Religion is not the problem

“Religion is and has been for thousands of years the main cause of unrest and conflict,” wrote JC Wilcox. This is incorrect – religion is not the problem. The problem is people. Claiming otherwise is like saying guns kill people. A gun has never killed anybody. People kill people. (The availability of guns is a separate issue also worthy of debate.)

The more fundamental problem is people and their clamour for power and control. I don’t normally take issue with JC Wilcox because he has a good intellect and his letters about the migrants flooding into Europe are easily the best on this topic.

Alf Haupt