It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead. – Robert G. Ingersoll

Mankind have banned the Divinity from their presence; they have relegated him to a sanctuary; the walls of the temple restrict his view; he does not exist outside of it. РDiderot, Pens̩es philosophiques, 1746

The little religion that I have clung to-that what matters most is the continuity of life, and its improvement from one generation to another. – David O. Selznick