THE letter from Fr Con McGillicuddy (September 17) generated some sharp criticism — yet the basic principle he enunciated is entirely correct.

IT was sad to see Fr Con McGillicuddy (Letters, September 17) taking such ridicule from some letter-writers.

NOT idly did Richard Dawkins include the word ‘delusion’ in the title of his latest bestseller, The God Delusion.

THE logic in Fr Con McGillicuddy’s argument for a designed universe (Letters, September 17) is actually very difficult to see. There are a number of problems with his argument.

I FOUND it gently amusing to read Fr Con McGillicuddy’s argument for a grand design based supposedly on a ‘commonsense’ view of the annual motion of planet earth and its supposed benefits for us lucky humans (Letters, September 17).

IF Fr Con McGillicuddy wishes to present “simple but cogent arguments” for the existence of an all-powerful designer, he’ll have to do better than his homily (Letters, September 17) in which he asserts that the earth has been journeying around the sun every 365½ days for millions of years.

IN HIS letter making the case against Richard Dawkins’ book The God Delusion, Fr Con McGillicuddy (Letters, September 17) says that “commonsense provides irrefutable evidence, based on simple but cogent arguments” for a grand design by a “benign and caring creator”.

THE defence of Pius XII by Fr Con McGillicuddy (Irish Examiner letters, October 12) ignores the contrast in the Pope’s behaviour as between Hitler and Stalin.