I've found that good dialogue tells you not only what people are saying or how they're communicating but it tells you a great deal - by dialect and tone, content and circumstance - about the quality of the character.
True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
Because the living environment is what really sustains us.
Once I feel I'm right, I have enjoyed provoking.
The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere.
I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves.