I think we have to recover our spiritual nature. The way we have interpreted Christianity does not do that.

The Bible interprets life from its particular perspective; it does not record in a factual way the human journey through history.

Religion is a mixed blessing.

The Protestant reformation was an attempt to recast the Christian faith in terms of the new learning of the 16th century, the enlightenment learning. It was the first time that the Christian church did not have the capacity to keep itself unified as it recast itself, so it split into Protestant and Catholic traditions.

I don't want a God that would go around killing people's little girls. Neither do I want a God who would kill his own son.

I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God.

I go to a church here in New Jersey that is just a very exciting place, and I just love to be there on Sunday morning - I just sit there in a pew with my wife, that's all I do, but I'm very much a part of that congregation. We've got a fantastic rector,she brings in people from places like the United Theological Seminary in New Brighton, Minnesota, where you've got good teaching, and our people are being introduced to great material and they really respond. They're able to believe without crossing their fingers. And I think that's a real step forward.