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Sagan was fascinated by the phenomenon that educated adults, in this age of scientific thought, could cling to beliefs based on the unverifiable testimony of observers dead for 2,000 years. "You're so smart, why do you believe in God?" He once exclaimed to the Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, general secretary of the National Council of Churches in the USA. She found this a surprising question from someone who had no trouble accepting the existence of black holes, which no one has ever observed. "You're so smart, why don't you believe in God?" she retorted.
The Quest, 1996

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