It is a fact of human nature that we derive pleasure from watching others engage in pleasurable acts. This explains the popularity of two enterprises: pornography and cafés.

We journalists are seducers, except it's not sex we're after (usually). It's sound bites and quotes and information.

What is religion if not a guide to happiness, to bliss? Every religion instructs followers in the ways of happiness, be it in this life or the next, be it through submission, meditation, devotion, or, if you happen to belong to the Jewish or Catholic faith, guilt.

Religion is like a knife. If you use it the wrong way you can cut yourself.