WHAT a complete load of bunkum Rev Andy Kelso presented to us (Letters, October 3).

He seems to be at one with a recent vocabulary-challenged anonymous correspondent in blaming the atrocities in the USA on the Americans themselves.

In this he ignores the fact the casualties represented a diverse cross section of nationalities and faiths.

He calls for a return to God. But wait a minute, the terrorists were religious fanatics perpetrating their crimes in the name of God.

I feel the Rev Kelso is confusing God with the Christian religion.

The former is necessary for the latter, while belief in the latter requires a notion of the former but the reverse is definitely not true.

That said, it is difficult to argue against the philosophy generally attributed to the person known as Jesus Christ.

Before the Rev Kelso starts invoking God's laws, he might define God.

Most religions agree there is only one god. While Allah is merely the Arabic word for God, thus one can say Allah, Dieu and God without implying a multiplicity of entities.

The Rev Kelso might care to remember that more atrocities have been committed in the blasphemous name of God than have ever been committed in the name of materialism.

By the same token, it is perfectly possible to live, and believe in living, a socially acceptable life while denying the existence of God.

For the Rev Kelso to claim he knows the thoughts and reactions of God - he tells us that "God is speaking loud and clear in this situation" - is pretentious beyond belief (no pun intended).

God was, is and ever will be; no action or belief can have any effect on him whatsoever.

Don Vincent

Middleton Mews

Redditch