Intellectual life also subject to evolution

I READ Con Hayes’s letter (‘No intellectual Houdini act can reconcile faith and evolution’, November 26) many times and have failed to grasp the substantive point he was trying to make.

The letter fails to distinguish between Christian and pre-Christian, New and Old Testament, creation and evolution. He does point out that Darwin was aware the theory of evolution would “upset a lot of people, especially Christians.” Surprise, surprise, 150 years ago!

Mr Hayes should not be surprised that over time the depth and scope of the ever-changing intellectual environment is subject to evolution, side by side with the physical.