Hello again! I have a question regarding your depiction of christians in your work. I’ve always noticed an amusing and subtle (sometimes not so subtle) mockery of them in your novels. I wouldn’t ask except i’ve noticed it in almost all your books. My question is why? Rollin Horton

Mr. Cornwell, I noticed a recent question about your religious background (which I was interested in also after having read Stonehenge and all the Saxon books). Mankind’s relationship with the Deity (or deities) certainly has produced interesting stories throughout history. Though you may have personally come to doubt Christianity’s beliefs… your characters seem fair. They tend to abuse all religions equally. I’m an ex-Southern Baptist in Tennessee myself… and still believe in God…Jesus… and great heaping mounds of Grace. I just got tired of the guys running the show down here… collecting their silver and building bigger and bigger churches. I don’t think I can buy into your blame Christianity for all the evil its brought argument though. Bad men abusing religion to get their way has been around a lot longer than Christianity has (see Stonehenge). Following the two basic rules of (1) Love God, (2) Love your neighbor enough to treat him as you would like to be treated… surely can’t be to blame for all the world’s inhumanity to man for the last 2 millenia can it? Steven Lynch