Catholics unfairly portrayed

I truly admire Boston Cote for having the courage to tell the readership that you are "more comfortable feeling unsettled by my faith than feeling complacent with it" ("The road to Hell," March 3). As someone who shares a similar background of striving to find an order to the way of things, the differences in our conclusions interested me.

I have never found a more welcoming, accepting, and genuinely caring community than among the Catholics here. Many of these very same are seeking, like the both of us, a better understanding of our own spiritual lives.

I, however, cannot agree or condone your condescending tone towards so many, Catholic and otherwise, who feel themselves validated through lives of faith. It would seem that the acidic anger that you direct toward those who have, in your mind, done you wrong, is an argument against yourself. Simply by reading the harshness of your appeal, I found that I looked at the contrasting kindness of the Catholic community with more appreciation than before. I sincerely hope that people can try to discover their true feelings toward spirituality, regardless of their denomination, without the destructive monologue you delivered to them.

David Walker

Pratt '07