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To those quick-tempered Portiaphiles who bark at anyone who DARES question the Prime Minister's most expedient 'conversion' only months before the February 25 presidential election, pooh, pooh! Christian convictions are justified by conduct, not speeches. Only time will tell whether [Portia Simpson Miller] is as sincere as St. Paul or as deceptive as Ninja Man, er, Brother Desmond. Unfortunately we have a culture of applauding plans and proposals instead of progress and performance.

The Christians who will 'log on' must remember though that after worship and prayers, someone still has to reason out the mind of [Jesus Christ] on the way forward and apply the practical solutions to national issues; for it is in fact true that 'faith without works is dead'.

This is a brief note of encouragement to our newly-installed Prime Minister, Hon. Portia Simpson Miller. Please do not be distracted by all the negative comments now, for there are many who do not share in your vision of a better and brighter Jamaica but who are merely opposed because they may have perceptions of a 'dent' in their own personal agenda.

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Letter of the Day

Christianity used as a marketing tool

THE EDITOR, SIR:

The firestorm of criticism towards Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller after her recent religious pronouncements is slightly misplaced. Mrs. Simpson Miller is not some ayatollah seeking to turn Jamaica into a fundamentalist religious state. But she is a politician - one who is using Christianity as a marketing tool to whip the masses into frenzy to consolidate h...

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