We were blood brothers, pals forever. He was my very best friend. Nobody else could see him. I now know he was just pretend.

Truth does not demand belief. Scientists do not join hands every Sunday, singing, 'Yes, gravity is real! I will have faith!'

It is wrong for a secular government to promote prayer. We think the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional. What if the president declared a National Day of Cursing God because He failed us on September 11? Americans would say, "You've overstepped your authority." That's how we feel when he promotes prayer.

Not thinking critically, I assumed that the successful prayers were proof that God answers prayer while the failures were proof that there was something wrong with me.

How happy can you be when you think every action and thought is being monitored by a judgmental ghost ?

People are always asking, "What's the purpose of life?" That's easy. Relieve suffering. Create beauty. Make gardens.

All you have to do is walk into any children's hospital and you know there is no God. Prayer doesn't make any difference. Those people pray for their beloved children to live and they die.