Don't swallow your moral code in tablet form.

Indeed, it's futile to try and use Holy Scripture to support any political position. I deeply distrust anyone who does. Just look at what an Islamic Republic is like.

Ordinary morality is innate in my view.

She's got no charisma of any kind [but] I can imagine her being mildly useful to a low-rank porn director.

I have more than once in my time woken up feeling like death.

The discovery there is no god is a great relief, because if there were, it would be like living in a celestial North Korea if there was one. You would never be able to escape.

[E]xceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.