Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.

Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything's different.

Growing up going to Christian school and the concept that you're born a sinner and you don't really have a choice to change who you are has been hammered into my head and created the entire reason why I made art and made a band and made records called 'Antichrist Superstar.'

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.