Overheard

I don't believe in God. But the world is just as warm, as rich, if not warmer and richer, when seen without a religious point of view.
Novelist Ian McEwan
Time, March 21, 2005

. . . there are several versions [of the Ten Commandments]: Exodus 20:2-17, Exodus 34:12-26, and Deuteronomy 5:6-21. Different language in Catholic Bibles and the Jewish Torah offer more variants.
Which should be enshrined? That is just the kind of debate that has been responsible for religious massacres through the ages.
Journalist William Thatcher Dowell
Made-in America Wahhabism
Tompaine.com, March 8, 2004

It's [atheism] just a very comfortable way to live. There's no mediator between you and actual experience--nobody watching over you, and no set of rules that you need to follow. There isn't a sense that your perception is somehow controlled by a third party or by God. It's just you and existence, which is very pure and enjoyable.
Rik Myslewski, Editor in Chief
MacAddict magazine
San Francisco Chronicle
March 1, 2005

[T]he Constitution does not provide for a theocracy. I can't listen to Christian lawyers because I would be imposing the Bible on a diverse population.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa
Defending bankruptcy bill
Des Moines Register, March 4, 2005

America itself is a faith-based initiative.
Sen. Joe Lieberman, remarks
National Association of Evangelicals
Reuters, March 10, 2005

You're not wearing pants in my church, you demon.
Rev. Clarence "June" Love to jean-wearing Reba Storey
Bristol, Tenn.
Associated Press, Jan. 22, 2005

I'm trying to tell the truth and taking positions that I hope are godly positions, positions that I hope are helpful to my fellow man.
Media pundit Bob Novak
Vanity Fair interview
Washington Post, March 11, 2005

Press passes can't be that hard to come by if the White House allows that old Arab Helen Thomas to sit within yards of the president.
Anne Coulter
Universal Press Syndicate
Feb. 23, 2005 column
Detroit Free Press, March 8, 2005