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Nor in reading about religious culture. One of my favourite writers is the Christian, William Dalrymple. I started reading his Indian histories but that led me to From the Holy Mountain, a Levantine travel book all about religion. He’s witty, learned and a tremendous writer and talks...

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But that's what the idea of god is to me. I don't believe in him / it any more than I believe in fairies, pixies or Carlisle winning the Champions League. You on the other hand call him God and believe in Him. I don't find that mocking or rude.

I was told as I got older I'd get more right wing and more religious. I've become more liberal and athiest. The closer I get to D-Day the more I focus on leaving good things for those that remain when I'm worm food.

I said the people leading the Western World, not just politicians. Is the Queen not a good representation of Christianity? How about the Pope? You seem to have all the power and none of the influence.

I agree 100% with pretty much everything you've written. Re the US Christianity in particular is prevalent far more among the poor working class. It's certinaly not the exception that proves the rule. If you look at the thin veneer of respectability the Baptist church gives many in the Deep...

But my point was the people leading the Western world are all Christians. Many of those views and morals are the views and morals of humanism too. Love thy neighbour? Maybe not called exactly that in such old fashinon, prescriptive terminology but that's good old fashioned hippy peace and love...

Given Trump is a Christian, Reed-Mogg is a fanatical Catholic and ISIL are mired in fundamentalist Islam, a full atheist revolution cannot come quickly enough. Not many humanists carrying out suicide bombings or attacking the medical staff from abortion clinics are there? Sent from my iPhone...