“As far back as I can remember, I’ve known that ‘something’s wrong’. No matter 'whom' (sic) I’ve seemed to be, I have not been.”

“The Stations of the Cross are not just about Jesus’ final hours; they are about all the hours of all of our lives.”

“Cosmic phenomena may best be understood by overlaying several incompatible but complementary models.”

“Sadly, the option of a ‘Constitutional Theocracy’ hasn’t made it into most 21st century civics textbooks.”

“If a UK political party were to adopt ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy’ as its manifesto, it would likely get no closer to the House of Commons than the Tower of London.”

“How are you at riddles? Let’s see!”

“What was lost on the battlefield was won back in the taverns, classrooms and monasteries of medieval England. The turning point: Geoffrey Chaucer…who says art can’t change the world?”

“Consciousness is an agent of identity, a consequence of identity, and an expression of identity…”

“But what if Jesus is not your cup of tea? There’s an old hymn that goes, ‘Jesus is just all right with me,’ but what if he’s not all right with you?”

“You want me to believe that your God is invisible, that he lives in an empty box…and you want me to worship that box?”

“For 70 years you’ve practiced the ways of others; you have been a loyal member of team Homo, but now it’s back to reality, to yourself alone.”

“World War I, Stalinism, Fascism, the Holocaust, World War II, Hiroshima, the Cold War, Vietnam, and now the new ‘30-Plus Years War’ in the Middle East… Rational Empiricism has compiled quite a resume!”