Contrary to his claim, during his twelve-year enthronement at Bridgeport, Egan repeatedly failed to investigate priests where there were obvious signs of abuse, according to The Hartford Courant. His diocese had to settle the cases and awarded victims some $12-15 million in damages.

[...] the discovery of chained students of a religious seminary who claim they were being motivated to join the ranks of Taliban has come as a shock.

Life cannot be meaningless so long as we have the capacity to affect the well-being of ourselves and others. For true meaninglessness, we would need heaven.

Christianity is like a big, chunky sweater. It may feel cozy, it may keep you warm, but just let one stitch be dropped and the whole thing unravels before your very eyes. Evolution is that stitch.

Religion is a parasite that feeds on all that is good in humanity as a whole and then proclaims it as its own gift to the world.

There is no magic friend. There is only us. We are not perfect, we are not all-powerful, we are not infallible; but we are all we have.