1. Holy communion

Comment #87134 by halucigenia on November 11, 2007 at 9:35 am

Some of our allies against creationism may be deeply prejudiced against gays. Some of the best people working to combat global poverty may be Catholic anti-abortionists. Some of the Muslim allies we need to counter Islamist violence may have deeply sexist attitudes to women. It all demonstrates what a deeply contradictory phenomenon religion is. But we know that. And if religion is so contradictory, that's probably because human beings are a deeply contradictory species.

All the more reason as I usually say never to trust anyone who is religious - they all have ulterior motives. By all means enlist their help when one can, but never forget to put them down for their delusions after using them.