Dear Editor,
I thank Andrew Horler for his challenging and informative letter (September EN) and agree that the teaching of evolution theory to primary school children is a major concern.
Those behind the promotion of this teaching are the ‘new atheists’. In fact, they may be considered ‘anti-theists’ (against God). Such people as Richard Dawkins et al believe that ‘the influence of churches and religious belief is positively harmful’. Their intention is to ‘destroy the intellectual and moral pretensions of Christianity’. Plainly their fundamental objective in attacking the biblical creation accounts of Genesis 1-3 and attempting to replace them with evolution theory is to undermine and ultimately destroy any belief in God.
