Point of view: Valuable

RICHARD Lucas (Letters, 29 January) describes various virtues (compassion, generosity etc) as "Christian values".

By The Newsroom

Published 31st Jan 2010, 21:01 BST

Updated 31st Jan 2010, 21:14 BST

As every one he lists was esteemed centuries before Christ, and continues to be by most non-Christians, they might better be called "universal values" that many Christians happen to share.

Stephen Moreton

Warrington, Cheshire