▁and ▁religion ▁D ys on ▁was ▁raised ▁in ▁what ▁he ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁" water ed - down ▁Church ▁of ▁England ▁Christian ity ". ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁n onden omin ational ▁Christian ▁and ▁attended ▁various ▁churches , ▁from ▁Pres by ter ian ▁to ▁Roman ▁Catholic . ▁Regarding ▁do ctr inal ▁or ▁Christ ological ▁issues , ▁he ▁said , ▁" I ▁am ▁neither ▁a ▁saint ▁nor ▁a ▁the olog ian . ▁To ▁me , ▁good ▁works ▁are ▁more ▁important ▁than ▁the ology ." ▁ ▁D ys on ▁partially ▁disag re ed ▁with ▁the ▁famous ▁remark ▁by ▁his ▁fellow ▁phys ic ist ▁Steven ▁Wein berg ▁that ▁" With ▁or ▁without ▁religion , ▁good ▁people ▁can ▁behave ▁well ▁and ▁bad ▁people ▁can ▁do ▁evil ; ▁but ▁for ▁good ▁people ▁to ▁do ▁evil ▁– ▁that ▁takes ▁religion ." ▁ ▁While ▁D ys on ▁called ▁himself ▁a ▁Christian , ▁he ▁identified ▁himself ▁as ▁ag nost ic ▁about ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁specific s ▁of ▁his ▁faith . ▁For ▁example , ▁in ▁review ing ▁The ▁God ▁of ▁Hope ▁and ▁the ▁End ▁of ▁the ▁World ▁by ▁John ▁Pol king hor ne , ▁D ys on ▁wrote : ▁ ▁In ▁The ▁God ▁Del usion ▁( 2 0 0 6 ), ▁evolution ary ▁bi ologist ▁and ▁at he ist ▁activ ist ▁Richard ▁Daw kins ▁sing led ▁out ▁D ys on ▁for ▁accepting ▁the ▁Temple ton ▁Prize ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 : ▁" It ▁would ▁be ▁taken ▁as ▁an ▁end ors ement ▁of ▁religion ▁by ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁world ' s ▁most