Sir, – Regarding Alan Whelan's thoughtful comments (August 22nd), I fear he has missed the point. Pope Francis, well-intentioned though he he may be on climate change, lacks a vote in Kerry. – Yours, etc,
PAUL LOUGHLIN,
Dún Laoghaire,
Co Dublin.
Sir, – Archbishop James Usher of Armagh in the 17th century calculated that the world (creation) started about 6 pm on October 2nd, 4004 BC.
He arrived at this conclusion after many years of study and calculations based on the Old Testament.
Only the most fundamentalist of believers would accept this finding today.
Danny Healy-Rae TD, it would appear, is in good company.
However, using the Bible as a source for scientific deduction carries little currency in the earth sciences or climatology. – Yours, etc,
HUBERT JENNINGS,
Oranmore,
Galway.