I FIND it rather interesting that the SPGB is trying to disprove religion once and for all. I don't go along with it being one of the most divisive and destructive prejudices of all time.

I am a trade union branch secretary but I also attend St Barnabus Church in the West End in Morecambe. In addition I am taking instruction within the church to become a lay reader.

Paddy can't you just live and let live? I can't attend your open meeting which I would be willing to do from a Christian Socialist point of view as I have a branch meeting at Preston on the same night and I am secretary. The only thing I do know is that all being well I shall be in church the Sunday after and weekly then on.

Nothing you have said so far convinces me but I'm a convert from atheism. I don't understand the power of prayer but it has worked for me. I am in the same trade union as Steve Metcalfe but I am not his secretary but enshrined in the constitution of my union is freedom to observe your religion without let or hindrance.

If the SPGB is seeing themselves as a creditable alternative to the Labour Party why do they seek to upset potential members. The next election I shall vote for Geraldine but locally I shall vote Liberal Democrat.

I am not a member of the Labour Party though being in a Rail Union after privatisation I could never vote Conservative.

Freedom from intolerance is a central belief of any democrat (racism, sexism etc. ) as is freedom of conscience and religion. These are not beliefs that any party be they Conservative Labour or SPGB can negate just because they don't agree with them.

Paddy, humanism is a way forward but it isn't the only way forward and it certainly doesn't impress me.

T Jordan

Trade Union

Branch Secretary

Morecambe