To Confer Dignity, Forgive. To Express Contempt,

Unlike The Actual, The Fictional Explains Itself.

Sacred Or Not, Sacrifice Is An Ugly Business.

A Theology Whose God Is A Metaphor Is Wasting Its Time.

Universal Truths Have Become An Embarrassment, But They Won't Quite Go Away.

Telescopes And Binoculars Endanger The Ever-distant Sublime.