Religion is never going to go away, and anyone who thinks it will doesn't understand what religion is. It is a language to describe the experience of human nature, so for as long as people struggle to describe what it means to be alive, it will be a ready-made language to express those feelings.

Religion doesn't make people bigots. People are bigots and they use religion to justify their ideology.

It is the job of the historian to say what is likely, and of faith to say what is possible.