"...any belief in supernatural creators, rulers, or influencers of
 natural or human process introduces an irreparable split into the
 universe, and prevents us from grasping its real unity. Any belief
 in Absolutes, whether the absolute validity of moral commandments,
 of authority of revelation, of inner certitudes, or of divine
 inspiration, erects a formidable barrier against progress and the
 responsibility of improvement, moral, rational, and religious."
                 [Sir Julian Huxley]