One of the interesting things is is that Judaism was very attractive to the Roman aristocracy.

The biggest religious wars and persecutions in history occur when religions, each claiming their own absolute truths, come into conflict.

The government should not be in the business of funneling money for social services through any faith-based organization

Feminists who want to censor what they regard as harmful pornography have essentially the same motivation as other would-be censors: They want to use the power of the state to accomplish what they have been unable to achieve in the marketplace of ideas and images. The impulse to censor places no faith in the possibilities of democratic persuasion.

I have received many touching letters and emails from people who live in the most religious parts of the country, in places like rural Texas, saying it is so good to see someone be able to say I am an atheist without shame.

The Roman Empire was fairly tolerant of religious choice as long as you made a point not of thumbing your nose in public at the Roman gods.

I no more believe in the God of the Jews than I believe in any God.