Sir, – I have a problem with Brian Whiteside’s reported statement (Joe Humphrey, Home News, May 27th) that “Our cause is simply the promotion of humanism.” I don’t like the word “cause” and I don’t like the word “promotion”; both smack strongly of Richard Dawkins’s campaign to make atheists of us all. I’m an agnostic and so, I suppose, veer towards humanism and atheism, but I wouldn’t dream of trying to convert anyone else to my way of thinking. In fact, I’m envious of people who have a faith and of the security and comfort it brings them. – Yours, etc,
JANE MEREDITH,
Glen Lawn Drive,
The Park,
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Cabinteely, Dublin, 18.