SIR – The information from Keith Thomson’s weekly column on global warming and his letter (T&A, December 28) do not come as a surprise to some of us.

He writes: “that the world is still warming at an unprecedented rate.”

But in about 67AD the apostle Peter wrote similarly: “the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire and the Earth and everything in it will be laid bare.” 2 Peter Chap 3, Verse 10. There’s more written about this – read it!

The Bible emphasises that it will happen – regardless, or because of, human activity – and sooner than we had supposed a few years ago.

There is nothing man can do to alter or prevent this – it is God ordained.

Walter Metcalfe, Central Avenue, Shipley