21.   You simply could not afford to trust anyone -- especially where religion was concerned.

22.   Religion is everything to him.

23.   Well, what Freud does in this book, is to effectively say, religion is a transference phenomenon.

24.   He explains the appeal of religion in general to people, by saying religion is a transference.

25.   In other words, if you say, religion is an illusion, are you undermining and destroying social order?

26.   Religion was the political issue which aroused the most passionate emotions amongst the population at large.

27.   This was why religion was the one subject required by British law to be taught in schools.

28.   As religious beliefs cannot be proved scientifically they are to be doubted, for it is assumed that religion is just a matter of subjective opinion.

29.   Religion is most notable by its absence, and, where it appears, by the omission of any serious discussion of its truth-claims.

30.   But they cannot do this if their minds and emotions are already sealed tight against it -- if they assume that religion is outdated and not worth studying.