In reponse to Mrs P Bolingbroke (Letters, December 15), I don't think my youth affects my ability to judge whether someone is right or wrong.

Mine is simply a different viewpoint and I am sure many of my elders, who aren't living in the past, would agree with me.

I did as Mrs Bolingbroke suggested and read Proverbs but found no answers there. All I found was nonsense.

Proverbs told me to live in fear of God and I would be rewarded. I should not question the authority of my "king's" judgement.

Women are merely an asset to make their husbands look good and children should be beaten to keep them on the straight and narrow.

Not only is this centuries out of date, it is also propaganda to keep the ignorant masses in their place.

Nothing good comes from repression masked as religion. The way forward is to challenge it and every authority that claims to know what is best for us.

Religion is not the answer to our social problems and, while I agree that many youngsters are unruly and bring about their own demise, why don't you ask yourself what happened to them as children to make them behave like that?

Immature parents, who have never been shown how to deal with children's - let alone their own - problems, are to blame.

I agree when Mrs Bolingbroke says education in all life's skills is important but only the Government can actually change that.

-Jason Feldman, Northfield Road, Worthing