From Michael Whalley
Stephen Wilson complains that Lawrence Krauss fails to recognise religious believers’ “yearning for meaning” in the face of a universe providing no evidence of a deity (5 July, p 20). True, religious apologists do say that sort of thing, but unfortunately never tell us what they mean by meaning. If they are looking for some way to make our species seem important in the cosmological scheme of things, they are doomed to failure, since all the evidence points rather to our lack of importance.
But if it is something else that believers are seeking so eagerly, they should attempt to make itclear what it is. Then perhaps we atheists might be able to help them to find some philosophical consolation.
Howick, Quebec, Canada
