Hitchens: Well, could you name … fair enough. I'll see if I can't narrow that down. That was a clumsily asked question, I admit. Do you regard any of the world's religions to be false? | Craig: Excuse me? | Hitchens: Do you regard any of the world's religions to be false preaching? | Craig: Yes, I think—yes, certainly. | Hitchens: Would you name one, then? | Craig: Islam. | Hitchens: That's quite a lot. | Craig: Pardon me? | Hitchens: That's quite a lot. | Craig: Yes. | Hitchens: Do you, therefore—do you think it's moral to preach false religion? | Craig: No. | Hitchens: So religion is responsible for quite a lot of wickedness in the world right there? | Craig: Certainly. | Hitchens: Right. | Craig: I'd be happy to concede [laughs] that. I would agree with that. | Hitchens: So if I was a baby being born in Saudi Arabia today, would you rather it was me or a Wahhabi Muslim? | Craig: Would I be—you rather be what? | Hitchens: Would you rather it was me—it was an atheist baby or a Wahhabi baby? | [Audience and Dr. Craig laugh] | Craig: I-I don't have any preference as to whether you would be … [laughing] | Hitchens: You don't? As bad as that, okay. Are there any—I'm sorry, I've only got a few seconds. It's a serious question, I shouldn't squander it. Are there any Christian denominations you regard as false? | Craig: Certainly. | Hitchens: Could I know what they are? | Craig: Well, I am not a Calvinist, for example. I think that certain tenets of Reformed Theology are incorrect. I would be more in the Wesleyan Camp myself. But these are differences among brethren. These are not differences on which we need to put one another in some sort of a cage. So within the Christian camp, there's a large diversity of perspectives. I'm sure there are views that I hold that are probably false, but I'm trying my best to get my theology straight, trying to do the best job. But I think all of us would recognize that none of us agree on every point of Christian doctrine, on every dot a
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