Religious faith, is a state of mind, that leads people to believe in something, it doesn't matter what, without a whisper of doubt, or a whiff of evidence, and believe so strongly in some cases, that they are prepare to kill and die for it, without the need for further justification.

Blasphemy is a Victimless Crime.

Book critics or theatre critics can be derisively negative and gain delighted praise for the trenchant with of their review. But in criticisms of religion even clarity ceases to be a virtue and sounds like aggressive hostility. A politician may attack an opponent scathingly across the floor of the House and earn plaudits for his robust pugnacity. But let a soberly reasoning critic of religion employ what would in other contexts sound merely direct or forthright, and it will be described as a 'rant'.

... you need more than luck to navigate successfully through a thousand sieves in succession.

It is a remarkable coincidence that almost everyone has the same religion as their parents and it always just so happens they're the right religion.

American political opportunities are loaded against those who are simultaneously intelligent and honest.

The book is true, and if evidence seems to condtradict it, it is the evidence that must be thrown out not the book.