Religious exhortation and telling people, telling children, that if they don't do the right thing, they'll go to terrifying punishments or unbelievable rewards, that's making a living out of lying to children. That's what the priesthood do. And if all they did was lie to the children, it would be bad enough. But they rape them and torture them and then hope we'll call it 'abuse'. [6]

When I am at home, I never go near the synagogue unless, say, there is a bar or bat mitzvah involving the children of friends. But when I am traveling, in a co…

Only the force of American arms, or the extremely credible threat of that force, can bring a fresh face to power. [7]

On Jerry Falwell: If you gave Falwell an enema, he could be buried in a matchbox.

Today is Christmas Eve. Whether or not Christ was born exactly on this date is not important. But chronological accuracy has nothing to do with tonight's event…

It would be deeply depressing if the only way children could get moral values was from religion. Either from scripture, and God knows we don't want them to get…

I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved - the Cross. Consider w…