I write in response to the article by Costa Andre Georghiou (Religion divides humanity and poses the greatest threat to our progress, July 20). It is true that atrocities have been committed in the name of religion – the Islamic State is a good example. As the writer pointed out, the Crusades and the Inquisition are also examples of destructive religious practices. However, they cannot compare in scale with the destruction wrought by atheistic communist regimes. Pol Pot in Cambodia was responsible for the deaths of 2-million people. What about Stalin, or the Chinese cultural revolution, which caused immense destruction and bloodshed? Although I am distrustful of religion, I am a practising Christian whose life has been transformed — like countless others — through a relationship with a loving God and saviour. I count among my heroes of the faith people like Mother Teresa, who poured out her life in service to her God by serving the poorest of the poor in India. Another hero for me i...
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