"I believe in God the Father, Almighty..." Do you now? Is this the same God that the folks down in Colombia believe in, the folks who have just lost homes, health, and loved ones in that devastating earthquake Monday? The same God to whom prayers are directed from those trying to survive the ethnic slaughter in Kosovo? The same God to whom the family of Tiffany Long [a local 10-year-old found raped and murdered] prayed for her safe return from school? "God, the Father, ALMIGHTY...?" Right!

In Russell Baker's book, Growing Up, he talks about being five years old and losing his 33-year-old father to an acute diabetic coma. His mother had still not returned from the hospital, but with what had happened, young Russell was taken over to the home of one of the neighbors, Bessie Scott. He writes…