Of course as soon as I say something or write it that sounds like I believe it, and really I'm never entirely sure.

People are not as one-dimensional as the stories about them.

The secular humanist, although he would never dream of committing the social faux pas of calling a black man a negro, feels perfectly free to castigate Christians and their leaders in any way he likes.

All we know about Jesus is what someone else wrote down... so really one should say, "Here is what someone wrote down that they said Jesus said..." this isn't uncertainty on purpose, just plain speaking.

The way even movements change is stunning: Chinese communist capitalists? Evangelicals deciding to be nice to gay people?

We don't just change our minds, we change the way we see things. That's one reason I'm a better grandfather than I was a father.

I just think the way (for instance) evangelicals talk about God or Jesus, as in "Jesus says" or "the Bible says" points up a lack of honesty.