Most Christians are afraid that people will think for themselves; most atheists are afraid that they won’t.

It turns out that the word atheism means much less than I had thought. It is merely the lack of theism.

Atheists are suffering from bad PR. What if Sesame Street had an atheist character?

Only sinners need saviors.

I took about a year to fully adjust. Like there's a death at the family or a divorce, you don't just snap your fingers and it's over.

In any open question, we should argue from what we do know to what we do not know. We do know that fervent legends and stubborn myths arise easily and naturally. We do not know that dead people rise from the grave.

As humanists, we urge today, as in the past that humans not look beyond themselves for salvation. We alone are responsible for our own destiny and the best we can do is muster our intelligence, courage, and compassion to realize our highest aspirations.