> Already, I am revealing a kind of neo-paganism that hardcore rationalist will find unacceptable. But they find most human things unacceptable. For me, not believing in God does not mean one has to forgo poetry, magic, the chaos of ritual, the remaking of shared bonds. I fear ultra-orthodox atheism

I really like a lot of what John has to say in this video. Sometimes labels can get in the way of actual understanding. You might have more in common with an Atheist, a Christian, a Buddhist, a Witch, a Muslim, a Jew, or any other type of (non-)believer

No two people follow the same religion. I feel confident in saying that. Each of us is different from every other human who has ever lived. Our genetic blueprints are different, and our experiences that work hand-in-hand with those blueprints to make us are likewise different. Each of us organizes

> We are a way for the Cosmos to know itself...We are starstuff harvesting starlight. If you can make it through the last episode of Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage without feeling something profound, then you and I are very different people.