You will soon be going about like the converted, and the revivalist, warning people against all the sins of which you have grown tired. You are much too delightful to do that. Besides, it is no use. You and I are what we are, and will be what we will be. As for being poisoned [...]

One of the beautiful things about religious belief is the inherent double standard which it invokes – best summed up by comedian Emo Philips: “When I was young I used to pray for a new bike. Then I got older and realized that’s not how God works, so I stole a bike and prayed for [...]