"To 'choose' dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid."
"Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation."
"Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it."
"Thus, though I dislike to differ with such a great man, Voltaire was simply ludicrous when he said that if god did not exist it would be necessary to invent him. The human invention of god is the problem to begin with."
"To 'choose' dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid."
"Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation."