How many impressionist painters painted the same damned thing? How many actors have played the same part in renditions of a play or dancers do the same dances.

We look at the ancient Greeks with their gods on a mountain top throwing lightning bolts and say, 'Those ancient Greeks. They were so silly. So primitive and naive. Not like our religions. We have burning bushes talking to people and guys walking on water. We're ...sophisticated.'

Children in a third world country. That's how we spread democracy.