HAVING come across and read the Rev Michael Williams' Thought for the Week on November 4, I cannot say that I have ever come across a better example of pure illogical thought and contradiction.

If he is a committed Christian and believes that Christ was the Son of God as written in the Gospels, then it is not possible to believe that other religions such as Hinduism can possibly be true. If he maintains that all religions are equally valid, then he is casting great doubt on the truth of the Bible and admitting that he is unsure of his own beliefs. Perhaps his parishioners should be aware that, when he next preaches a sermon on the meaning of Christmas, he does not really believe what he is saying.

The comments that only God is capable of understanding truth, and that man, because he is fallible, can never do so, is the standard get-out clause used by those who do not understand what they are talking about.

Once you accept the premise that all religions, no matter how different they are, are equally valid, it would be a short step to the slippery slope leading to the conclusion that all religious teaching is nonsense.

Mr D J Haworth

Upper Mead

Egerton, Bolton