Our religion is itself profoundly sad – a religion of universal anguish and one which because of its very catholicity grants full liberty to the individual and asks no better than to be celebrated in each man's own language – so long as he knows anguish and is a painter.
I don't think Romney is wacky at all but religion makes intelligent people say and do wacky things believe and affirm crazy things. Left on his own Romney would never have said something like the Garden Of Eden was in Missouri and will be again.
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I'm actually an evangelical atheist but there is something I recognise about religion: that it gives people a chance to surrender.