The Thousands

Sure, Catholic mass seems boring, but those little communion wafers look delicious. And maybe you couldn’t live without bacon, but Islam hospitality sounds enticing. Author and atheist Alain De Botton suggests that non-believers should quit with the religious mockery and instead plot to steal the best bits from the world’s faith buffet. In a discussion of his latest book, Religion for Atheists, Alain will say ‘to hell’ with the all-or-nothing mentality of religion in front of a crowd of atheists, agnostics and the odd zealot, ready to object to every word.