Tuesday 21 August 2012

TALENT MAY NOT BE GOD GIVEN

This letter appears in today's Leicester Mercury:
Talent may not be God given
In response to claims made by E Letts that "believers find God really helps" (Mailbox, August 18), I would like to rebuff those claims.
I am sure most people would have seen footage from the Olympic Games recently.
Sure enough, at the end of some of the events, we would have seen some of the winners "thank God" for their win.
But did anyone notice that God chose to neglect every other competitor in the same event?
Surely some of those believed that God would help them, too?
Why, E Letts, are you so sure that talented musicians, poets, painters, writers etc have somehow been given their talent from God?
Could it be that they are just extremely talented people?
Who are you to take their achievements away from them?
I would also ask you to consider how many "non-believers" surround you every day.
A non-believer may have built your home or present a radio show you listen to. Maybe they diagnosed your illnesses or designed your washing machine.
All of these things require talent and knowledge but they may not have had any belief that God would help them.
These people are good at what they do and you should not take that away from them.
Sean Coltman, Leicester

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