IN THE 1960s Lord Hailsham hosted a BBC programme on the question, Is there a God? One of his witnesses was a member of the Cunard Shipping Line who stated that Cunard considered the dimensions of the Biblical Ark admirable and that they were used as a basis in the design of their liners.

I am of the opinion that the society that was destroyed did not consist of advanced cave men, but was one that was advanced in knowledge.

We still marvel at edifices such as the Great Pyramid and other aspects of antiquity. As for the sending of the raven and the dove from the Ark by Noah, those who are aware of the inner spirituality and harmony of the Bible message will find that Noah’s action has prophetic and historical significance.

Tom McCarthy, Gaer Park Parade, Newport