Everybody Is Somewhere.

Ideas Have Consequences, And Totally Erroneous Ideas Are Likely To Have Destructive Consequences.

Religious Believers Of The World, You Are Free To Continue To Debate The Simple, Narrow Question That Divides You From Atheists, But You Have No Right, In So Doing, To Treat The Humanists Of The World With Contempt. You Owe Them A Deep Debt Of Gratitude, For Not Only Have They Shed Much Light On A Naturally Dark World But They Have Very Probably Helped Civilize Your Own Specific Religion.

Millions Of Germans Had Absolute Faith In Hitler. Millions Of Russians Had Faith In Stalin. Millions Of Chinese Had Faith In Mao. Billions Have Had Faith In Imaginary Gods.

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.

Ours Is A Government Of Checks And Balances. The Mafia And Crooked Businessmen Make Out Checks, And The Politicians And Other Compromised Officials Improve Their Bank Balances.