A politician is a politician whether he's wearing a suit or a funny hat.

There is absolutely no difference between religion and politics at all in Jesus' time. In other words, every seemingly religious word that came out of Jesus' mouth had very clear and unmistakable political connotations to it.

A politician is a politician whether he's wearing a suit or a funny hat.

I think that in many ways, some of those who did vote for Trump are sorry that they did so. But the hope, at least, is that we have a chance to make up for those kinds of mistakes.

We have to remember that the United States has certain principles, certain values that bind us all together, that make us all American. And if we allow those values, those rights to be rescinded for one group of individuals, then we are essentially opening the door to having all of our rights, all of our privileges rescinded.

The only question that matters with regard to a religion and its mythology is “What do these stories mean?

I think if you place Jesus firmly in the historical context... you can make very educated hypotheses and guesses about how he lived.