The supposed revelations of God to humanity through Christ, or the word of God to Mohammed through the angel Gabriel, had the power they did because they indicated new truths, new directions for followers.
Julian BagginiThe greatest moral failing is to condemn something as a moral failing: no vice is worse than being judgmental.
Julian BagginiAs a teenager, I increasingly had questions about religion to which I found no good answers.
Julian BagginiThe optimist underestimates how difficult it is to achieve real change, believing that anything is possible and it's possible now. Only by confronting head-on the reality that all progress is going to be obstructed by vested interests and corrupted by human venality can we create realistic programmes that actually have a chance of success.
Julian Baggini