I studied every page of this book, and I didn't find enough love to fill a salt shaker. God is not love in the Bible; God is vengeance, from Alpha to Omega.

The Bible, itself the ultimate curse, is an in-depth profile of the divine spleen.

Not only is this not love; I think it is the most diabolical unfairness that was ever taught or devised.

I am fond of saying that reading the Bible turned me into an atheist.

The Doxology ... that testimonial to the Platonic Trinity, which divided the Roman Empire into at least eighteen quarreling sects, none of whom knew what they were fighting about, and which schisms contributed to the decline and fall of this greatest of states. Rome had thrived for one thousand years with pagan gods at the helm and expired after only one hundred and fifty years under the Christian banner.

Today evolution of human intelligence has advanced us to the stage where most of us are too smart to invent new gods but are reluctant to give up the old ones.

Personally, I think the 'Christian family' should be called a Christian fantasy.