We don't just change our minds, we change the way we see things. That's one reason I'm a better grandfather than I was a father.

Science "says" nothing. People say things and knowledge changes.

The secular humanist, although he would never dream of committing the social faux pas of calling a black man a negro, feels perfectly free to castigate Christians and their leaders in any way he likes.

I'm less certain now but kinder.

Of course as soon as I say something or write it that sounds like I believe it, and really I'm never entirely sure.

My problem with all forms of fundamentalism is that the position is fixed. This is like talking about a fixed position as seen from a moving jet: it's disappearing over the horizon with or without your permission.

The way even movements change is stunning: Chinese communist capitalists? Evangelicals deciding to be nice to gay people?