“Nothing in Christianity is original.”

“Because most Christians want it both ways. They want to be able to proudly declare they are believers in the Bible and yet simply ignore those parts they find too difficult or too inconvenient to believe.”

“Nothing is hidden that will not be made known; nothing is secret that will not come to light.”

“Death is usually an all-or-nothing thing!”

“And your students,” Sato demanded, “don’t find it unnerving that Masons meditate with skulls andscythes?”“No more unnerving than Christians praying at the feet of a man nailed to a cross, or Hindus chanting infront of a four-armed elephant named Ganesh. Misunderstanding a culture’s symbols is a common root ofprejudice”

“At this gathering [Council of Niceau in 324 AD] many aspects of Christianity were debated and voted upon ― the date of Easter, the role of the bishops, the administration of sacraments, and, of course, the divinity of Jesus... until that moment in history, Jesus was viewed by His followers as a mortal prophet... a great and powerful man, but a man nonetheless. A mortal.”

“Nothing captured human interest like human tragedy.”