ATHEISM AND CATHOLICISM

Lack of fact, logic and argument THANKS, Greg Craven (Comment & Debate, 4/11), for providing an academic example of an ad hominem argument €” one which attacks the person instead of debating their ideas. Rather than comparing atheists to frogs and blowflies, a sound argument would account logically and factually for the existence of a god and thus prove the atheist tenet wrong. And any attack on the Catholic Church would be countered with numerous examples of the respect that its authorities have consistently shown for human rights, intellectual enquiry and freedom of belief and dissent, for which the Vatican holds an impeccable record.