Never cast pearls before swine.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creeds into law if it acquires the political power to do so, and will follow it by suppressing opposition, subverting all education to seize early the minds of the young, and by killing, locking up, or driving underground all heretics.

People who go broke in a big way never miss any meals. It is the poor jerk who is shy a half slug who must tighten his belt.

History does not record anywhere or at any time a religion that has any rational basis.

A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally long life of decent living and good works followed by one outburst of taking the name of the lord in vain- then have a heart attack at that moment and be damned for eternity. Is that the system?

A slave cannot be freed, save he do it himself. Nor can you enslave a free man; the very most you can do is kill him!

When the citizens of a nation will no longer volunteer to defend it, then it is probably not worth saving. No nation has the right to survive with conscript troops, and in the long run, no nation ever has.