A land of trouble
Sir: In the interests not merely of your circulation, but also of Mr Gale's own pro- fessional career, may I recommend that you advise him in the kindest but firmest man- ner possible to avoid the topic of religion for the future (Viewpoint,' 11 July).
'Despite all its protestations to the con- trary, Christianity has always been a bloody religion' etc. etc. etc. There is quite possibly some truth in the claim; just as I dare say there is some truth in the ravings of the Black Panthers about the racism of white America. But whatever the degree of guilt in the accused, it is annihilated completely by the psychotic hysteria of the accusers. To argue that Christianity on the whole is not much better than all other religions, that its members tend to remain more or less unre- generate despite the professions of official doctrine—all this would be unexceptionable, But to argue that it is somehow ever so much more guilty than all others, that where other religions show inevitable failings, Christian- ity must be charged with deliberate crimes— all this indicates little more than the mental instability of the deluded unbeliever who finds it necessary to indulge in such fantasies.
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