Mysteries do not lose their poetry when solved. Quite the contrary; the solution often turns out more beautiful than the puzzle and, in any case, when you have solved one mystery you uncover others, perhaps to inspire greater poetry

Do humans have a different moral significance than cows in general?

Yesterday's dangerous idea is today's orthodoxy and tomorrow's cliché.

Religion: Together we can find the cure.

Words are our servants, not our masters. For different purposes, we find it convenient to use words in different senses.

To fill a world with ... religions of the Abrahamic kind, is like littering the streets with loaded guns. Do not be surprised if they are used.

I do understand people when they say that you destroy the magic of childhood if you encourage too much skeptical questioning.