Letter from Clarence A. Mitchell

In regard to your piece entitled "Overcoming Violence," there is no proof of any kind that irrefutably verifies the existence of something called the "soul." Since there is no irrefutable evidence that verifies the existence of something called the "soul", then the "theory" put forth by Ursula M. Anderson is based on nothing.

Mentioning quantum physics, energy, and fields of waves in connection with a nonexistent fantasy called the "soul" is akin to mixing science with religion; and, is totally unacceptable. Science is based on experimentation and proof. Science built this civilization. Religion is based on nothing. By that I mean that the "believers" scorn experimentation and proof of any kind and rely on blind unreasoning faith. Mentioning a nonexistent fantasy known as "god" in with science amounts to exactly the same thing for exactly the same reasons.

Electron microscopes, jet planes, space stations and the internet are not built out of crucifixes. Science built all of those fantastic inventions. Of course if science can be misused and abused, so can religion. You can ask Osama Bin Laden about that. He abused both of them at once. It does not take irrelevant religions fantasies to explain the world. The world, the universe is so fantastically complex by itself that no simplifying blind belief is needed. Truth is stranger than fiction. I accept the world exactly as it comes to me without imposing any preconceived notions. I have no beliefs. I doubt, I ask questions, and I challenge.

Sincerely, Clarence A. Mitchell