Like Mario Dingli, I too am puzzled over John Guillaumier’s continued public campaign against religion in general and the Catholic Church in particular (October 10).

It would indeed be interesting to know exactly what sparked this obvious detestation. Because it’s one thing to quietly be an unbeliever – it’s quite another to go out of one’s way to constantly challenge (and, presumably, alienate) the vast majority of people on these islands.

However, I fear this particular atheist will remain, to coin a phrase, a voice in the wilderness.

Hardly a surprise, as the teachings of the Catholic Church are drilled into children from virtually the moment they learn to walk.

The alleged Jesuit maxim of “give me the child until the age of seven and I will show you the man” has never been more true than in the case of Malta.

However, I part company with Mr Dingli when he calls Mr Guillaumier “illogical”.

Nothing I have read in his stream of letters seems in the least illogical.

If Mr Dingli is a good Christian, presumably he believes in the Virgin Mary and that Jesus was without sin.

He would also believe that Jesus raised people from the dead, could turn water into wine and walk on water before He Himself died but came back to life and is now in heaven and can listen to the thoughts of six billion people simultaneously.

Compared to these so-called “logical” beliefs, Mr Guillaumier seems to me to be the voice of sweet reason.