The beauty of science hugely outranks the charms of superstition.

Ever since I discovered that my god given male member was going to give me no peace, I decided to give it no rest in return.

Religion makes kind people say unkind things: "I must prove my faith, so mutilate the genitals of my children." They wouldn't do that if God didn't tell them to do so.

Take the risk of thinking for yourself. Much more happiness, truth, beauty and wisdom will come to you that way.

I've been to Uganda and to North Korea and to Eritrea, countless horror spots around the world.

Islam is at once the most and the least interesting of the world's monotheisms. It builds upon its primitive Jewish and Christian predecessors, selecting a chunk here and a shard there, and thus if these fall, it partly falls also.

Today the least educated of my children knows much more about the natural order than any of the founders of religion, and one would think-though the connection is not a fully demonstrable one-that this is why they seem so uninterested in sending fellow humans to hell.