If god really wanted people to be free of [wicked thoughts], he should have taken more care to invent a different species.

We have millions and millions of North Korean children totally stunted in mind and body and will have to be dealt with at some point, who have been raised to believe that they live in a regime that is run by a god.

The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books.

I think being an atheist is something you are, not something you do.

Three words for those who want to put the Christ back in Christmas: Jingle Bell Rock.

Philosophy begins where religion ends, just as by analogy chemistry begins where alchemy runs out, and astronomy takes the place of astrology.

The prince's official job description as king will be 'defender of the faith,' which currently means the state-financed absurdity of the Anglican Church, but he has more than once said publicly that he wants to be anointed as defender of all faiths—another indication of the amazing conceit he has developed in six decades of performing the only job allowed him by the hereditary principle: that of waiting for his mother to expire.