Well I wouldn't want to tell Obama specifically what to do, but obviously he's already promised publicly and privately, both before and after he was elected president, that he was going to open up communications with Iran.

Religion, it must be understood, is not faith. Religion is the story of faith.

I think if you place Jesus firmly in the historical context... you can make very educated hypotheses and guesses about how he lived.

Should I act violently in defense of my religion, absolutely.

In times of economic distress, it's only natural for people - and Americans have done this for many years - to look for a scapegoat. Depending on where you live in this country, the scapegoats are either, frankly, Mexicans or Muslims. So, you know, God save you if you happened to be a Mexican Muslim in America right now.

For those who simply voted because Donald Trump was the Republican and you should vote for the Republican: it's baffling to me, how you can call yourself a Christian and support a man who embodies everything that Christ fought against.

My biography of Jesus is probably the first popular biography that does not use the New Testament as its primary source material.