For one thing, the Catholic Church in particular has this one thing - confession - in which you could go, confess to a priest and obtain absolution of your sins. And there was a routine and a ritual and I think - I think that it did help.

If you chose a particular religion, you were siding with the government religion of whatever region you were in. That's never been true in America, but also, the United States also has so many more immigrant groups which also tends to imply more religious diversity right away.

The forgetting of the history of marginalized groups is both a cause and effect of their marginalization.

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

I can no more imagine falling in love with someone who believed that than I can imagine falling in love with someone who believes that blacks shouldn't be able to vote and are inferior to whites.

I think people who love each other and live together and have children together need to agree on the things that are most important in life.

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