“Religion is not going to come up with any new arguments.”
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My favorite time in the cycles of public life is the time when the Pope is dead and they haven't elected a new one. There's no one in the world who is infallible for those weeks. And you know, I don't miss it.
Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake.
Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy.
High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.
