In the beginning, there were no reasons; there were only causes. Nothing had a purpose, nothing has so much as a function; there was no teleology in the world at all.

Reasons for declaring belief is not are not the same as reasons for believing in god.

What you can imagine depends on what you know.

Churches have given us great treasures such as music and architecture. Whether that pays for the harm they have done is another matter.

Darwin's idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition.

Religion is defined as social systems whose participants avow a supernatural agent or agents whose approval is to be sought.

There is a time for politeness and there is a time when you are obliged to be rude.