“Take a pinch of belief in God, add a dash of desire to experience God, stir in emotion to taste, and you have a recipe for religious experience.”

“Religious beliefs are sometimes based not on testimony by others but on religious experiences of the believer.”

“Religious experiences also occur only when emotions run high and only to those who were predisposed to believe.”

“God’s commands are arbitrary if He has no reason to command one act rather than another; but, if He does have reasons for His commands, then His reasons rather than His commands are whatmake acts immoral.”

“To overlook extra possibilities is the fallacy of false dichotomy.”

“Coffee is a warm drink that fosters friendship and tastes great. What more is there to life?”

“Life experience. I can talk it up, vow to broaden my horizons, but I’m still limited to the experiences with my life.How can a person understand an experience that lies completely outside her own? She can see it, feel it, imagine what it would be like to live it, but it’s no different from seeing a movie on a screen and saying, “Thank God that’s not me”.”