Roger Tyler, of Wallingford Road, Kingsbridge, writes: In response to Davina Owen's letter refuting my suggestion that there are several forms of atheism, the limitation of space in the Christian Comment column prevented me from referencing it. I am happy to do so here: New Scientist, May 3, Losing our Religion, by Graham Lawton. Most of us know anyway by simple observation that there is a spectrum of atheistic attitudes, from the militant New Atheists – Richard Dawkins, et al – who shake a fist in the face of God, to those who are casually indifferent to the notion of His existence. Furthermore, there are some who if pressed would tick the box 'God does not exist', who in some matters behave as though He did. Also, and sadly, there are Christians who at times act as though He did not. Which is not to say that it doesn't matter if we believe or not; it is just that there are exceptions to consistency. Ms Owen appears to be unhappy with our Christendom-inherited laws and morals. I recommend reading Gunning for God by John C Lennox, which I bought from Wordwise in Kingsbridge. In it he refers to the irony 'that Christianity originally gave the world its universities that educated the New Atheists. 'It was Christianity that provided the hospitals and hospices that care for them, and that undergirds the freedoms and human rights which allow them to disseminate their ideas. 'There are large tracts of the world where they might just be reluctant to give their lectures; and it would not be Christianity that would stop them.'