11 Quotes by Judith Hayes

The biblical account of Noah's Ark and the Flood is perhaps the most implausible story for fundamentalists to defend. Where, for example, while loading his ark, did Noah find penguins and polar bears in Palestine?

If judged only by the results that challenge the laws of probabilities, then the power of prayer is nil

It wouldn't matter if every single President since Washington had been a Bible-toting, evangelical Christian. They weren't, of course, but even if they had been, it still would not change the secular foundation of our republic. Christians like to quote various Presidents or Supreme Court Justices who (quite incorrectly) have referred to our "Christian nation." But what do those quotes prove? I could quote Richard Nixon, but would that prove that ours was intended to be a nation of crooks?

All it takes for America to become a theocracy is for nonbelievers to do nothing.

As Christians try to force prayer into public schools, they often settle for a 'moment of silence.' But that supposedly innocuous 'moment of silence' is a deafening roar to a nonbeliever.

A Roman Catholic worships a god who speaks through the Pope, while a Baptist worships a god who does not. They cannot be worshipping the same god.

If a plane crashes and 99 people die while 1 survives, it is called a miracle. Should the families of the 99 think so?

Life can be beautiful, profound, and awe-inspiring, even without an irate god threatening us with eternal torment.

If judged only by the results that challenge the laws of probabilities,...