The fact that both Jews and Christians ignore some of God's or Jesus's commands, but scrupulously obey others, is absolute proof that people pick and choose their morality not on the basis of its divine source, but because it comports with some innate morality that they derived from other sources.
Jerry A. CoyneWe are the one creature to whom natural selection has bequeathed a brain complex enough to comprehend the laws that govern the universe. And we should be proud that we are the only species that has figured how we came to be.
Jerry A. CoyneThe battle for evolution seems never-ending. And the battle is part of a wider war, a war between rationality and superstition.
Jerry A. CoyneWe don't have faith in reason; we use reason because, unlike revelation, it produces results and understanding. Even discussing why we should use reason employs reason!
Jerry A. CoyneDamn, but science is just a constant feed of cool new facts and theories. Theology doesn't come close.
Jerry A. Coyne