A child raised on a desert island, alone, without social interaction, without language, and thus lacking empathy, is still a sentient being.

There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion.

I think religion for many people is some sort of moral viagra.

There is no such thing as philosophy-free science, just science that has been conducted without any consideration of its underlying philosophical assumptions.

The idea that God is a worthy recipient of our gratitude for the blessings of life but should not be held accountable for the disasters is a transparently disingenuous innovation of the theologians.

A child raised on a desert island, alone, without social interaction, without language, and thus lacking empathy, is still a sentient being.

Has it ever occurred to you how lucky you are to be alive? More than 99 percent of all the creatures that have ever lived have died without progeny, but not a single one of your ancestors falls into that group! ... Not a single one of your ancestors, all the way back to the bacteria, succumbed to predation before reproducing, or lost out in the competition for a mate.