“Although we are all equally priests, we cannot all publicly minister and teach.”

“The idea that each of us can be directly spiritual is radical. Most religions are based not on teaching adherents to be directly spiritual, but in persuading them to trust in the intercession of ministers or priests. The problem with this approach is that we cannot gain access to spirituality except through the medium of a fallible human being. If we want to see Tao, we need only open our eyes and trust what we see.”

“So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural. They live on alms. All beggars teach that others should give.”

“All we who believe on Christ are kings and priests in Christ.”

“Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.”

“The fundamentalists were equally stymied. “We were worried about Adam and Steve,” a Baptist minister said. “Should we have been more worried about Rover and Fluffy?”