God’s enduring place in an unequal world | Brief letters
by Letters from on (#1FE9J)

All that Giles Fraser (The world is getting more religious, because the poor get God, 27 May) has managed to say in 700 words is that religion is indeed the opium of the masses and sadly, in an increasingly unequal world, people will turn to myth and superstition to comfort them in their impotence to do anything about it.
Jan Wiczkowski
Manchester
" The death and resurrection of Christ is the cornerstone of the Christian faith. If the Rev Adrian Alker (Letters, 28 May) has a problem with this then he should stop calling himself Rev and get a proper job.
Richard Sweatman
Bristol