Tragically True Quote

Here's a quote I read in an article on pluggedinonline about the late George Carlin and his characteristically envelope-pushing comedy: 

[Alan] Ehrenhalt went on to make a poignant observation in his column: "To profane something ... one must believe in it." Sex—once so powerful and mysterious a force, is now a mere biological act for much of society. Religion—the unwilling and sometimes unwitting source of much of our world's most enduring profanities—is being shunted to the background. Most of us say we believe in God, but that doesn't stop many of us from taking His name in vain. We take nothing very seriously anymore.

MM