Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until proved innocent.

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.

The Earth is just too small and fragile a basket for the human race to keep all its eggs in.

Budget the luxuries first.

In ascending order the qualities of Patriotism are: 1. To work, fight, or die for your own survival. 2. To work, fight, or die for your immediate family. 3. To work, fight, or die for a group, extended family, tribe, or clan. 4. To work, fight, or die for a group too large for all the individuals to know each other. 5. To work, fight, or die for a way of life.

No storyteller has been able to dream up anything as fantastically unlikely as what really does happen in this mad Universe.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.