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We Are Free To Burn The Qur’an Or Any Other Book, And To Criticize Muhammad Or Any Other Human Being. Let No One Forget It.

We Are Faced With The Task Of Convincing A Myth Infatuated World That Love And Curiosity Are Sufficient And You Don't Have To Delude Yourself And Frighten Yourself With Iron Age Fairy Tales. This Is A Monumental Task. I Don't Think There Is An Intellectual Struggle More Worthy Of Our Efforts.

A True Spiritual Practitioner Is Someone Who Has Discovered That It Is Possible To Be At Ease In The World For No Reason, If Only For A Few Moments At A Time, And That Such Ease Is Synonymous With Transcending The Apparent Boundaries Of The Self.

In My Own Case, The Most Inflammatory Statements I Have Ever Made Are Ones That I Have Written And Remain Willing To Defend.

All Civilized Nations Must Unite In Condemnation Of A Theology That Now Threatens To Destabilize Much Of The Earth.