“‘. . . these crowds are, perversely, highly attractive to bombers.’
“‘Christians?’ Q’and says . . .
“‘Of course Christians, you idiot!’ . . . ‘The religion of zealotry,’ she informs him testily. ‘The religion that loves its martyrs, the religion of the doctrine of Original Sin, so that blowing even babies to smithereens is justifiable because they too are sinners.’ She jerks her head and makes a sort of dry spitting sound. ‘A religion made for terrorism.'”
–“Madame d’Ortolan” and “Q’and” in Iain M. Banks’ parallel-worlds novel, Transition
Sharp and Pointed 