His column about Max Gergel brought back a lot of memories. I will never forget the many delightful evenings in the rollicking old Palmetto Chess Club of so long ago when Max's polished speech, mordant wit and strong chess play kept so many of us so well entertained. Too I felt compelled to respond to Mr. Stratakos' fiery letter in the March 28th Free Times. My second response goes to Mr. Stratakos' caustic attitude toward Christians. Let me, as a follower of Jesus Christ, take this much-needed opportunity to apologize to you on behalf of whoever hurt you so deeply.
Christians are still just people.
We make mistakes and we can be insensitive at times just like anyone else. We after all are imperfect. This is precisely the reason why we needed forgiveness. I used the argument that the Christian church is full of hypocrites as my excuse for staying away for the first 27 years of my life. I finally realized, however, that the foundation of this church is Christ, not those who are the members.