Letter from a prisoner
Transcribed letter below:
Dear Leslie 16 Sep 08
I wanted to thank you for sending us the donated books from your Freethought Books Project. As I read them I'm passing them to friends of mine and they in turn will donate them to our library here. One of the many odd and ironic things that I've learned about prison is that the percentage of professed Christians here is much higher than I had ever known it to be on the streets. To my amusement there's even a resurgence of Norse myths and God worship called Osatru that the more racially divisive whites are embracing. Most all of it circles back to my questioning what so many Christians are doing here in the first place. If the Christian tenets had been properly applied in their lives prior to their incarcerations then shouldn't they not be here in the first place? It all seems so much more rote and dogmatic when seen in the light that a stay in prison casts.
The few of us here that trade similar books between ourselves are trying to recommend these and other titles to friends who might enjoy them. I thank you again for your infusion of sense into an environment that is, at best, utterly nonsensical. It is heartening to see an alternative point of view represented in such a place and the books you've sent will be read and reread many times over, so once again--many thanks.
Sincerely
Anthony, TX 79821