The problem is that no ethical system has ever achieved consensus. Ethical systems are completely unlike mathematics or science. This is a source of concern.

I don't myself need that role for God. My view is that creation itself, the universe itself, is the most wonderful thing deserving awe and respect. And that satisfies me as my substitute for God.

Atheism, a term which will, I'm sure, eventually become as unnecessary as round-earthism.

Words are memes that can be pronounced.

There are no good reasons to believe in god.

I look around the world and see so many wonderful things that I love and enjoy and benefit from, whether it's art or music or clothing or food and all the rest. And I'd like to add a little to that goodness.

I'm the guy who reputedly denies that people experience colors or pains, and thinks that thermostats think — just ask my critics.