I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't read more

Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.

There is no great future for any people whose faith has burned out.

There is no great future for any people whose faith has burned out.

The coziness between church and state is good for the state and bad for the church.

The coziness between church and state is good for the state and bad for the church.

The world holds two classes of men: intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence.

The world holds two classes of men: intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence.

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.

A man often preaches his beliefs precisely when he has lost them and is looking everywhere for them, and, on read more

A man often preaches his beliefs precisely when he has lost them and is looking everywhere for them, and, on such occasions, his preaching is by no means at its worst.

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than read more

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.