What hope is there if we ban Lord’s Prayer?

I cannot for the life of me understand why cinema chains have banned an advert reciting the Lord’s Prayer. People are exposed to all kinds of advertising when they go to the cinema, and many of the commodities sold through such advertising are harmful to health, both mental and physical. A short advert dealing with the principal and non-sectarian message of the Lord’s Prayer would certainly do no harm.

Denis Bruce, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow The decision made by some cinema chains to ban the Church of England advert reciting the Lord’s Prayer is a mistake. What the world needs more than anything else is education and religious tolerance. Banning this advert is both ignorant (the Lord’s Prayer is totally inoffensive) and also intolerant of Christianity.

Christians are people too, and we have feelings. Mine are offended by the actions of the cinema chains.

Incidentally, all three monotheistic religions (Christianity, Islam and Judaism) worship the same God.

Tony Taylor, York We are no longer a monocultural society but one that embraces a range of beliefs and religions. Therefore, if we are to have religious adverts at the cinema, we should embrace all the different religious beliefs. This, of course, would take up a whole evening, so my suggestion is to allow every individual to enjoy their own thoughts and religions in their own time and space.

Laney Randell, Woking, Surrey Perhaps it is a good thing for Christianity that the Odeon, Cineworld and Vue chains banned the screening of the Lord’s Prayer. The sooner Christians realise that they’ll have to fight the authorities for their beliefs, the better. An army of indignant worshippers – knowing the difference between turning the other cheek and being a doormat – would be hard to ignore. However, the success of any army depends on its leader. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, reminds me of the bandleader on the Titanic – noble but doomed to failure.

Christianity has lost its impetus and direction. If the Church had put as much effort into bringing people to Christianity as they have debating women bishops, it wouldn’t be headed for the wilderness.

Alan Aitchison,

Wakefield, West Yorkshire So the Lord’s Prayer is to be banned from cinemas in order not to ‘offend’ anybody. I find this massively offensive in itself.

Philip Munro, Manchester