The Only Difference Is That Religion Is

The Only Difference Is That Religion Is Much Better Organized And Has Been Around Much Longer, But It's The Same Story With Different Characters And Different Costumes.

Blind Belief Can Be Comforting, But It Can Easily Cripple Reason And Productivity, And Stop Intellectual Progress.

There Was A Small Boy On Crutches. I Do Not Know His Name, And I Suspect I Never Will. But I Will Never Forget His Face, His Smile, His Sorrow. He Is One Of The Millions Robbed Of Hope And Dignity By Charlatans Discussed In This Book. Wherever And Whoever He Is, I Apologize To Him For Not Having Been Able To Protect Him From Such An Experience. I Humbly Dedicate This Book To Him And To The Many Others Who Have Suffered Because The Rest Of Us Began Caring Too Late.

Escapology Has One Thing Going For It That Probably Made Harry Houdini Such A Superstar In His Day And A Legend In The Present. Everyone Wants To Escape From Something. Taxes, Contracts, Illness, Work, The Multitude Of Burdens That We Chafe Under Are Shadows From Which We Want To Escape.

I Believe In The Basic Goodness Of My Species, Because That Appears To Be A Positive Tactic And Quality That Leads To Better Chances Of Survival- And In Spite Of Our Foolishness, We Seem To Have Survived.