"What matters in the present context is that no doctrine of immortality or resurrection can solve the problem of suffe…"

"The historically ignorant believe in absolute novelty."

"One’s strategy in trying to defend or to attack the claim that God exists obviously depends on what is meant by “God.…"

"In most of the Hebrew Scriptures it is simply axiomatic that suffering comes from God."

"Nietzsche remarked in The Dawn (¶84) how Christian scholars and preachers had spread “the art of reading badly.”"

"It does not follow that the meaning must be given from above; that life and suffering must come neatly labeled; that …"

"Such pleasant suggestions conflict with the historic evidence."

"The logical enormity of Schweitzer’s argument is obvious. Few men have done more than he to demonstrate the complete …"

"The theism preached from thousands of pulpits and credited by millions of believers is disproved by Auschwitz and a b…"

"Far from being an isolated dictum, the prospect of damnation is one of the central motifs of the Gospels."