A GOOD way to start an argument at a dinner party is to assert that religion divides people and inspires them to evil. There is plenty to support this contention: anti-Muslim pogroms by Hindus in India; the bombings and murders carried out by anti-abortion Christians in America; the long list of crimes committed against Christians (and Zoroastrians, Yazidis, non-Sunni Muslims and anyone else who disagrees with them) by Islamic State. But there is a good case for the defence, too. Around the worl...
A GOOD way to start an argument at a dinner party is to assert that religion divides people and inspires them to evil. There is plenty to support this contention: anti-Muslim pogroms by Hindus in India; the bombings and murders carried out by anti-abortion Christians in America; the long list of crimes committed against Christians (and Zoroastrians, Yazidis, non-Sunni Muslims and anyone else who disagrees with them) by Islamic State. But there is a good case for the defence, too. Around the worl...
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