From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.

There were a lot of gods. Gods always come in handy, they justify almost anything.

Fundamentalism isn't about religion, it's about power.

Don't let the zealots make Muslim a terrifying word."

[1,000 Days 'Trapped Inside a Metaphor' (Columbia University / The New York Times, December 12, 1991)]

If I were asked for a one-sentence sound
bite on religion, I would say I was against it.

What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?