A: Bastardization, cosmetics, rituals, and cleverness. Q: Would you kindly explain? A: God has become a wishing well. Religion is a social club. It is a place to hope for things and ask for things. It turns human beings into something less human. It turns a man into a beggar. If god was seen as someone who didn’t have the power to give something to man, no one would give him the time of day.

