AS LONG as we have religions, faiths,and ideologies on this planet, the atrocities we witnessed last week in Paris will unfortunately continue. Things haven’t changed since the Crusades and beyond. We recently celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ, the son of God, sent to save mankind with the message “Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, goodwill toward men” and yet over 2,000 years on half the world is at war, mostly for some religious belief or other.

I think a lot must be said of our ancestors who simply worshipped the sun, rain and nature in its entirety – the things that sustain life.

R John Smith, Greenwood Avenue, Cwmbran