Faith in tolerance

From Arthur Krueger
In his defence of Richard Dawkins, Iain Gibson claims Dawkins’s atheism is an antidote to violence perpetrated by religious practitioners (22 February, p 32). Certainly Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, et al., have proved that atheists are  at least as capable as religious leaders in this department.  Cruelty can emerge from any belief system.  Tolerance is the real antidote. Dawkins, however, is quite intolerant. Fortunately, he does not have the political power to  act on his views. Shrewsbury, Vermont, US