CHARLIE KAVANAGH,
Sir, - Dean Furlong seems to be keen to rewrite a basic tenet of fundamental Christian belief - that God sent us his son Jesus in the form of man, who lived his life and died to show us the way forward.
There are other religions that hold Jesus to be a prophet and perhaps his 30-year angst could be accommodated in the Jewish or Muslim traditions.
As a somewhat "lapsed" Roman Catholic, I still hold to the basic beliefs of my religion and feel that, if I were in the dean's position, holding views as strongly as he does contrary to the mainstream doctrine of his church, I would resign my ministry and look elsewhere for my crust. - Yours, etc.,
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CHARLIE KAVANAGH,
Glenvale Park,
Wicklow.