“There are no Christians, as far as I know, blowing up buildings,” Dawkins
said. “I am not aware of any Christian suicide bombers. I am not aware of any
major Christian denomination that believes the penalty for apostasy is
death.”

In a rare moment of candor, Dawkins reluctantly accepted that the teachings
of Jesus Christ do not lead to a world of terror, whereas followers of radical
Islam perpetrate the very atrocities that he laments.

Because of this realization, Dawkins wondered aloud whether Christianity
might indeed offer an antidote to protect western civilization against
jihad.

“I have mixed feelings about the decline of Christianity, in so far as
Christianity might be a bulwark against something worse,” he said.