I'm not convinced of any righteousness. Like you, I don't know whether there's a God or not. How is that "convinced" of anything?

You are involved in good works and I've always acknowledged that religion can yield such things and bemoaned the fact that we atheists are a disorganised, ragbag bunch who can't really do anything much in our collective name. However, you haven't changed the rules, the rules that are still used to repress millions of people, women especially, in the developing world. Which is what I meant, and I think you knew that.

The late Christopher Hitchens did not make a career out of demonising Mother Teresa. She was a very small part of the grist to his mill - and he told the truth about her. No demonising. Whether or not you care to check it out is, of course, up to you.

My personal heritage is Roman Catholic and a good deal of it travels with me still. The only people I ever condemn are those who use religion to manipulate and control people. Because I include the proselytisation of children in faith schools under that, you don't like it. I can't help that. It's my honest view of religious miseducation in schools.