One of the primary questions in a state-church arrangement is, 'which controls which?' . . . In Norway, for example, the liberal labor government has regularly angered Church officials by making controversial ministerial appointments against the wishes of the clergy. . . . These and other actions have strained the church-state relationship almost to the breaking point. As a result, some of the bishops have advocated disestablishment.

How happy can you be when you think every action and thought is being monitored by a judgmental ghost ?

Not thinking critically, I assumed that the successful prayers were proof that God answers prayer while the failures were proof that there was something wrong with me.

Insanity is believing your hallucinations are real. Religion is believing that other peoples' hallucinations are real.

I have an Easter challenge for Christians. My challenge is simply this: tell me what happened on Easter. I am not asking for proof. My straightforward request is merely that Christians tell me exactly what happened on the day that their most important doctrine was born.

Most Christians are afraid that people will think for themselves; most atheists are afraid that they won’t.

If the answers to prayer are merely what God wills all along, then why pray?