Ironically, I originally wrote the tweet with Jews and thought, That might give offense. And so I thought I better change it.

It is a remarkable coincidence that almost everyone has the same religion as their parents and it always just so happens they're the right religion.

Let children learn about different faiths, let them notice their incompatibility, and let them draw their own conclusions about the consequences of that incompatibility. As for whether they are ‘valid,’ let them make up their own minds when they are old enough to do so.

Show me a cultural relativist at 30,000 feet and I'll show you a hypocrite ... If you are flying to an international congress of anthropologists or literary critics, the reason you will probably get there - the reason you don't plummet into a ploughed field - is that a lot of Western scientifically trained engineers have got their sum right.

I'm a sucker for nice religious leaders. I fall for it every time.

If circumcision has any justification AT ALL, it should be medical only. Parents' religion is the worst of all reasons - pure child abuse.

'Take offense at the drop of a hat' is the unwritten eleventh commandment.