you agreed to die for what he believed That is isa isa isa Jesus was a rebel He was willing Jesus Christ was a rebel You are correct I think need to question your dont don't know what they believe or care to find out you a big problem today Most people be led on Anyway Tom was correct about a few things beliefs Why blindly would do it again today 1 I I agree with the fact and obviously we like and I did send Jesus to the cross People you Christs Christ's in lot of but hes he's closer to Christ as a rebel than the majority majori majori- tactics differ from a ways that Toms Tom's preaching mention that he is a sinner like the rest of us that Jesus died for all humankind's Tom failed to of I believe that ty us of whom he loves But I still think Tom is isa isa is isa all all humans the of eternal life is free to sins Toms Tom's included and gift be individualistic You arent aren't You dont don't seem to very a rebel and most of us are conformists to today's pop what in commercialized society the likes of is abounding free you free you are puppets aside rather of language sinning think that lies in the use vulgar In closing why is it that so many people power that would take too much effort If Maybe in intellectual or rational arguments expressionism than using powerful and the institution attend by acting acting acting act- act like Tom why embarrass yourself you talk to is not listening to the person you try obscenities at Tom did nothing to hamper his message in in fac fact you who yelling students were ing so foolishly You swimming drummer the beat of a different is to who marching all the more My question to you is this fired him on Tom the congregation he probably knew mew he would get upstream You be the judge I believe that you merely gave Tom came prepared to do battle and in hi a way he won Dave Eliason Social Science Major J