pursuit of irreligious agendas may well exceed anything ever done in the name of religion. We must ask again: Could it be that the only thing worse than religion in breeding violence in our world is irreligion? These facts are so evident and beyond refutation that even the new critics of religion do not try to contest them. How, then, do they respond? Richard Dawkins, who states that he is presented with these facts at the end of every public lecture, readily agrees that nonreligious people, including