Very clever people are often very clever at creating rationalisations for insane beliefs.

Silence is an argument in favor of the status quo. A refusal to address an inequity is a strategy for maintaining that inequity.

We are not princes of the earth, we are the descendants of worms, and any nobility must be earned.

religion is to misogyny as disease is to misery - not the sole cause, but a significant contributor

And of course death can't be conquered...but oh, the battle can be glorious.

Human beings are still fish.

It's amazing how much detail Catholics will go into documenting why people shouldn't do the things that they all do anyway.