I've always believed that everything that is said from authority is either the authority of one's own heart, one's own brain, one's own reading, one's own trust, but not the authority of someone who claims it because they're speaking for God and they know the truth because it's written in a book. That, essentially, is where I come from. In a sense, tolerance is my religion. Reason is my religion.
Stephen FryI now accept that it is looking increasingly likely that Tiger Woods is, in fact, straight.
Stephen FryIf you go looking for loonies and religious fanatics and dropouts and freaks, I dare say you'll find it.
Stephen FryI'd probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect it would be English literature, Shakespeare and so forth. I've always been deeply, deeply in love with that kind of thing.
Stephen FryAtheism is not just about not believing there is a God, but on the assumption that there is one, what kind of God is he?
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