[E]xceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

"Objective" means that, in a confrontation with the evidence, you would be willing to change your own mind.

The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism.

Those of us who are most genuinely repelled by war and violence are also those who are most likely to decide that some things, after all, are worth fighting for.

I think that there is no supernatural dimension. The natural world is quite wonderful enough. The more we know about it, the much more wonderful it is than any supernatural proposition.

If someone tells me that I've hurt their feelings I'm still waiting to hear what your point is.

What is your idea of earthly happiness? To be vindicated in my own lifetime.