In terms of idols which represented various gods: worshipping an idol or star cluster is no different than worshipping a concept.

New Testament gospels are traditionally accorded a cultural sanctity and lofty regard completely out of line with their literary worth.

Most people, solidly frozen into long-held, common notions, are unable to grasp clearer views.

It is vital to see not only what Christianity asserts, but where its precepts came from – how they evolved from primitive, superstitious metaphysical claims into “Gospel Truth”.

The only difference between holding one god as exclusive or supreme and believing in many gods specialized in function is the number.

You encounter, at its core, a subjective Reality, one based on meaning and value reflective of your own Self, not an objective universe, cold, particle-based and indifferent as science projects.

Various visionaries through time came to see with some degree of clarity that Oneness, that intrinsic connection between Self and experienced Reality.

Josephus is the first historian to make note of Jesus having even existed – and that happened six full decades after his death.

That means 19 or 20 of the books of the NT (New Testament) are anonymous. Many are blatantly pseudepigraphic (forgeries, see next section), with famous names applied to artificially promote veracity.

The gospels, never meant to report, butrather to convince, are in no sense objective and dispassionate biographies. They are glowing accounts meant to persuade people of the writers’ convictions.

Beautiful places are almost alive! When you visit them, you can feel their breaths!

Holiness has nothing to do with what we know and everything to do with Who we know.

Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.

Scripture has always been a part of my life. My dad was a pastor. My mother was a speaker, writer, and teacher. I memorized Scripture from the time I was little.

If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble.

America that has done more to support Israel than any other country cannot be true to our own values if we allow a viable two-state solution to be destroyed before our own eyes.

I don't like quintessential certitude.

When American producers see my film, they think that I had a big budget to do it, like 23 million. But in fact I had 10 percent of that budget. I did Mars et Avril for only 2.3 million.

The bearers of fables are very welcome.

Regeneration is a spiritual change; conversion is a spiritual motion.