I THINK that Miss Hichens (BFP, January 5) is being rather unfair to Charles Mann in calling him "Godless" merely because he approves of some of God's creations, such as naked ladies.

After all, on the Seventh Day of Creation, didn't God "see that it was good" naked ladies included?

And as for that reference to "the Laws of God, the Creator of the Universe", which laws and which god?

For the Muslims believe in one god, Allah. The Christians in three the Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost. Those nice Hindus have thousands of gods, of which one has an elephant's head.

The Japanese god is descended from the Sun-God, who lives where the minimum average temperature is 6,000 degrees Celsius; and the Buddhists say there's no god at all.

Yet Miss Hichens implies that she's right, and all the others are wrong. (Not that they should all, including Mr Mann, spend much time worrying about that. For it's a self-evident truth that "He who created all, must take responsibility for all". Especially naked ladies and their admirers.)

For those who are now thoroughly confused, I offer an alternative creed which I picked up in Australia some years back.

There are only three tenets, and no church services (Hooray!). And it must be all right, because in her book "Daddy, we hardly knew you", no less a person that Miss Germaine Greer said that her father belonged to it.

It is Calathumpianism, and its rules are:

1 Freedom of religion for those who want religion.

2 Freedom from religion for those who don't want religion. And

3 If you don't have a sense of humour, consider yourself ex-communicated.

There you are and not a sin in sight. (Now where did I put that blonde I got for Christmas?)

John Clarke, Denham, (Address supplied)