Re Ernest Izett's contention that the Bible should no longer be sworn upon in courtrooms (Weekend Sun 17 August). I tend to agree, because so few people these days have respect for it. And it is so frequently lied upon anyway.

But I don't agree that the Bible itself is full of lies. Perhaps Mr Izett's reason for this assertion is the miracles of Jesus, maybe also His resurrection. Thinking logically though, if, as Christians believe, Jesus was indeed the Son of God entering our world and our humanity to die to save us, then wouldn't you expect Him to authenticate His divinity by showing His power over nature, including over the sea and death?

Mr Izett includes the warmth of the sun and the earth's seasons as reasons for believing in evolution. But Christians, on the contrary, hold that these beneficial conditions, along with hundreds of other favourable factors enabling human survival are evidences for intelligent design ie God. And how could these have come from evolution which is based on chance plus survival of the fittest, and which itself creates nothing?

Don Campbell, Gate Pa.