Brian Boughton, of South Ford Road, Dartmouth, writes: Brian Parker and Peter Burr are trying to sidestep the Large Hadron Collider and a Grand Unified Theory of Physics because these negate the existence of God. And though they have a  right to believe what they want and worship as they choose, we atheists don' like them preaching on street corners, mixing religion with the affairs of state and trying to teach children that creationism is literally true. With nine out of ten of us simply staying away from church, vicars are now hard to come by and many are running up to 10 parishes. Many parish rolls have just 10 worshippers and are not being renewed. In Dartmouth, St Barnabas church has closed completely and St Petrox is shut for half the year. Chapels which thrived in the past are now shops and family homes. I am happy for Brian Parker to practice his beliefs as long as he does so in private and he leaves me alone. But if he or the Methodists at the Food Bank preach at me when I do not invite them, then I reserve the right to reach for a custard pie. My own view is that religious tolerance is important in a civilised society and we should put up with the likes of Brian Parker and Peter Burr. But I also know that organised religions are the cause of most of the trouble in the world and it would be a better place without  them. As for atheists being bad and the Methodists running the Dartmouth Food Bank being good? Well I think not.