Pubdate: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 Source: Australian, The (Australia) Copyright: News Limited 1999 Contact: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/ Author: Ian Waugh Note: Title supplied by newshawk TRUTH AND BEAUTY JAMES Murray states the good intentions of the Sisters of Charity are misguided in seeking to help and forgive the drug dependent, while they condemn drugs and the associated sins. Surely Jesus Christ who healed the prostitute and asked her to go and sin no more, set a clear example of what truth and the beauty of life is about? The humility, and to me the honesty of thought reported the same day of the Most Reverend George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, refreshingly counters the somewhat judgmental view of the more literal fundamentalist influence presented by James Murray on his subject. The great philosophers have long held that the truths we seek for happier lives so often are influenced by what we wish to see, because of our own set of beliefs. John Howard’s current apparent blind acceptance of the American fundamentalist view of heroin now being aided and abetted by James Murray does not serve the country well. IAN WAUGH Bardon, Qld - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake