Ellis requests BR's help. His three bright and accomplished children have "become infected with Christianity in virulent form." Ellis would like some advice from BR as to what he should say to change their minds about their faith, to reverse the process of their "gradually being impaired in their competence by the blight of their 'faith'". He would like them to read BR's essay Why I Am Not a Christian and asks if he could recommend a person who has changed their mind about Christianity to speak to them. As well, he would like BR to recommend an academic work on prophecies.