From Ross Sargent
I find it depressing and more than a little frightening that the medieval
view of creationism appears to be on the increase. Surprisingly, though, I found
myself agreeing with some of Bryan Appleyard’s conclusions.
Cosmologists and physicists who write popular books do have a lot to answer
for. Many titles use the word “God” in a mistaken attempt to attract a wider
audience and to give the impression of profundity. The problem is that the God
of most of these authors is more of a philosophical exercise, a shorthand for
the rules by which the Universe operates. To many members of the public,
however, this is seen as an endorsement of the Judaeo-Christian mythology of a
personal God, with all the trappings of miracles, resurrections and the
rest.
Folkestone, Kent
