Reason Is Nothing Less Than The Guardian

Missionaries In The Developing World Waste A Lot Of Time And Money (not To Mention The Goodwill Of Non-christians) Proselytizing To The Needy. . . . While Missionaries Do Many Noble Things At Great Risk To Themselves, Their Dogmatism Still Spreads Ignorance And Death. By Contrast, Volunteers For Secular Organizations . . . Do Not Waste . . . Time Telling People About The Virgin Birth Of Jesus. Nor Do They Tell People In Sub-saharan Africa - Where Nearly Four Million People Die From Aids Every Year - That Condom Use Is Sinful.

You Cannot Take Death For Apostasy Seriously And Be Working For Peace.

[i]t Is Difficult To Imagine A Set Of Beliefs More Suggestive Of Mental Illness Than Those That Lie At The Heart Of Many Of Our Religious Traditions.

The Truth That We Must Finally Confront Is That Islam Contains Specific Notions Of Martyrdom And Jihad That Fully Explain The Character Of Muslim Violence.

If History Reveals Any Categorical Truth, It Is That An Insufficient Taste For Evidence Regularly Brings Out The Worst In Us. Add Weapons Of Mass Destruction To This Diabolical Clockwork, And You Have . . . A Recipe For The Fall Of Civilization.