For a God that created everything, it is mystifying why he created so much competition.

Billions of years ago God was creating universes and life thousands of years ago he was creating angry floods, sin-saving human sacrifices and audible burning bushes. Today he occasionally appears on a piece of toast. To state that God has become reclusive over the years would be an overwhelming understatement.

You may only get this one life – but lived free of submissive reverence – that is still a thing of rampant beauty.