Professor Art Hobson, on Feb. 2, agonized, complaining that 30 percent of Americans believe the Bible literally. This bothers him a lot. He would be less concerned if those people didn’t take it so literally. The prof is also scared of Islamic terrorism, but to be on the safe side, he wants all to know that he loathes Christian conservatism just as much.

Does Hobson think the Islamic terrorists would be good if 30 percent of Americans quit believing that the Bible is literal? Would he be content if 15 percent were literalists? Or would he need zero percent Biblical literalist in order to sleep well?

If it’s true that 30 percent of Americans are Biblical literalists, nearly all of them are peaceful, law-abiding, working, self-supporting, charitable citizens. The fact that many of them don’t vote should soothes Professor Hobson’s nerves.

His dreaded 30 percent’s presence and influence in the press, entertainment, education, Congress and the White House is virtually nil.

However, fundamental, conservative Christianity does have a legacy. It includes hospitals, orphanages, schools, charities, disaster relief, feeding the hungry, valuing human life, patriotism, financial responsibility, faith, comfort and spiritual guidance.

I’ll credit the left and nonbelievers. They have managed to hide their legacy “under a bushel,” as Jesus said. Fundamental atheism’s first monster child, communism, reigned for 70 years of the bloody 20th century. This twisted utopia the left and atheism now softly censures publicly while privately admiring, starved, tortured, shot, and worked to death 100 million people in “peace time.” Add to this the 50 million babies killed in the womb at the core of which is the atheistic concept that human life is just a mass of pulsating flesh.

Christian conservatives should keep in mind that Professor Hobson is typical of higher education’s teaching establishment that tries to tear down everything your children learned at home and at church as soon as they get the power of passing or failing them.

Most of his comrades disdain others as ignorant, backward bigots and believe they have a life-work to remold our youth into liberal secularists/atheists. Check out the institutions and the faculties before turning children over to smug atheists who despise our values.

Think of it also when the public colleges regularly raise fees and complain about needing more taxpayer money while taking five to six years to grant worthless degrees and putting our kids deeper into debt.

GERALD HOLLAND

Bella Vista

Opinion, Pages 5 on 02/17/2014