James A. Michener

A religion is not something eternal. It's got to function in a given time in a given place. If it doesn't function, it's no good and you'd better get another. Hve you ever considered how your Christianity functioned in Germany? The total perversion of society it permitted? The mass execution? The horrible betrayal of humanity? I swore when I reached Heart, "If Christianity can't do any better than it did in Munich, I'll take whatever religion they use here. It can't be worse"
(page 142)