THE answer to Lee Graham’s query as to whether Philip Pullman’s novels and others “on the same bandwagon” (Letters, September 17) will still be read “by millions” in 2,000 years’ time must be no, not least because it seems probably that this world will have ceased to exist by then.

If any beings of the human mould remain anywhere, they will doubtless be busy trashing other life forms wherever they exist and it will all be in the name of some deity demanding obedience and worship.

In the past Christianity adopted a cruel and authoritarian stance, slaughtering millions in the name of Christ. Now we face the same persecution from the adherents of Islam. What goes around comes around, eh?

We shall all know the truth one day but, if there is indeed a God, then it must be extremely vexing to witness the vicious, foolish and unnecessary squabbles that so exercise the minds and bodies of humans as they trash their fellow beings and the natural world, just because they can and will excuse it as being “the will of God”.

Presumably, if humans were given free will, they were expected to use it responsibly and compassionately – but they don’t, particularly if they are religious zealots.

Personally I find Philip Pullman’s novels very enjoyable – but they are fiction, Mr Graham!

Bea Bradley, Cuxham Road, Watlington