The absolutist takes himself to speak to the ages, with the tongue of angels, but the relativist hears only one version among others, the subjectivit….

A god that created the world and then walked off the site leaving it to its own devices is not a fit object of worship, nor a source of moral authori….

Why should thinkers mock the simple pieties of the people?.

Since there is no telling in advance where it may lead, reflection can be seen as dangerous ..