It has been religious people, often within the organized church, who have been the most critical of and even hostile to my relationship with God.

Abraham is such a fascinating figure. Three world religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - all claim him as a patriarch. He was raised in a religious home. And yet he rejected religion in order to pursue a personal relationship with God.

The most rabidly religious people are the most rabidly evil.

I think some people who say they're not Christians can behave in a more godly fashion than people who call themselves Christians.

America's culture is also defined by the fact that we are a religious people. We recognize our God not only in our Declaration of Independence, but even in our currency. And we are also unique in that we recognize that the family is the fundamental building block of American society.

To hear many religious people talk, one would think God created the torso, head, legs and arms but the devil slapped on the genitals.