I THINK Pauline Huckridge is much nearer the truth than Jed King.

Human nature is not inherently good. Even babies and young children never need to be taught to be naughty. Has Jed had much experience of them, I wonder?

I have spent my life working with babies and children of all ages - I am now 83 - and they always needed to be taught to be good.

I'll back Pauline in her assessment of much of today's problems.

The Bible is a comprehensive whole and needs to be treated as such. Whoever reads it with an open mind will find the truth there. Some of the worst criminals and dictators have been well-educated men.

Education does not change the heart.

ELIZABETH BOND, Evesham.