But I contend that the disgusting behavior of many of their alleged 'holy men' relieves us of any intellectual obligation to take the stuff seriously. No amount of sanctimonious rationalization can make such behavior anything but pathological.

God split himself into a myriad parts that he might have friends. This may not be true, but it sounds good, and is no sillier than any other theology.

The Bible is such a gargantuan collection of conflicting values that anyone can prove anything from it.

Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith.

Men are expendable; women and children are not. A tribe or a nation can lose a high percentage of its men and still pick up the pieces and go on ... as long as the women and children are saved.

Ignorance is curable, stupid is forever.

Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do. Better illogical customs than none; men cannot live together without them.