Whenever your religion is criticized, you instinctively become defensive and try to defend your religion to the best of your ability. However, there are consequences when trying to define other religions as "right" or "wrong". Chinua Achebe, in his book Things Fall Apart, juxtaposes Christianity and the Igbo religion to demonstrate how religion should not be judged as “right” or “wrong” because of the problems created when they are. In Things Fall Apart there are many instances where the belief that one's religion is "right" or "correct" and that other religions are "wrong" or "incorrect" creates problems for the people of the Igbo tribe, as well as the missionaries. A great example of the consequences associated with judging a religion as “right” or “wrong” concerns the treatment of twins in Igbo society. The Igbo believe that twins are evil, and if one gives birth to twins, he must throw them into the Evil Forest. Christian missionaries detest this heinous crime and arrest anyone who commits it, as Achebe writes on page 174: “They [the messengers of the court] guarded the prison, which was filled with men who had transgressed the white man's law. … These prisoners had thrown away their twins.” Because the Christians judged the Igbo religion as “wrong” or “incorrect,” they were influenced to remedy what they perceived as a dangerous situation, which led to a hampered relationship between the Igbo and the Christians, as demonstrated when the Igbo prisoners sing: “Ash-buttocked Kotma, he is fit to be a slave, the white man has no common sense, he is fit to be a slave.” (Achebe 175) Another example of the consequences of considering religion as “right” or “wrong” occurs when Christians challenge the Igbo religion because… middle of paper… who will lift up his head among my people. If any of you prefer to be a woman, let me follow Nwoye now while I am alive, so I can curse him. (Achebe 172) This quote shows that Okonkwo clearly sees Christianity as inferior, as he tells his children that if they want to join the "inferior" religion, they must do so now so that it can curse them. To conclude, Achebe juxtaposes Christianity and Igbo religion to emphasize the consequences of judging opposing religions as “right” or “wrong”; “correct” or “wrong”. Certainly we can learn from the mistakes of the Igbo and Christian peoples in Things Fall Apart to promote a more intercultural world. The benefits should be blatantly obvious, because if no one judged religion as "right" or "wrong", it is realistic to believe that perhaps the tragedies in the Middle East would never occur..