Editing Dinesh D'Souza (section)

===Religion===
D'Souza attended the [[Evangelicalism in the United States|evangelical]] church [[Calvary Chapel]] from 2000 to about 2010.<ref>{{cite news|first=Carl E.|last=Olson|title=Then: Dinesh D'Souza leaves Catholic Church. Now: He leaves wife.|publisher=Catholic World Report|date=October 16, 2012|access-date=October 5, 2019|url=https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2012/10/16/then-dinesh-dsouza-leaves-catholic-church-now-he-leaves-wife/|archive-date=October 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005210529/https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2012/10/16/then-dinesh-dsouza-leaves-catholic-church-now-he-leaves-wife/|url-status=live}}</ref> While stating that his Catholic background is important to him, D'Souza also says he is comfortable with [[Protestant Reformation]] theology and identifies as a nondenominational Christian.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.beliefnet.com/jesuscreed/2010/08/dsouzas-just-plain-confused.html|title=Jesus Creed – Scot McKnight on Jesus and orthodox faith for today|date=August 25, 2010|publisher=beliefnet.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826193306/http://blog.beliefnet.com/jesuscreed/2010/08/dsouzas-just-plain-confused.html|archive-date=August 26, 2010}}</ref> A writer of [[Christian apologetics]], D'Souza has debated against prominent atheists and critics of Christianity on religious and moral issues. His debate opponents have included [[Dan Barker]], [[Christopher Hitchens]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nd.edu/~cprelig/nddebate|title=Is Religion the Problem?|publisher=[[University of Notre Dame]]|access-date=September 25, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811085727/http://www.nd.edu/~cprelig/nddebate/|archive-date=August 11, 2010}}</ref> [[Peter Singer]],<ref>[http://www.fixed-point.org/index.php/component/search/Peter%20Singer?ordering=&searchphrase=all "Can There Be Morality without God?"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716165424/http://www.fixed-point.org/index.php/component/search/Peter%20Singer?ordering=&searchphrase=all |date=July 16, 2011 }} Retrieved November 29, 2010.</ref> [[Daniel Dennett]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://richarddawkins.net/article,1942,Daniel-Dennett-Debates-Dinesh-DSouza,Tufts-University |title=Daniel Dennett debates Dinesh D'Souza |publisher=RichardDawkins.net |date=December 1, 2007 |access-date=January 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120072015/http://richarddawkins.net/article%2C1942%2CDaniel-Dennett-Debates-Dinesh-DSouza%2CTufts-University |archive-date=January 20, 2008 }}</ref> [[Michael Shermer]], [[David Silverman (activist)|David Silverman]],<ref>[http://richarddawkins.net/articles/643668-update-video-replaced-david-silverman-debates-dinesh-d-souza David Silverman Debates Dinesh D'souza] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031154139/http://richarddawkins.net/articles/643668-update-video-replaced-david-silverman-debates-dinesh-d-souza |date=October 31, 2011 }}, ''[[Richard Dawkins Foundation]]''; accessed December 24, 2016.</ref> and [[Bart D. Ehrman]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tkc.edu/abouttkc/president/dsouza/president_blog.asp |title=The King's College, ''President's Blog'' |publisher=Tkc.edu |date=August 31, 2010 |access-date=November 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214161639/http://www.tkc.edu/abouttkc/president/dsouza/president_blog.asp |archive-date=February 14, 2012 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.fixed-point.org/index.php/blog/216-whywesuffer "Debating 'God's Problem': Why We Suffer"]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=Judgesurreal777 |fix-attempted=yes }}, fixed-point.org; retrieved November 29, 2010.</ref>

As a guest contributor for ''[[The Christian Science Monitor|Christian Science Monitor]]'', D'Souza wrote, "The moral teachings of Jesus provide no support for—indeed they stand as a stern rebuke to—the historical injustices perpetrated in the name of Christianity."<ref name="csmonitor">[http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1121/p09s01-coop.html Dinesh D'Souza, "Atheism, not religion, is the real force behind the mass murders of history"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213140711/http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1121/p09s01-coop.html |date=December 13, 2007 }}, ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'', November 21, 2006.</ref> He often speaks out against [[atheism]], nonbelief in spirituality, and [[secularism]]. D'Souza elaborated on his views in the 2007 book he authored, ''What's so Great about Christianity''. In 2009, he published ''Life After Death: The Evidence'', which argues for an [[afterlife]].

D'Souza has also commented on [[Islam]]. He stated in 2007 that "radical Islamic" thinkers have not condemned modernity, science or freedom but only United States' support of "secular dictators in the region" which deny "Muslims freedom and control over their own destiny".<ref>{{cite web|first=Brian|last=Saint-Paul|url=http://www.catholicity.com/commentary/saint-paul/00041.html|title=Knowing the Enemy – Dinesh D'Souza on Islam and the West|publisher=Catholicity.com|date=January 31, 2007|access-date=September 25, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613182722/http://www.catholicity.com/commentary/saint-paul/00041.html|archive-date=June 13, 2011}}</ref> He has debated [[Serge Trifkovic]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trifkovic vs. D'Souza|url=http://www.amnation.com/vfr/archives/007416.html|access-date=2020-12-21|website=www.amnation.com|archive-date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024090110/http://www.amnation.com/vfr/archives/007416.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Robert Spencer (author)|Robert Spencer]], who both deem Islam "inherently aggressive, racist, violent, and intolerant." He has labelled Spencer an "[[Islamophobia|Islamophobe]]" and "an effective [[polemics|polemicist]]" in his writings on Islam.<ref name="Bin Laden">{{cite web|first=Dinesh|last=D'Souza|url=http://www.newageislam.com/radical-islamism-and-jihad/is-islam-the-problem?-why-is-america-letting-bin-laden-define-islam?/d/1149|publisher=AOL|title=Letting Bin Laden Define Islam|date=March 2, 2007|access-date=October 18, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129201603/http://www.newageislam.com/radical-islamism-and-jihad/is-islam-the-problem?-why-is-america-letting-bin-laden-define-islam%3F/d/1149|archive-date=January 29, 2013}}</ref> D'Souza has also warned against support for "a $100 million mosque scheduled to be built near the site where terrorists in the name of Islam brought down the World Trade Center" (i.e., the [[Park51|Park 51 Islamic community center and mosque project]]),<ref name=forbes-HOT/> and the Middle East becoming a "United States of Islam"<ref name="WEBSTER-12-8-12">{{cite news |last1=WEBSTER |first1=ANDY |title=Documentary Exploring Obama's Political Roots |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/13/movies/2016-obamas-america-by-dinesh-dsouza.html |access-date=June 9, 2018 |agency=New York Times |date=August 12, 2012 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140429/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/13/movies/2016-obamas-america-by-dinesh-dsouza.html |url-status=live }}</ref> in his attacks against President [[Barack Obama]].

D'Souza has [[Criticism of atheism|criticized atheism]], writing: "The crimes of atheism have generally been perpetrated through a hubristic ideology that sees man, not God, as the creator of values. Using the latest techniques of science and technology, man seeks to displace God and create a [[Secularity|secular]] [[utopia]] here on earth".<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Souza |first=Dinesh |date=2006-11-21 |title=Atheism, not religion, is the real force behind the mass murders of history |work=Christian Science Monitor |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1121/p09s01-coop.html |access-date=2022-05-08 |issn=0882-7729 |archive-date=May 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508012858/https://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1121/p09s01-coop.html |url-status=live }}</ref>