religion is perhaps its own worst enemy. For religion, masquerading under the guise of archaic creeds, and impossible literalisms, and ecclesiasticism indifferent to human needs, has brought about an inevitable and in many respects wholesome revulsion.

churches, like all the rest of our major institutions, are rooted in capitalism. For a church to attack capitalism is to 'bite the hand that feeds it.

the principal sources of human misery may fairly be said to lie in the over-possession, under-possession, and the unwise use of economic goods.

The sooner the doctrine of original sin disappears, the better it is for theology.

To keep God at the center of one's life requires frequent renewal of power through prayer.

the truth is seldom found in extremes. Central truths can be revolutionary if put to work.

To discover, or recover, the sense of religious certainty one must worship.