"When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, “Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land." -Bishop Desmond Tutu (1931-)
"Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense.” -Carl Sagan (1934-1996)
"The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie — deliberate, contrived and dishonest — but the myth — persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." -John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)