"Why God would choose to reveal the truth only to some religious and political middlemen instead of to everybody is perhaps one of those mysterious, wondrous ways God works. But even if God does hand down to a few choice authorities truths about how you should live, how do you know which authorities are the genuine ones? God doesn't extend a hand from the sky and point them out to you. It is conveniently left to the authorities themselves to enlighten you about who the proper authorities are." Daniel Kolak and Raymond Martin, Wisdom Without Answers, (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1998), p. 93