Simply disabling specific critical thinking skills is all that is necessary for the god virus [to take control of a person].

Theology has not advanced an inch in the last 1,000 years. How much respect does a profession deserve if it cannot add to the knowledge and understanding of man?

Just as the chicken pox virus continues to live quietly in the body after the disease is gone, the god virus may live quietly in the host until something evokes it.

Jesus must have been married to have been called a rabbi.

Islam has some of the best defenses against other god viruses and has the potential to be more parasitically aggressive when consolidating political power with a society.

Fundamentalist groups like Christian Embassy have infiltrated the very top of the U.S. military and gained positions of influence in the Pentagon.

Reyna sent me to get Percy, " Frank said. "Did Octavian accept you?""Yeah, " Percy said. "He slaughtered my panda.

When choosing between two evils I always like to take the one I've never tried before.

I don't only write about English literature; I also write about chaos theory and... ants. I can understand ants.

I am so grateful to America and all it has given to me.

In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic.

I have no faith in a human critter who hasn't one or two bad habits.

The basic principle, rarely violated, is that what conflicts with the requirements of power and privilege does not exist.

The Eucharist, although it is the fullness of sacramental life, is not a prize for the perfect but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak.

There were no lies here. All fancies fled away. That's what happened in all deserts. It was just you, and what you believed.

But I also like to be in control, like anyone else. I try to achieve a balance.