All right, here I am with the great historian, Paul Johnson, at his home in London.

And I'm going to ask you just a few questions and get your thoughts.

First, why do you think religion in Europe has become so unpopular?

Well, there is a very big secular movement in your socialism, social democracy, and so

however, there are still vast numbers of Christians in Europe as well as Jews, of course.

And I don't think religion is dying out there at all.

There could well be a religious revival over the next 20 years.

If you were to give one powerful argument for being a religious person as opposed to a

secular person, what would it be?

If you want to be a happy person, I don't say that being religious will make you happy,

but certainly nothing else will.

And I think if you've got a genuine religion of the Judeo-Christian tradition, it enables

you to meet misfortune, face-to-face, and overcome it, and adapt yourself to it, and to

see the brighter side of life.

Do you pray?

Oh yes, certainly.

I always kneel down by my bed before getting into it, and I pray for people and things and

all kinds of things.

There's about 60 people on my prayer list of the moment.

Do you have a favorite book in the Bible?

Yes, I think the best book in the Bible is the book of Job, and that's a very mysterious

book in some ways, and it's well worth reading and rereading because there's all kinds of

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