Bad selection of what I wrote there, Greg. I said that it would not be a smart move If people felt that. It is a statement about how people feel, not whether there is a war or not, but whether people feel under attack.    A similar example is that lot of people in the UK are more fearful of crime even when all evidence is the specific crime they are afraid of is becoming less likely. Ditto vaccines and much else. There is a difference between how people feel and what the evidence shows.

I hate the term but it is the best around at the moment in common use: you need to criticise religions with emotional intelligence, not just intellectual intelligence. It does you no good if you alienate rather than persuade. In our electoral systems it only takes a few percent to swing things, so even if only a few percent are alienated that can alter the outcome.

There are certainly Christians who attack LBGT rights and the rest: they would probably support Trump anyway. But Joe and I were clear those were not the group of Christians we are talking about, but those who hold "left" views. They exist, believe it or not. And that is the group that alienating willl damage the Left. In the UK they are unlikely to switch to voting for May, but they could let in May if they switch to minority parties.