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The Fact That My Continuous And Public Rejection Of Christianity Does Not Worry Me In The Least Should Suggest To You Just How Inadequate I Think Your Reasons For Being A Christian Are.

Everything We Do Is For The Purpose Of Altering Consciousness. We Form Friendships So That We Can Feel Certain Emotions, Like Love, And Avoid Others, Like Loneliness. We Eat Specific Foods To Enjoy Their Fleeting Presence On Our Tongues. We Read For The Pleasure Of Thinking Another Person's Thoughts.

Anyone Familiar With My Work Knows That I Am Extremely Critical Of All Religious Faiths.

To Speak Plainly And Truthfully About The State Of Our World - To Say, For Instance, That The Bible And The Koran Both Contain Mountains Of Life-destroying Gibberish - Is Antithetical To Tolerance As Moderates Currently Conceive It. But We Can No Longer Afford The Luxury Of Such Political Correctness. We Must Finally Recognize The Price We Are Paying To Maintain The Iconography Of Our Ignorance.

The Power Of Psychedelics... Is That They Often Reveal, In The Span Of A Few Hours, Depths Of Awe And Understanding That Can Otherwise Elude Us For A Lifetime.