Jesus was a Jew, yes, but only on his mother's side.

[Stanley Ralph Ross]

Faith is cold as ice- Why are little ones born only to suffer For the want of immunity Or a bowl of rice? Well, who would hold a price On the heads of the innocent children If there's some immortal power To control the dice?

[Rush, "Roll The Bones"]

Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer to look around for imaginary supports, no longer to invent allies in the sky, but rather to look to our own efforts here below to make this world a fit place to live in, instead of the sort of place that the churches in all these centuries have made it.

[Bertrand Russell, "Why I Am Not A Christian"]

Aristotle once said, "Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth." So we say, "The Bible is dear, but dearer still is truth.

[J. Frank Schulman, in UU pamphlet "UU views of the Bible."]

The sentient may perceive and love the universe, but the universe may not perceive and love the sentient. The universe sees no distinction between the multitude of creatures and elements which comprise it. All are equal. None is favored. The universe, equipped with nothing but the materials and the power of creation, continues to create: something of this, something of that. It cannot control what it creates and it cannot, it seems, be controlled by its creations (though a few might deceive themselves otherwise). Those who curse the workings of the universe curse that which is deaf. Those who strike out at those workings fight that which is inviolate. Those who shake their fists, shake their fists at blind stars.

[Michael Moorcock, from The Chronicles of Corum]