"It's not the religion that's horrid, it's the people who would wield it like a club to strike down anyone they deem less worthy."

And, well, yes, maybe some parts of it are more than a bit objectionable - but the bits Anders openly disagrees with are not so many that he'd stop calling himself an Andrastian altogether. Or defending at least as many ideals as he condemns.

"Why you, though? You're not a mage and you're clearly not an elf, so what's their problem?"