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What are your views on moderate religion today? You’ve earlier called this ‘a seedbed for extremists’?

I have said that because I fear it’s true that if children are taught, however moderately, that faith is a virtue, that you don’t need evidence to believe something, then that paves the way for a minority to be extremists. Everybody has been indoctrinated with this view that if it’s their faith, you can’t argue with them. I think that is pernicious. If children are taught they don’t need to defend their beliefs with evidence, that paves the way for extremism because the biggest damage religion does is indoctrinating and brainwashing children.