If there is a God, the phrase that must disgust him is - holy war.

There is not the slightest question but that the God of the Old Testament is a jealous, vengeful God, inflicting not only on the sinful pagans but even on his Chosen People fire, lighting, hideous plagues and diseases, brimstone, and other curses.

Thousands of years ago only Christ could walk on the water. Today anybody can do it; you just step on the garbage.

One social evil for which the New Testament is clearly in part responsible is anti-Semitism.

The problem is that once the untrained mind has made a formal commitment to a religious philosophy - and it does not matter whether that philosophy is generally reasonable and high-minded or utterly bizarre and irrational

I'm all for sex. Seven nights a week. Days, too.

I do not understand those who take little or no interest in the subject of religion. If religion embodies a truth, it is certainly the most important truth of human existence. If it is largely error, then it is one of monumentally tragic proportions—and should be vigorously opposed.